Stacy’s Side of the Story: “No” To Nudity

Remember that story a few weeks ago, in which it was reported Stacy Keibler asked to do a nude scene in an independent movie? Well apparently, it’s not true. Stacy told her side of the story in a recent interview:

Stacy Keibler shot down a recent story on tmz.com that said she lobbied to do a nude scene in the upcoming film Mercy, but then turned down the role after director Patrick Hoelck acquiesced.

“I got an offer for the movie Mercy, and then they asked if I was comfortable with nudity, and I said no, I’m actually not,” Keibler, calling from Vancouver, British Columbia, told me earlier this week. “So I just politely declined because they really were adamant about the nudity part of that, and I was just like, ‘I’m sorry. That’s just not something I’m interested in exploring at this time.’

“I’ve been offered to do Playboy and things over and over again. Why would I do something like that for this small little movie? It was basically just a simple phone call, and I was like, ‘Thank you, but no thank you.’ The other thing is that I have a deal with ABC and Disney, and I have to go to them and get approval on everything I do. That’s just not even something that we would take to them.”

Keibler said she laughed when she found out about the story on TMZ’s web site.

“Anyone that knows me or knows my personality should have laughed at that just as I did,” the actress and former WWE diva said. “I don’t know if it was just a small little movie that wanted to get some publicity so they threw something out there or what. I think it’s just a clear example that you can’t believe everything you read.”

Unless, of course, you read it on Ring Posts. “Exactly,” Keibler said with a laugh. “Anything that’s coming from me, it will be true if it’s coming from you.”

Meanwhile Stacy has lined up her next gig – a series on ABC Family. The Keib, who has a talent holding deal with ABC will be playing a supporting role in the series Samurai Girl premiering this fall. Given ABC Family’s track record for hit shows in recent years (Kyle XY, Greek to name a couple) , this really could be Stacy’s breakout role as an actress. Whether she rises to the challenge with her acting chops remains to be seen.