VH1's Daytime Divas: Kristen Johnston, Patti LaBelle Among Latest Castings
Just when we thought VH1’s upcoming Vanessa Williams-led drama Daytime Divas couldn’t get any juicier, along come three new additions to help stir the pot.
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Kristen Johnston (The Exes), Patti LaBelle (American Horror Story) and Rob Estes (90210) will all appear on the View-skewering series, TVLine has learned. Based on former View co-host Star Jones’ 2011 novel Satan’s Sisters, Daytime Divas follows the day-to-day events of a popular ladies’ talk show called The Lunch Hour.
Johnston will play Anna, the formerly frumpy assistant to Maxine (Williams’ character), who returns to New York as a “chic and hard-hitting journalist”; LaBelle will play Gloria, the “sharp-tongued, fabulous, prying” mother of William (Norm Lewis’ character), who claims to know her son better than anybody else; and Estes will play Vance Gordon, a sitcom actor who previously starred opposite Kibby (Chloe Bridges’ character), now re-entering her life as a guest on The Lunch Hour.
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Previously announced cast members include Tichina Arnold, Camille Guaty and Fiona Gubelmann, who — along with Williams and Bridges — make up the hosts of The Lunch Hour.
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