Cheryl McCollum

I mean, Lifetime was the right home for this.

I mean, it really is.

You know, we.

I think about this a lot and talk about this a lot, you know, the idea of turning pain into purpose and all of that.

And it seems so kind of trite at this point, we just say that as a term, but there is so much methodical, deep work that actually goes into being able to do that.

And I've, I just, I'm,

You know, I mean, she talks about she uses the term having Stockholm syndrome even, you know, because this is also about he was an abusive man.

Yes.

Emotionally.

And it's really that's a whole other part that, again, nobody really talks about.

It's it really is is shocking how much things have changed now.

So were you with, you know, this branding of the Long Island Lolita?

We all just like accepted that as, oh, okay.

And let me read this article about like, it just is bananas when I think about it now.

And that obviously shifted some sympathy towards her, but also exploited her.

But how conscious were you guys of correcting that narrative?

What we wanted, the best way to do it is, I think, the way it turned out, which is for Mary Jo to say, you know, I, yes, she did this, you know, yes, you know, it ruined a big part of my life.

Yes, it had a lot of impact on my kids.

Yes, it broke up my marriage.

But