In a Facebook exchange Friday, Trina Scott Edwards told The
Associated Press she's currently filming for ``The Governor's Wife,''
which will showcase the 34-year-old wife of the octogenarian former
governor.
According to A&E, the series will follow Trina Edwards as she
tries to fit into the former governor's upscale world while trying to
get along with step-daughters almost twice her age and corral her
teenage sons.
The series will include Edwin Edwards' daughters: Anna, a
62-year-old four-time divorcee, and Victoria, described in a news
release as ``a hardened 60-year-old ex-showgirl.''
Trina has sons from a previous marriage: Logan, 15 and Trevor, 13.
Episodes will include school projects and Trina making a run for
president of the local homeowner's association. She also discusses the
possible addition of a baby to the Edwards clan and skeptics who think
she's a gold digger, according to the news release.
Edwards biographer Leo Honeycutt said the show has been shooting
footage for more than a year. Honeycutt, who acknowledges his distaste
for reality TV, said he worried the series could damage the former
governor's legacy and his achievements in office.
``I'm afraid for them. I'm afraid what it's going to do them.
Nobody wants to be a laughingstock, and Louisiana has had enough of that
kind of treatment,'' Honeycutt said.
Edwin Edwards served four terms as a Democratic governor in the
1970s, `80s and `90s. He married Trina in July 2011, shortly after his
release from federal prison for his role in a bribery and extortion
scheme to rig riverboat casino licenses during his fourth term, which
ended in 1996.
Trina, who went by Trina Grimes Scott at the time, began writing
him letters while he was in prison and visited him regularly. She is
Edwards' third wife.
Edwards also served in Congress and was known for his charisma in
politics. Despite his link to a Korean rice scandal early in his
congressional career, he was known for being able to broker deals
between rural and urban interests.
He was last elected governor in 1991, when he defeated former Ku Klux Klan wizard David Duke in a landslide.
``The Governor's Wife'' is the latest in a string of
Louisiana-set reality shows that include A&E's ``Duck Dynasty,''
History's ``Swamp People'' and CMT's ``Bayou Billionaires.''
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