The Lifeitme original movie 'Betty and Coretta' starring Angela Bassett and Mary J. Blige as Corretta Scott-King and Dr. Betty Shabazz, the widows of Dr. Martin Luther King and Malcolm X, did not go over well with the surviving children...
Ilyasah Shabazz and Rev. Bernice King are extremely upset that the children were not consulted and that the film contained many inaccuracies.
Ilyasha tells The Washington Post,
“My mother was not a weak, timid, insecure woman as portrayed. She was regal, compassionate, strong, loving, beautiful, resilient and highly educated.”Among the King family gripes that it was implied that Mrs. King believed her husband had been unfaithful based on tapes sent to their home from the FBI that allegedly captured Dr. King with a lover.
The King family has long insisted the actual tape sent by the FBI contained no sex sounds as was reported by the media, just people at a social gathering telling dirty jokes accompanied with a note that Dr. King was about to be exposed and should commit suicide to save face.
