*Stephanie Mills says “not being a follower” during her early days navigating Hollywood helped keep her on the straight and narrow.
“Thank God my mother was around,” she told Page Six. “I was just so glad I never got into drugs. Not to say that it wasn’t around me, because it was… but I [have] never been a follower. No alcohol, none of that none of that whatsoever.”
Mills is currently promoting her starring role in a new Lifetime original film, “Pride: A Seven Deadly Sins Story,” alongside gospel singer Erica Campbell.
“Pride: A Seven Deadly Sins Story” is executive produced by T.D. Jakes, Derrick Williams and Shaun Robinson, and inspired by actual events.
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Here’s the official synopsis: “Pride: A Seven Deadly Sins Story tells the story of reality TV star Birdie Moore (Stephanie Mills), whose carefully constructed world starts to crumble — like the baked goods that catapulted her to fame — when her family secrets are brought to light. To salvage her legacy, Birdie must let go of the pride that estranged her from her daughter. Birdie’s pride also prevents her from seeing that her son Gabe Moore (Thomas Miles) is actually a thieving opportunist and that her granddaughter Ella Boudreaux (Keeya King) is just a lost twenty-something trying to build up her life after some missteps.”
“The subject of the film is pride, and I think there is a sliver of pride that everybody deals with. You can be proud of yourself, but it can get to a place where it’s not just about you,” Mills said of the project.
She adds, “It’s not about what’s mine, it’s about taking your stuff, too. That’s when pride [goes] a little bit too far, and you see that manifesting in different ways in this film. I can’t wait for people to see it. I really hope you get the message more than anything.”
“Pride: A Seven Deadly Sins” is directed by Troy Scott from a script written by Felicia Brooker.
The movie premieres April 8 on Lifetime.
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