The documentary opens with footage of a young Joyce reading from her memoir, Once Upon a Time. During his research for the documentary, Morris miraculously discovered the film that was made around 1984. Then Joyce, who had agreed to be interviewed, begins her tale about falling in love with a man from Utah, Kirk Anderson, who disappeared before their wedding. She went to London to rescue him from what she believed was a Mormon cult that abducted and brainwashed him. According to the tabloids, Kirk had merely gone on his own as a Mormon missionary.

 

The real abduction came about, according to the tabloids, was when Joyce hired a bodyguard, a pilot, and along with her close friend Keith Joseph May (KJ), snatched Kirk, manacled him to a bed and raped him. He managed to get her to let him go and reported her to the police. She was arrested and spent three months in jail. Released on bail, she and KJ escaped back to the United States McKinney's story (not the portion she tells) includes her posing for nude pictures and living a very unethical lifestyle. As she sits before the camera, it is obvious that she is a woman of ego enjoying her glory. She claims that the British Press ruined her life, but in reality, she seems to wallow in as much publicity as she can receive, even today. It doesn't seem too difficult to wonder which story actually tells the truth. However, the film ends as it began, back around 1984, the final portion of the footage as Joyce reads the end of her memoir.

Tabloid opened in theatres July 15 1 hr., 28 min. English Rated R