Cheryl McCollum

Somehow these people get to have a second life by doing these kind of exploitative shows about themselves.

And that is so disturbing to me.

So that's another reason that I feel...

I feel really happy is the wrong word.

I feel really good for Mary Jo that she's able to have this platform and really be forthright and raw and honest and truthful about her own story.

Yeah, I think it's interesting that infamous is what these people are, which is a lot of people don't know

Infamy is becoming famous for something bad, but it is still fame.

And so many people thrive off of being famous, even if it is infamous.

Right.

And this is something interesting that Mary Jo does say in this movie, that she never wanted to be famous.

She never wanted any attention like this.

Like I said, she wanted a simple life.

This was a good person.

She was raised Catholic, very traditional, wanted to be a wife and a mother.

And she...

Chose the wrong dude for that.

Okay, let's get into it with the executive producer, Sherry Singer, of the new Lifetime film, I Am Mary Jo Buttafuoco.

I'm Cheryl McCollum, host of the podcast Zone 7.

Zone 7 ain't a place.

It's a way of life.