Former Donald Trump foreign policy adviser George Papadopoulos is set to join in the Academy Awards festivities February 24, just two months after being released from prison early in December.
Papadopoulos plans to film his big appearance for the a forthcoming docuseries, it was confirmed to DailyMail.com Tuesday.
Greg Mielcarz, executive producer for the so far untitled look into his life post-prison told DailyMail.com that they will ‘most likely be filming their attendance at Roger’s Oscar-viewing party – permission pending’.
Papadopolous who only served a 12-day sentence for lying to FBI about his contacts in Russia, will be among guests such as Corey Feldman, Farrah Abraham and Frank Stallone for the Roger Neal Oscar-viewing party at the Hollywood Palladium, Page Six reported.
Papadopoulos’ appearance will come 15 years after Trump attended the event named Night of 100 Stars at the time with then-girlfriend Melania Krauss.
It kicks off a series of showbiz moments as part of his new life in Los Angeles in 2019, when he will appear in a docuseries and release a book.
George Papadopoulos (pictured with his wife) will attend the Roger Neal Oscar-viewing party on February 24 and he plans to film it for his docuseries, DailyMail.com has learned
Papadopoulos’ (left attending a Washington sentencing hearing with wife Simona Mangiante in September 2018) appearance will come 15 years after Trump attended the 13th Annual Night of 100 Stars Oscar Viewing Black Tie Gala in 2004 with then-girlfriend Melania Krauss (right)
The cameras started rolling the moment he stepped out of federal prison in Wisconsin, The Washington Post reported last month.
‘Very happy to announce our new docu-series!’ Papadopoulos, 31, tweeted at the time, over a picture of him with wife Simona Mangiante Papadopoulos.
The Papadopouloses are filming their story with Los Angeles documentary house FGW Productions, who has worked on behind-the-scenes projects with the likes of Will Smith and produced docuseries Who Killed Tupac which aired in six parts on A&E in 2017.
‘FGW Productions is currently funding production, and we are also seeking out investors who might be interested in being part of this historic series – considering the Mueller investigation has been granted an additional six months extension on their Russian probe,’ Mielcarz added to DailyMail.com on Tuesday.
Papadopoulos and wife Simona Mangiante have moved to LA and are filming a docuseries about ‘rebirth’. They will feature in the ‘biggest fight’ the producer has seen on TV
The docuseries will also detail life after ‘surviving the biggest political scandal in history’. Filming is expected to last until the end of February
The drama is set to focus on the love story between Papadopoulos and Italian lawyer Mangiante as it developed in parallel with his involvement in the Trump campaign, his Russia contacts and then the collusion investigation by Special Counsel Robert Mueller.
Papadopoulos told Page Six: ‘It’s a story about rebirth, a young couple surviving the biggest political scandal in history.’
Filming is expected to last until the end of February and could include Papadopoulos flying to Italy to meet his wife’s parents for the first time. The production also interviewed his sister and parents who have a tough relationship with their son.
Former Donald Trump (top right) foreign policy adviser’s love story developed in parallel with his involvement in the Trump campaign, his Russia contacts and the collusion investigation
Now they have moved to Los Angeles to forge a career in entertainment. They’re pictured speaking at the American Priority conference in Washington DC in December 2018
Pictured on The View last September, Papadopoulos sparked the first FBI inquiry into Russian involvement in the 2016 US election
Executive producer Stephanie Frederic of FGW Productions told the Washington Post in December: ‘There are definitely some issues there, and you will see them.’
The producer admitted her friends were ‘angry’ at her for doing the series but said last month: ‘I’m not doing this for politics. A good story is a good story.’
Papadopoulos met his wife via LinkedIn in 2017 as they had both worked for the same London think tank run by Maltese professor Joseph Mifsud.
Mr Papadopolus said about his wife portraying Brigitte Bardot in the Affairs on Capri biopic: ‘I think she’s better looking’
Although the couple won’t be paid to appear in the series, they will be provided with money in exchange for sharing images and mementos.
Frederic said when they began recording the life of Papadopoulos as a free man, she witnessed the ‘biggest fight I’ve ever seen on television’.
But the producer claimed it’s not a reality show as it’s unscripted.
Mrs Papadopolus has ventured into acting however and portrayed Brigitte Bardot in the Affairs on Capri biopic.
Mr Papadopolus added to Page Six: ‘I think she’s better looking than Bardot.’
She has called herself an ‘international lawyer and actress’ since August 2018 on LinkedIn.
Papadopoulos met his wife via LinkedIn in 2017 as they had both worked for the same company
Mrs Papadopoulos calls herself an ‘international lawyer and actress’ on LinkedIn
A Diversion Books March 26 release meanwhile will detail ‘Western intelligence attempts to sabotage President Trump and his team,’ Papadopoulos said on Twitter.
Papadopoulos sparked the first FBI inquiry into Russian involvement in the 2016 US election when, as a Trump campaign advisor, he let slip that Moscow had offered him dirt on Hillary Clinton.
Papadopoulos was an obscure oil industry analyst when he joined the Trump campaign’s foreign policy advisory team in March 2016.
A Diversion Books March 26 release meanwhile will detail ‘Western intelligence attempts to sabotage President Trump and his team’
Based in London, he made contacts with what he believed were important Russian and Russia-linked officials, one of whom told him Moscow had information available that would embarrass Trump’s election rival, Democrat Hillary Clinton.
Papadopoulos passed the offer on to the Trump campaign, but also, while reportedly drunk, mentioned it to an Australian diplomat, who passed the information to US intelligence.
The Federal Bureau of Investigation then opened the now sprawling probe into contacts between the Trump campaign and Russia that threatens the president himself.
Papadopoulos, one of the first investigated, lied to the FBI about his contacts.
Eventually, he pleaded guilty to one count, and admitted to the FBI’s description of what he had done with the Russians.
But after his guilty plea, he made an about-face, saying he had been set up by Australian, British and US intelligence in a plot to undermine Trump’s presidency.
In the days after his release he was feted in Washington at a conference of the ‘alt-right,’ an often extremist conservative movement known for conspiracy theories.