Posted on 02/11/2016 6:19:32 PM PST by M. Thatcher
Amy Lindsay has appeared in films such as Erotic Confessions, Carnal Wishes, Secrets of a Chambermaid, and Insatiable Desires. "Had the campaign known of her full filmography, we obviously would not have let her appear in the ad," a Cruz campaign spokesman told BuzzFeed News.
Ted Cruz's campaign has pulled its most recent ad, "Conservatives Anonymous," after learning one of the actresses in the spot is also a softcore porn star.
The ad, which was set at a group therapy session of conservative voters who feel betrayed by Marco Rubio on immigration, featured actress Amy Lindsay, who played a woman telling another group member, "maybe you should vote for more than just a pretty face next time."
Lindsay has appeared in several softcore porn films, including Erotic Confessions, Carnal Wishes, Secrets of a Chambermaid, and Insatiable Desires.
BuzzFeed News, after learning of Lindsay's prior filmography, requested comment from the Cruz campaign. Cruz spokesman Rick Tyler told BuzzFeed News in a statement that the campaign is taking the ad down and replacing it with a different one.
"The actress responded to an open casting call. She passed her audition and got the job. Unfortunately, she was not vetted by the production company. Had the campaign known of her full filmography, we obviously would not have let her appear in the ad," Tyler said.
Prior to the Cruz campaign pulling the ad, Lindsay told BuzzFeed News in a phone interview on Thursday that she's a Christian conservative and a Republican. While she emphasized that she did not do hardcore porn and that she also appeared in non-erotic films, Lindsay said she thinks it is cool that an actress who has appeared in softcore porn could also appear in Cruz's ad.
"In a cool way, then hey, then it's not just some old, white Christian bigot that people want to say, 'It could be, maybe, a cool kind of open-minded woman like me,'" she said of people supporting Cruz.
Though Lindsay initially told BuzzFeed News that the person at the campaign who hired her "absolutely knew everything that I had done," she later called back to say that she realized that was not the case.
"I have clearly talked to the filmmakers and stuff and just to be clear, I assumed that they knew but none of the filmmakers or the casting director knew about my complete filmography in the past that you're talking about, so I was wrong in that statement," Lindsay said, saying that she had assumed that an old friend of hers from an acting class who was present when she was hired was aware of her film history.
Lindsay said she is currently deciding whether to support Cruz or Donald Trump.
So you think each candidate personally vets very actor that appears in one of their ads? I suppose you think they personally write and direct every ad as well??
So what does your position say about Trump using footage of Russian soldiers to represent American veterans?
LOL ! Well they do have a lot in common ...from wanting war with Russia , evil trade deals , endless open-borders , and wall street owned - Jeb and Ted are very much alike
I’ll be in my bunk...
I’m a Trump supporter and this is not an issue, who cares what an actress in a commercial did previously in her personal life. The only stupid part was pulling the ad down.
Not cool.
I am not a fan of Trump’s behavior, but those are not words to use about his wife.
I bet Cruz is really desperate. I’ll bet she was naked in the ad for maximum attention. This is going off really well in the evangelical sphere.
I read my Bible.
Of course I don't.
Nor do the others claim to be 'The Body of the Spirit', or claim to represent 'The Face of God'.
With those claims comes a much higher standard than an ordinary candidate.
Either he is all those things, and is nearing Christ's perfection, or he is a false prophet.
You have to wonder if Cruz is a closet pervert. His staff will do anything to win. Employees always reflect the values of upper management in any organization.
“she was not vetted by the production company. Had the campaign known of her full filmography, we obviously would not have let her appear in the ad,” Tyler said.”
Not a good sign of great decisions by a President Cruz.
B-b-but, “Secrets of a Chambermaid”, is a classic... LOLOLOLOL
I think Trump would hit it but then she might be his daughter who knows?
She has a resemblance to Cruz’s wife, Heidi.
There’s no business like show business.
ROFLMAO
..campaigns get moving so fast that they leave their brains somewhere in an Iowa cornfield—where Shoeless Joe is...
Somewhere in Canada a snowman is missing one of his snowballs. BOLO alert! /sarc and then some
The Hell you say, she was probably very well vetted indeed.
Ridden hard and put up wet would be my bet.
Exactly, and how can Cruz vet every single detail of his campaign. Sometimes...most times, a person has to delegate duty, that’s true sign of a good leader. I, personally, don’t like micro-managers.
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