Famed journalist and style powerhouse Anna Wintour has lastly damaged her silence on being the alleged inspiration of the blockbuster manufacturing “The Satan Wears Prada.”

Whereas talking on the New Yorker’s official podcast, Wintour, former editor-in-chief of Vogue, opened up concerning the movie, explaining that she really attended the screening of the manufacturing in 2006 sporting none apart from Prada. In accordance with Wintour, 75, she went in utterly blind, having no concept what the film starring Anne Hathaway and Meryl Streep was about.

After seeing the movie, Wintour revealed a number of of her style colleagues admitted they had been anxious for her future within the trade. “I believe that the style trade had been very sweetly involved for me concerning the movie, that it was going to color me in some type of troublesome mild,” she stated.

Regardless, Wintour admitted she discovered the film “extremely fulfilling,” calling it “very humorous.” She even stated she speaks to Miuccia Bianchi, head designer of Prada, concerning the movie usually. “I say to her: ‘Properly, it was actually good for you,'” she stated.

Hathaway and Streep starred within the 2006 manufacturing of “The Satan Wears Prada,” which is tailored from the e-book of the identical identify. The publication was written by Lauren Weisberger, Wintour’s former assistant.

Whereas the e-book and film function dramatized occasions, the story is predicated on Weisberger’s personal expertise as an aspiring journalist on the mercy of a notoriously high-strung and demanding boss.

The movie was an enormous success, grossing greater than $300 million on the field workplace. Streep’s efficiency was so revered that she was awarded a number of accolades, together with the Golden Globe for Finest Actress. The legendary performer was additionally nominated for Finest Lead Actress on the Academy Awards, BAFTA Awards, SAG Awards, and Critics’ Selection ceremony.

Elsewhere throughout her dialog with the New Yorker, Wintour shared that she totally loved the film, which “had a variety of humor to it.”

“It had a variety of wit. It had Meryl Streep. I imply, it was Emily Blunt, [and] they had been all wonderful. In the long run, I assumed it was a good shot,” she added.

And if she cherished the primary, hopefully Wintour loves the second, which is at the moment in manufacturing, in response to a number of sources, together with PEOPLE and Selection.

The sequel, which is able to star Hathaway and Streep, together with returning forged members Emily Blunt and Stanley Tucci, “reportedly follows Priestly as she navigates her profession amid the decline of conventional journal publishing and as she faces off towards Blunt’s character, now a high-powered government for a luxurious group with promoting {dollars} that Priestly desperately wants.”

At the moment, the movie is scheduled for launch in theaters worldwide on Might 1, 2026, whereas the unique film is accessible to stream on Disney+ and Hulu and for hire on Prime Video.

The discharge of “The Satan Wears Prada 2” comes at an particularly poignant time, contemplating Wintour not too long ago introduced her choice to step down from her position as Editor-in-Chief of American Vogue.

In accordance with a earlier report from The Blast, Wintour informed her colleagues concerning the information throughout a morning employees assembly, revealing she’d stay because the International Content material Officer of Condé Nast.

The long-lasting style journalist may even proceed to help Condé Nast’s different publications, akin to Glamour, Self-importance Truthful, and GQ.

Wintour’s announcement despatched shockwaves throughout social media, with one person writing, “It do not even appear proper, while you see Vogue, you see Anna Wintour.”

One other person posted a extra dramatic take, evaluating her exit to the tragic “9/11” terrorist assaults.