Carnie Wilson 'Unstapled': Singer Gets Reality Show

LOS ANGELES — Carnie Wilson is opening up her life as a working mom in a new reality TV series.

"Carnie Wilson: Unstapled" is in production and set to debut in January on GSN, which also airs "The Newlywed Game" hosted by Wilson.

A singer-songwriter with the pop group Wilson Phillips and 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," said Wilson. 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 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 viewers will see her trying to take off about 50 pounds of "baby weight."

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Besides her TV shows and music career that includes solo releases, 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 involved 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's a "passion" as much as a business. She likes feeding people, she said.

It's important to her how she and her family are portrayed in the reality series, said Wilson, adding that she trusts GSN and the show's producer.

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Comments

[HacunaMatata101]

I would agree the "watch people in everyday life at homes and running errands" shows are awful and need to end. Ideally, they never would have started but too late now.

The networks are the last to catch on when something has been done to death, though.

[Whatnow]

I always have, I will never understand the scripted real life.

[MajorKong]

It's official. I'm the only person in the country who doesn't have a reality show.

[oakley9]

LOL

[auramac]

I don't either, I guess it helps if you have weight, marital, or substance abuse problems.

Or 8 or more kids..

[nah415]

Correction: You don't have a reality show YET.

[BikeFreak]

Christ.

When will this stop?

[rabb046]

Finally.

[yellowdoggie]

I wish this woman well, but I think I'll pass. This can only end in tears.

[DrJimmy]

She is such a hero......­..........­.LOLOL

[happycat]

Oh pulleaze! Carnie is one of our country's first modern day fame wh ores.

[meede]

Saw Carnie in three other attempts of reality shows -- she was_dreadful in all three.

[PlaceboStudman]

Well, I for one, and judging by previous comments may be the only one, love Carnie and will check out her show.

[MightyMeno]

I like Carnie, too; she's SO blunt and very funny. That said, I'll take a pass on her show. The whole "reality" format has been done to death. But good luck to her!

[GhostNyc]

I think we need to petition networks to stop reality TV programming.

[DixieMelody]

Except for The Amazing Race. . . arguably the best and most original show on television.

[TopJack]

She'll always be the one they hid behind the piano in those Wilson Philips videos.

[balancedsolution]

Carnie, you should change your name...to Flaca.

[MrMilk]

Well of course she does!

[topkatnc]

I am so sick of these reality shows...I refuse to watch anymone of them....