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Carnie Wilson gets a reality show
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Published: October 23, 2009
Updated: 10/22/2009 07:50 pm
LOS ANGELES - Carnie Wilson is opening up her life as a working mom in a new reality TV series.
Carnie Wilson: Unstapled is now in production and set to have its debut in January on GSN (channel 149 on Time Warner Cable's digital tier), which also airs The Newlywed Game -- with Wilson as the host.
A singer-songwriter with the pop group Wilson Phillips and the daughter of Brian Wilson of the Beach Boys, the 41-year-old Wilson said she's comfortable being candid. Her 1999 obesity surgery was shown online.
"I've written two autobiographies and posed for Playboy. I think I've pretty much been out there," Wilson said. But, she added, "This is definitely the most exposed I've ever been."
The reality series, a departure for the network that typically airs new and old game shows, is the result of viewer response to Wilson, said Kelly Goode, GSN's senior vice president for original programming and development. "Carnie is incredibly funny and earthy.... She's a personality the viewers have fallen in love with," Goode said.
Her dad may make an appearance on her reality show if his schedule permits, Wilson said. She's hoping they'll record together.
Wilson, who has a newborn, Luci, and a toddler, Lola, with husband Rob Bonfiglio, said that viewers will see her trying to take off about 50 pounds of "baby weight."
Besides her TV shows and music career, Wilson is a spokeswoman for liteandhope.com, a support site for those suffering from morbid obesity. The Unstapled in the reality show's title is a play on Wilson's gastric-bypass surgery, which can involve stomach stapling, a GSN spokeswoman said.
Wilson also makes a line of desserts for a Los Angeles area candy shop, SweetHarts, owned by actress Melissa Joan Hart. Wilson said that it's a "passion" as much as a business.
It's important to her how she and her family are portrayed in the reality series, Wilson said, adding that she trusts GSN and the show's producer.
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