“The Governor’s Wife,” a new A&E reality TV series, premieres this Sunday and stars Former La. Gov. Edwin Edwards. The show is about Edwards’ new 34-year-old wife Trina Grimes Scott, and the adjustment to their new life together.
Edwin Edwards recently made a visit to the University in September when Larry King interviewed him in the Union Theater.
Edwards served four terms as governor of Louisiana, but in 2000 he was convicted of bribery and extortion after his final term.
Edwards was imprisoned from 2002 to 2011, when he was released to serve the rest of his sentence in a halfway house, completing his sentence in July 2011.
Scott and Edwards became pen pals while Edwards was in prison. On July 29 2011, Edwards married for the third time to Scott. The new Mrs. Edwards gave birth to Edwin Edwards’ fifth child Eli Wallace Edwards on, Aug. 1 of this year.
“The Governor’s Wife” will feature Trina Edwards, Edwin Edwards, Trina’s two sons from a previous marriage, Trevor and Logan, and Edwin’s two daughters, Victoria and Anna.
The sneak peek of the series premiere shows Trina sharing the news of her pregnancy to Victoria and Anna. The two sisters are in their 60s and are not happy to be welcoming a new sibling into their lives. The premiere promises to share the full reactions from the two Edwards sisters.
“Seeing Edwards in person was quite an experience,” said University student, Ellie Young in a Facebook message. “He was born to be in the public eye. I’ll have to tune in to the show just to witness his ridiculous antics and wit. If the marriage is anything like he said it is, the show is bound to be entertaining.”
“’Mrs. Edwards’ works hard to rehabilitate her gold-digger reputation and cement her place on the social scene,” said the A&E website biography of Trina Edwards.
Throughout the series viewers will see Trina trying to bond with her two stepdaughters who are twice her age. Basically Trina attempts to bring the whole Edwards family together regardless of the awkward age differences.
“Edwin Edwards is a larger than life character who is one of the few public figures that would suit a reality television show,” said T. Wayne Parent, political science professor. “I think few Louisianans would have problems with it. While he dominated Louisiana politics in the last part of the twentieth century, today is much more a figure of fascination than of politics.”