Monica Ruiz, the actress at the center of a viral (and reviled) Peloton bike commercial, weighed in on the controversy Thursday in her first live interview.
In her first live interview since the ad went viral, actress Monica Ruiz addressed the controversy Thursday on the “Today” show, weighing in on the debate about whether its narrative sends harmful and offensive messages.
During the conversation, she also dished on her latest project, for which she was scouted by blockbuster star Ryan Reynolds. “Last week, I started getting all these messages from friends and family, and it was just links and screenshots of, ‘Everyone’s really upset,’ and I’m like, ‘About what?’” Ruiz said, recalling the moment she first heard of the Peloton backlash. “And I’m starting to read some of it, and some of it was really negative, so I’m like, ‘OK, I can’t read any more.’ So I stopped reading it, thinking it’s going to blow over, but it didn’t really blow over as quickly as I thought it would.
Responses to the promo were mixed. Many slammed it as creepy and sexist, arguing that a man has no business trying to steer his partner’s exercise habits. Others found it innocuous, accusing its critics of over-analyzing the 30-second ad. Nothing says “maybe you should lose a few pounds” like gifting your already rail thin life partner a Peloton
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