Brittany Murphy Biopic on Lifetime Channel is 'Trashy' to Her Father; 'It's Hideous and Completely Untrue,' He Said
Angelo Bertolotti, the father of the late Brittany Murphy, is disgusted with the rushed biopic created by the Lifetime Channel about his daughter.
After he saw previews of the made for TV movie, Bertolotti thinks the station is spoiling the image of his deceased offspring.
“I am disgusted and outraged that Lifetime decided to produce such a trashy project," said Bertolotti, according to the Examiner . "Defiling the memory of my beautiful, talented daughter, Brittany Murphy."
Bertolotti is shocked that the network didn't even make an effort to reach out to him and the rest of Murphy's family in order to get the facts straight.
"Frankly, I am amazed at their audacity of calling it true story, without conducting research or consulting with members of the family," said the father of the starlet who was gone too soon. "It's an affront to everything my daughter was in life. It’s hideous and completely untrue.”
As for Amanda Fuller, the actress who plays Murphy, Bertolotti thinks she is a far cry from his daughter.
“Lifetime’s casting was atrocious," he said. "Amanda Fuller, the girl playing Brittany, looks absolutely nothing like her. Everyone looks ridiculous in their bad wigs and the dialogue is nauseating."
Furthermore, Bertolotti claims the way Lifetime portrayed him in "The Brittany Murphy Story" is completely false.
"To suggest that I was never in Brittany’s life since the age of 2 is absolutely despicable. I was always a part of Brittany’s life and supported both her and her mother," he said. "Anyone who thinks that Sharon and Brittany could afford to move from New Jersey to California by selling Tupperware should have their heads examined."
Murphy's dad isn't the only who thought the movie was a total bust. TV Guide called it a “travesty and affront to nature.”
