The third season of Orange is the New Black will feature a new character loosely based on Martha Stewart, who famously served jail time in West Virginia though she was supposed to serve her sentence at Danbury, which OITNB is based on.
The hit Netflix show’s creator, Jenji Kohan, said at Monday’s TIME 100 Gala that the character will be a Southern Martha Stewart of sorts. Kohan wouldn’t say who will be playing this character.
Those who read Piper Kerman’s memoir of the same name will remember she writes about rumblings in Danbury about Stewart’s possible stay there.
OITNB’s Litchfield is based on the prison in Connecticut, where Lauryn Hill has served time and Real Housewives of New Jersey star Teresa Giudice is currently serving time for fraud.
The highly-anticipated third season will introduce other new characters, such as Lori Petty as Lolly and Ruby Rose as Stella Carlin.
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