Season one of Showtime’s upcoming “The First Lady” anthology series hasn’t even premiered yet and producers are already thinking about who to feature in the next installment.
The show is being described as “a revelatory reframing of American leadership, told through the lens of the women at the heart of the White House.” The first season focuses on Michelle Obama (played by Viola Davis), Betty Ford (Michelle Pfeiffer), and Eleanor Roosevelt (Gillian Anderson).
Now, Variety reports that producers have already begun talking about who the second season might include, and they’re apparently considering the griftiest first lady of them all: Melania Trump.
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During a press conference this week, executive producer Susanne Bier said she wasn’t opposed to featuring Mrs. Trump, saying, “Look, I do think that the series could do with a fun season–so let’s talk about that.”
To which star Gillian Anderson added, “I think the hope is that there’s going to be future seasons and there will be the opportunity to have many, many more first ladies represented. So maybe not just four–but maybe 104.”
We love the idea of seeing several first ladies throughout history brought to life on the screen, but we’re not sure how we feel about reliving anything having to do with the Trump administration.
Not to mention, we can’t imagine a series about Melania Trump would be very interesting. She spent the bulk of her time as FLOTUS hiding from the public, reportedly working on her scrapbooks and bitching about how much she hates Christmas–not exactly a recipe for great television.
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We also can’t imagine she’s thrilled by the idea either, considering how intensely private she is and how personally she takes everything. Just last week, she issued a scathing statement accusing the media of being “dream killers” for trying to “cancel” her by accurately reporting on her fake charity.
In addition to Melania Trump, Deadline reports that producers are considering Jackie Kennedy and Hillary Clinton for season two as well. “The First Lady” premieres on Showtime April 17 and will include 10 episodes.
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Cam
So dropping out of school and lying about graduating? Lying about speaking 5 languages? Stealing Michelle Obama’s speech and saying on camera she wrote it “All by herself”. Mocking kids kidnapped and locked in cages. And the latest, trying to steal money and claim she was donating it to a charity that didn’t exist.
Shark89128
Well I think they can call it “The Happy Hooker”
tmbrdly
They can just rebroadcast the Michelle Obama episode and say it’s Melania ?
SamB
They should definitely include Hillary Clinton, but be honest about her corruption and the trail of bodies behind her.
THAT Steve
If HRC is a criminal she’s the best in history since no one has ever come up with evidence to bring to the authorities.
SamB
Steve: She has power, powerful people rarely get caught. Not impossible, but rare.
Kangol2
SamBee, the only first lady known to have a dead body left in her wake is Laura W. Bush. In 1963 she drove her car into the car of a classmate, a high school track star, Michael Douglas Dutton, pushing him off the road into a ditch, breaking his neck. She and her passenger were thrown from her car, but both survived.
inbama
Oh Sam, you just proved you’re nobody’s sock-puppet.
None of the more informed gay men Scam always accuses of being the same person under different screen names would ever buy into your QAnon level Clinton-bashing.
Eternal.Cowboy
After making a complete ass of yourself with your various made up spy claims one would think you would get over your obsession with Clinton. But here you are spouting off more nonsense. I’d ask for proof of your claims but we both know you work in a world of fiction
Cam
LOL!!!!!
I LOVE how desperate and enraged the right wing troll gets whenever Melania’s lying and corruption are exposed.
Quick! Now mention AOC, Pelosi and any other woman you can to deflect from Melania grifting a charity, lyng about graduating and speaking multiple languages and plagiarizing Michelle Obama’s speech.
HankHarris
Trump’s comments about Putin and Ukraine yesterday once and for all proved he’s a monster. If you still don’t think so, you’re beyond hope.
Polaro
Sam, is there some sort of medical issue you have that we might want t consider as we evaluate your comments and twisted world-view? I’d hate to be cruel to some one of diminished mental ability.
barryaksarben
Only an idiot would still believe that bag of turds. Mrs Clinton testified for 11 straight hours and did not dodge a single question by people who hated her. Again , she would have to be Moriarty and Valdamort combined to get away with all the crap you guys say she did. No one believes she is a pedophile who eats her victims who isnt brain dead or the dumbest rube in the world. Now, MANY MAY people do believe that Trump is and has been a pedophile mainly because so many young girls have come forward to accuse him of it and are still coming forward. Since all he eats is McDonalds is the ONLY reason to believe he wouldnt eat HIS victims
Mack
SamB are you still looking in the basement of the one story pizza parlor for the pedophile ring that Hillary is running? LOL. Guess you are that backwards. We can tell you’re a right wing member of the Russian Unity Party because of your comments.
LeBlevsez
Actually, SamB, powerful people are often caught. They just have the power to wriggle out of legal consequences. Let’s talk about Clinton. Those notorious emails and all the nefarious secrets she sealed forever in the vault of heinousness. Except emails have either senders or receivers, so can’t be sealed away. Benghazi was a horrific mess. Let’s assign blame. Republicans denied the State Department the necessary funds to provide adequate security. The blame lies with the Republicans, and the inability of Homeland Security and the Pentagon to marshal a quick, cohesive response. Now, about the trail of bodies behind her…. whatcha got? And remember, it’s hard to swim in this pond without flailing wildly. Do dive in.
SamB
Which party has a very recent history of leaving wars in a messy, destructive manner? You can Google and learn all about the suspicious deaths that surround Hillary. This isn’t even a party thing for me though, she is just not even moderately likeable. If she was then she would’ve been President in 2016, but people voted in a loud talking, abrasive celebrity over her.
Kangol2
SamBee, both parties have a history of “leaving wars in a messy” fashion; your beloved Don the Con basically quit the war in Somalia, after years of failure; he pushed Pakistan to release the 5,000+ Taliban fighters who now control Afghanistan, and signed the disastrous peace deal that Biden upheld; he essentially withdrew troops from Syria in favor of Putin having control; he also claimed the US had defeated ISIS in Iraq, though that murderous fanatical organization still exists; he engaged in unsuccessful airstrikes in northwestern Africa, and we’ve never gotten an answer as to why US troops were killed in Niger; and he left the force that attempted to invade Venezuela to be captured and arrested. Now, let’s go to who sent troops to Iraq: George W. Bush. Who sent troops to Afghanistan: George W. Bush. Etc. Of course you’ll skip right past all of this, but your dear GOP has a lot to answer for!
SamB
Kangol2: I’m not a right wing fanatic and agree with most of what you said. BOTH parties need to be held accountable. I don’t think Trump is a great leader but I don’t think he was the monster people claim. I don’t want people to look at any party and go “I’m going to believe in them 100% with no questions asked.” People pick on nonsense in a different party, and ignore what goes on in their own.
Eternal.Cowboy
“ If she was then she would’ve been President in 2016, but people voted in a loud talking, abrasive celebrity over her.”
Clinton won the popular vote in 2016. So the people wanted Clinton to be President. She lost the electoral college which doesn’t represent the will of the people. How do you not know this?
SamB
Cowboy: Winning the popular vote really means nothing. You have to run a campaign based on the rules that are in place and she didn’t do that. If he needed the popular vote then Trumps campaign leaders would’ve run a different campaign and probably won that too.
Eternal.Cowboy
You are changing the subject.
You claimed that the people voted for Trump to be president over Clinton. That is absolutely false for two reasons.. The people voted for Clinton, she led over three million votes and the people don’t actually pick the president.
What is even crazier is your defense for making the false claim is to replace what actually happened with what you think might have happened and use the latter as fact.
We can add this to your list of false claims you have made and objective facts that you have gotten wrong. There is a distinct pattern.
SamB
Cowboy: What part didn’t you understand? If he was running to get the popular vote he would’ve run a different campaign, and he probably would’ve won that too. You have to campaign based on what will get you elected, concentrate on certain areas and not on others. You keep trying to discredit me by saying I’m lying but you’re not paying attention. That’s typical of your type of person though, because you can’t put logic and rational before your “feelings.”
You think me admitting I was was wrong about something two weeks ago makes everything I say unbelievable, but the fact that I can admit something like that, but you can’t, shows I’m applying reason to what I’m saying and you’re just a whirling ball of feelings. Most people do not like her, period. She is poison.
Eternal.Cowboy
I understood 100% of what you said and it’s entirely irrelevant.
You said ; “If she was then she would’ve been President in 2016, but people voted in a loud talking, abrasive celebrity over her.”
That statement is objectively false. The people didn’t vote for him they voted for Clinton.
Change the subject all you want, the fact is your claim is incorrect.
barryaksarben
We needed out of the republican started war in the middle east and TRUMP set Biden up by saing he was bring all the troops home and then drawing them down to the point they were ineffectual. I happen to like Hillary as she has served her nation with honor and has put with with the most insane crap because the gop is so misogynistic party that has ever existed. SHow them a strong woman and they will attack in force. ANy woman who stands up for herself is attacked. Anita Hill is a prime example while Ginni the traitor is called a patriot while paying for the jan 6 insurrection. You people need help and you trying to deny you arent a right wing fanatic. OWN IT YOU COWARD. IF YOU ARE GAY YOU ARE THE TIMID LITTLE SCARED FAG THE GOP LOVES WHO BEG FOR THEM TO SPIT ON. COWARD admit you have multiple screen names. DO it you coward as we all know it, You are such a cowardly little turd arent you not really worthy of a man’s love and affection let alone his sex. Is that it do you wish a man would step on you while you stroke your tiny tiny penis. Straight or gay you are a coward. You are not clever since like I said we pegged you so long ago. But hey, you are not a right winger. WHo is your favorite president and more importantly WHY?
greekboy
The republicans mounted 9 separate investigations into Benghazi and they never could hang HRC. So there Trey Gowdy
Back to liar liar pants on fire melania… if her breastulers get any higher they’ll be shoulder pads…lol
Heywood Jablowme
And every time Hillary received a subpoena, she actually appeared! Imagine that. Rethuglicans don’t even bother.
Prax07
Melania will be peddling her nasty parts on Onlyfans one of these days, just wait.
LeBlevsez
SamB –
Republican GW Bush started the war in Afghanistan, then abandoned the mission because bombing Baghdad was way more dramatic than bombing Afghan dirt. But he left the troops there, in mortal danger and dying, so he could claim he was still trying to bag bin Laden. A goal, by the way, that I don’t think Bush wanted to achieve, since bin Laden was a useful scare tactic when Bush needed a distraction. Purposeful, gratuitous, deadly destruction used for distraction. How much weight should we ascribe to Bush for the failure in Afghanistan?
Democrat Barak Obama tried, but failed, to finesse an end to the war. The death toll dropped dramatically, but death continued nonetheless. How much weight should we ascribe to Obama?
Then came Republican Trump, whose military failures and gross ineptitude were listed with expert economy by Kangol2. In particular, pay attention to Trump’s withdrawal agreement and negotiated Taliban releases. How much weight should we ascribe to Trump?
Finally, Democrat Joe Biden ended the war. And the withdrawal was messy and destructive, due entirely to the actions of the two previous Republican administrations. How much weight should be ascribe to Biden?
Crushing, deadly weight foisted on soldiers and civilians courtesy of Republicans. How much weight should be borne by Democrats? And since you are interested in party affiliation, I’m a life-long Independent.
SamB
LOL you’re blaming everything and every one except the people responsible. Even if a president inherits a mess it’s his responsibility to try and fix it as cleanly and carefully as they could. Do you think Biden did that with Afghanistan? He knew what he was doing would wreak havoc but he did it anyway. I see you don’t like to take responsibility for anything you do, if you make a mistake, “Well I wasn’t told what to do! I didn’t know! It’s Johnny’s fault!” The buck stops here.
LeBlevsez
SamB –
Only an addled mind considers a list of four people “everything and every one (sic)”.
Is your mind addled? ‘Cuz that’s what you just said.
Only a weak argument ends in a personal insult.
Cam
The right wing troll SamB accomplished it’s goal.
People are talking about things other than Melania. So just to repeat.
Melania lied about graduating from school. They lie when they say Melania was a successful model, there is NO record of her doing any lucrative modeling jobs. She did appear nude in a magazine that has been described as an introduction card for prostitutes.
Melania lied a bout speaking 5 languages, Melania lied about writing her convention speech which she stole from Michelle Obama, Melania tried to raise money, claiming it was for charity but lied because the charity doesn’t exist.
A liar and criminal
msteve
They should use Laura Benanti as she does the perfect imitation of the malifantic.
theaterbloke
Cam, thanks for getting things back on topic.
Polaro
I’m very interested in this show, but I’ll skip the Melania season. Well, unless reality ends up putting Melania and/or Donny in prison or bankruptcy in time to be included. That might be fun to watch.
barryaksarben
Which was the RUpaul contestant who did her so well? perfect for the serious nature of her first ladyship
buckhill2
The title of the episode should be Welcome to Gaslighting. She did wonderful things during her time as FLOTUS, because they all have cancelled real history and re-wrote it. Her charity to me is a copy of Carlene’s “Children with Something” (GCB).
Karlis
Maybe 104? I suppose a charitable way to look at this is that Ms Anderson was making an alliterative reference to the number “4.” Because otherwise one would have to conclude that Ms Anderson has forgotten, or does not know, that President Biden is #46, so there could not be 104 first ladies at all. James Buchanan wasn’t married at all, though he did live with a male “friend” for most of his life, so that’s one fewer right there.
tmbrdly
Well if we add in all of trumps ex-wives, we get much closer to 104. Lol
barryaksarben
Add the women who have accused him of rape and youd be way over