Richard Simmons' Brother And Staff Slam Pauly Shore Over Biopic Plans

Simmons, who died last month, had repeatedly denounced Shore's unauthorized film project on social media.

Pauly Shore’s hope of portraying the late fitness guru Richard Simmons in a biopic continues to face strong opposition, as Simmons’ staff and family are speaking out.

Speaking to TMZ on Tuesday, Shore confirmed that his long-gestating film about Simmons ― who died last month at age 76 ― was still in the works. He also shrugged off Simmons’ repeated denouncements of the project on social media.

“I know he wanted me to do it,” the actor and comedian said. “I don’t even know if that was him tweeting the whole time. I don’t know who that was.”

Shore’s comments drew a firm retort from Simmons’ staff on social media.

“Pauly Shore has recently made comments to TMZ Paparazzi concerning his attempts to proceed with an unauthorized movie about Richard,” Simmons’ staff wrote in a Wednesday statement. “You’ve seen here on Richard’s account what he had to say about the biopic.”