Convicted former governor gets TV show

NEW ORLEANS — Former Louisiana Gov. Edwin Edwards will star in a new TV show on A&E with the woman he married after he was released from prison on a corruption conviction.

Trina Scott Edwards told The Associated Press on Friday 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.

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.

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