Et tu, intern?
Variety reports that Chelsea Handler is developing a comedy for Hulu, “Townhouse,” about a “washed-up” reality star with a failed relationship with her daughter.
And Page Six hears that the show was penned by a former intern of “Real Housewives of New York City” star Sonja Morgan, who worked for Morgan at her, er, townhouse.
But while the inference may not be flattering, we’re told that Morgan couldn’t be much more than a vague inspiration for the character.
“Sonja’s hardly washed up,” said an insider, “and she certainly isn’t estranged from her daughter. She and Quincy have a great relationship.”
We hear that the writer, Zoe Young, worked for Morgan in her final season on the Bravo show, which aired in 2021, and appeared in three episodes.
The cabaret star’s interns were a recurring bit on the show.
Morgan — who retained the staff for reasons that were not quite clear — hammed it up, having them carry out all kinds of bizarre tasks from filling her tub (with her in it) to cleansing her home of unwanted auras.
Meanwhile, her townhouse was also a trademark of the beloved star’s time on the reality staple.
Several seasons addressed her struggle to offload the five-story Upper East Side manse.
Variety — which reports that Young is now a 2025 graduate of USC’s Writing for Screen & Television MFA program — says that Handler would executive produce the show and possibly star in it.
It adds that the studio — 20th Television — describes the show as being about, “a washed-up reality star and her live-in entourage of misfits as they scramble to rehab her image and reboot her career.”
It adds, “When her estranged daughter unexpectedly moves into their crumbling Manhattan townhouse, the TV has-been is confronted with the one role she’s spent her entire life avoiding: motherhood.”
