Reality, show change tack in season 2
New twists in Haart's life
IN the first season of Netflix’s My Unorthodox Life, Julia Haart had a loving husband, a thriving career and a family that seemed to deftly navigate varying levels of Jewish observance.
Season two will tell a different story.
Over a period of 48 hours last week, Haart was fired from Elite World Group, the fashion company where she became co-CEO in 2019; filed for divorce from her husband of two years, co-CEO Silvio Scaglia Haart; and, alleging abuse, sought a restraining order against him for “increasingly volatile, abusive and unhinged” behaviour.
Haart’s departure from the Orthodox community where she was raised, which she characterised as tightly controlling, and her rapid ascent in the world of fashion, were the focus of the first season of My Unorthodox Life.
Page Six reported that Haart’s firing took place with cameras rolling; and that Scaglia Haart will not be part of the next season.
There may still be plenty of family diversity for the series to showcase in the form of Haart’s children, such as teenager Aron, who maintains a social media profile dedicated to Jewish observance and Torah study; and daughter Miriam, a senior at Stanford University who recently revealed a new relationship with Swedish woman Nathalie Ulander.
Haart’s memoir Brazen is due out in April.
WITH JTA
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