Billy Evans, the partner of Elizabeth Holmes, said he didn’t consent to his naked body being shown in the documentary “You Can See Everything,” adding he was “just as surprised” as audiences when he saw it.
“I did not give consent to do that,” Evans said during an interview on Sunday’s episode of “CBS Sunday Morning.” “Now, did I know they were filming me in the shower? Yes, but we would film 16 hours a day. All sorts of things were filmed with assurances made. I was just as surprised as the rest of the country to have my whole body on camera for the world to see.”
Evans and Holmes are the focus of “You Can See Everything,” a documentary directed by comedian Nathan Fielder and filmmaker Lance Oppenheim. The film documents Fielder living with the couple for the 34 days leading up to Holmes’ departure for prison after she was convicted of defrauding investors about her tech company, Theranos.
Capturing the mundane and extraordinary parts of their lives, the film shows Evans showering, fully naked. He said dealing with the aftermath of that scene has been unpleasant.
“It’s been an awkward experience of having your kids’ teachers see that,” Evans said. “It’s really uncomfortable.”
Oppenheim said Evans offered that the filmmaker could record the shower scene.
“We were in the car ride on the way back from the gym and I said to Billy, ‘We will give you some time to shower,’” Oppenheim told GQ. “And Billy responded, ‘Want to film me showering?’ I offered to film him in a way that could avoid seeing his genitals, but Billy said he didn’t care about being seen naked.”
Evans said the directors requested “to film things that are not appropriate for television” but declined to elaborate, saying he would “rather spare the audience.”
Still, Evans said he would participate in the documentary all over again.
“Because I would also have a better understanding of what I was walking into,” Evans said.