Overview
- Stop the Insanity: Finding Susan Powter is now in select theaters with on-demand and streaming release slated for December 2025, with Apple TV preorders available.
- In a Nov. 18 appearance on TODAY, Powter, 67, said the film gives her “real hope” and that any return to public life will be “properly managed.”
- Directed by Zeberiah Newman and executive produced by Jamie Lee Curtis, the documentary chronicles years of precarity, including Uber Eats shifts and a sparsely furnished apartment.
- Powter recounts declaring bankruptcy in 1995 after lawsuits and bad business deals, saying she failed to monitor finances during her peak earning years.
- New interviews highlight her personal disclosures, including describing herself as “a huge lesbian” who does not plan to date or remarry.