Disgraced baseball legend Pete Rose to star in reality show chronicling his impending wedding to Playboy model

Former Major League Baseball superstar Pete Rose has signed on to film a reality show with TLC.

The controversial player, who was banned from the Baseball Hall of Fame after accusations surfaced that he bet on the games he played in and managed, has begun production on five episodes set to air later this air.

The show, which has the working title The Pete Rose and the Kiana Kim Family Project, will chronicle the 71-year-old's impending wedding to fiancee Kiana Kim, a 30-something Playboy model .

Baseball Legend: Pete Rose will star in a reality show about his impending nuptials to Playboy model Kiana Kim


The cameras promise to trail Rose taking the family to visit the Hall of Fame in Cooperstown and cover Kim getting a breast reduction.

'We’re not a traditional family,' says Kim. 'We are a total modern-day family, mixing the cultures, the ages, the different backgrounds together.'

'I didn’t even know who Pete Rose was when I first met him. It’s kind of a crazy story, but at the core of every family is love and it’s what TLC wants to show.

Rose also said that the show will afford him the opportunity to clear up misconceptions that he believes the public has about him.

'People will get a chance to see what kind of personality I have — and she has,' he said. '... we go through the same things everybody else does: taking the braces off, making sure they get their education and they go to basketball practice or acting class.'


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'It’s not going to be classless — like it seems like a lot of reality shows aren’t really reality, but our reality show is going to be funny, entertaining, and real.'

The couple, who went on Howard Stern's radio show in 2010 to discuss their active love life, share their struggles with Pete’s adult children who have voiced their skepticism regarding the engagement.

Pete also considers appealing the Baseball Commissioner again to discuss reinstatement - the all-time major league leader in hits, games played, at-bats and outs was forced to permanently retire from baseball in 1989.

'Pete is one of sport’s most controversial characters, and his life is even more fascinating off the field as it was on,' says Amy Winter of TLC.