Billy Evans Accepts Villain Role in 'You Can See Everything': 'It's Entertainment'

Billy Evans, the partner of convicted Theranos fraudster Elizabeth Holmes, says A24's documentary "You Can See Everything" makes him look "crazy" — and he's made peace with that. "I would preferred for that not to be the case, but it's entertainment," Evans told CBS in a promo clip for a forthcoming "Sunday Morning" interview. "I didn't get to control the edit."

The three-hour experimental documentary, directed by Nathan Fielder and Lance Oppenheim, premiered in October and became the second-biggest documentary ever in North America, reaching $80 million after just four weekends.

What did Evans actually say?

In the CBS clip, correspondent Matt Gutman put the question bluntly: "Are you OK being the subject of entertainment at your expense, which makes you truly look like a conniving, manipulative villain?"

Evans conceded the framing. But he redirected to his real motive. "My goal was to have people see Elizabeth," he said. "And when I watch that movie, I see the person that I love and exactly who she is."

That's the mechanism of the whole interview, really. Evans isn't disputing how directors Fielder and Oppenheim cut the film. He's saying the outcome — audiences seeing Holmes — was worth the personal cost. He appears to hold no grudge against the filmmakers.

How the film portrays him

In "You Can See Everything," Evans spars on camera with Fielder. The comedian attempts to investigate whether Holmes — the blood-testing-company founder convicted of fraud — is being honest with him. Evans occupies an antagonistic role in those exchanges.

He invited that scrutiny knowingly. In a earlier social media "AMA" (ask-me-anything session), Evans said he does not regret agreeing to the documentary "at all," and that he had seen "almost all of" Fielder's previous work before inviting the filmmaker into the San Diego home he shares with Holmes.

So what does this change for viewers? Mainly, it removes any lingering question of offscreen conflict between subject and directors. The villain of the edit says he'd do it again.

The misconception Evans wants to correct

Asked on X to name one misconception about the film he'd dispel, Evans picked the idea that he controls Holmes.

"That I somehow control Liz. Anyone who actually knows her would find that idea hilarious," he wrote. "She's fiercely independent, strongwilled [sic], and my best friend. We are partners in every sense. We challenge each other, disagree, and face the world together. Her closest friends are also some of my closest friends. If I ever mistreated her, they'd have my head."

A documentary still building momentum

"You Can See Everything" captured both the zeitgeist and the box office on release. It is still rolling out internationally as awards season kicks into gear — a schedule that keeps Evans's on-screen persona, and now his CBS rebuttal, in circulation.

His "Sunday Morning" interview, when it airs, will be the most extensive platform he's had to frame his own story since the film's premiere.