The Real Emily Charlton: Framer's Devil Wears Prada Confession

0:00It's April 30th. Entertainment and celebrity news today starts now, AI-powered and spotlight-ready. I'm Cory with the story. Leslie Framer, the stylist behind Nicola Peltz's Valentino wedding dress, just dropped a bombshell. She says she's the real-life Emily Charlton from, The Devil Where's Prada. That high-strong assistant Emily Blenplayed? Yeah, Framer claims that's her, straight from her days at Vogue. She spilled it all on a Vogue podcast, saying she even coined one of the movie's iconic lines about a million girls killing for that job. Back then, she worked alongside Lauren Weisberger, who was a junior assistant for just eight months before writing the book. Framer admits she wasn't the nicest, feeling like she had to cover for Weisberger, who seemed more focused on jotting down notes than the gig. The book hit her like a betrayal. They never spoke again after Weisberger bounced, and any reunion would be straight awkward. Weisberger pushed back in a Vogue essay, explaining she wrote it young at 23, raw from assisting

1:01a terrifying boss, no revenge intended. She says she'd layer it with more empathy today, for assistance and execs alike, meanwhile, a sequel drops May 1st, 2026, 20 years on the dot. Miranda priestly battles her old assistant, now arrival exec chasing ad dollars in a dying print world, proving fashion's drama never fades.