‘Who TF Did I Marry’ Gets the TV Treatment

“Who TF Did I Marry,” the viral 50-part TikTok series that captured the internet earlier this year, is finally returning to people’s screens. And this time, it’s as a television series.

According to an exclusive reveal from Variety, actress Natasha Rothwell is developing a TV adaptation of the TikTok “Who TF Did I Marry” after winning a “competitive” bidding war under her Big Hattie Productions banner. (Rothwell is best known for starring in the hit HBO series White Lotus and the ongoing Hulu series How To Die Alone.)

First posted on Feb. 14, “Who TF Did I Marry” was a series started by TikTok user Reesa Teesa that charted her tempestuous journey of dating, marrying, and eventually divorcing a man she called a “pathological liar.” Reesa, whose legal name is Tareasa Johnson, chose not to use her ex-husband’s legal name or any identifying details but referred to him as Legion — a Biblical reference to a man possessed by a swarm of demons. In her 50-part series, which gained millions of devoted viewers in less than 72 hours, Reesa charted how she began her relationship with Legion. When they began dating, Reesa thought Legion was a recently divorced man who had moved to Atlanta to work as a vice president of a condiment company. But as their relationship progressed, the two first moving in together and eventually marrying, she began to notice red flags. His social security numbers didn’t match, the family he claimed to talk to so often purposefully didn’t speak to him, and even his job didn’t exist. Less than five months into their marriage, Reesa and Legion were divorced. “There is a level of cruelty to my ex-husband that I have never experienced before,”  Reesa said in one of her closing videos. “And God knows I pray I never experience that again.” (Her ex-husband, Jerome McCoy, has since denied all of her claims.)

Since releasing “Who TF Did I Marry,” Reesa has gone from an unknown TikTok user to a creator with more than three million followers. But throughout the experience, she’s been vocal that she’d be interested in a TV adaptation that got her story out there and reminded women that they’re not alone. In March, she told The Cut the ideal actresses to play her would be Jill Scott, Natasha Rothwell, or Danielle Pinnock. Looks like she got her wish!

Representatives for Johnson did not respond to Rolling Stone‘s request for comment. But Reesa celebrated the adaptation news on TikTok. “Finally, the news is out,” she posted Wednesday. “I didn’t disappear, I was in negotiations! I am BEYOND excited to work with THE Natasha Rothwell. Listen, we are about to change the game. Get ready, get set, GO!!!”