Having become the latest inspiration for an ever-growing biopic subgenre about tech entrepreneurs of the 21st century, Whitney Wolfe Herd is conflicted about Hulu ‘s Swiped .

Although the Bumble founder and CEO hasn’t seen the film and is open to Lily James ‘ portrayal of her, now available to stream after its TIFF premiere this month, she admitted she asked her lawyer to “shut it down” two years ago.

“So, I can’t make it through the whole trailer; it’s too weird for me,” she told CNBC . “No, I’m not involved in it. Frankly, I was informed about this movie after it was already off to the races. I think they had already written the script and done all these things.

“I even was asking my lawyer two years ago, ‘What do I do? I don’t want a movie about me. Shut it down!’ He

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