Jocelyn Wildensteinthe socialite known as “Catwoman” filmed a reality TV show before her death, TMZ reports.
Wildenstein died on Tuesday, December 31, in Paris at the age of 84, her partner, Lloyd Kleinsaid.
On Wednesday, Jan. 1, after news of her death broke, TMZ reported that Wildenstein filmed a reality project last year, citing production sources, though they noted that the show has yet to land a deal with a network.
According to the paper, the show centered around Wildenstein’s move from her Miami home to Los Angeles and Klein’s efforts to relaunch his fashion brand, Lloyd Klein Couture. The show is said to be different from an HBO documentary that Wildenstein first mentioned in a June 2023 interview with UK. Sunday Times.
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On Wednesday, Klein told AFP that the Swiss socialite died in Paris while staying at a luxury hotel after suffering a pulmonary embolism. A pulmonary embolism is a blood clot that “blocks and stops blood flow” in an artery in the lungs, according to the Mayo Clinic.
An “icon is gone,” Klein told the media, noting there is “pain” over Wildenstein’s loss.
Before her death, Wildenstein (born Jocelyne Périsset) made headlines for her extreme plastic surgery that made her look like a cat. The work earned her the nickname “Catwoman.”
After her first surgery in the late 70s, fans began comparing Wildenstein’s eye lift to that of a lynx, which she had as a pet.
Wildenstein was also known for her marriage to a billionaire art dealer Alec Wildenstein. The two married in 1978 and divorced in 1999. Their separation and legal battle received extensive media coverage.
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said Alec Vanity Fair at the time of their split, he had no word on how many surgeries his wife had had, despite reports that he encouraged her to change her appearance.
“She was crazy. I would always be the last to find out,” he claimed, according to The Times. “She was thinking she could arrange her face like a piece of furniture. Skin doesn’t work that way. But she wouldn’t listen.”
Jocelyn said The Times in June 2023, Alec “hired a publicist and paid a plastic surgeon to prove that I completely changed my face” so he could “win a divorce.”
Wildenstein is survived by her and Alec’s children, son Alec Jr. and daughter Diane.
