Ted Cruz’s campaign pulled a recent ad attacking Marco Rubio after it was revealed that one of its featured actors had performed in erotic films.
Titled “Conservatives Anonymous,” the Cruz spot is set in a group therapy session, as a circle of men and women discuss their disappointment in having supported the Florida senator given his subsequent work on an immigration reform bill one calls “amnesty.”
“Maybe you should vote for more than just a pretty face next time,” softcore porn veteran Amy Lindsay tells the group before another man appears at the door in a Rubio shirt asking, “You guys have room for one more?”
The campaign removed the video from YouTube after it became aware of her background, though a web page with the “Conservatives Anonymous” branding is still live on Cruz’s site.
Cruz told reporters in South Carolina on Friday that Lindsay had merely responded to an open casting call and blamed the company that recruited the actors for not properly vetting those who appeared.
“It happened that one of the actresses who was there had a more colorful film history than we were aware,” he said. “We would not have cast her had we known of that history.”
On Thursday night and early Friday, Lindsay responded to the decision in a series of critical tweets and on Instagram, writing that she was “Extremely disappointed the #TedCruz campaign pulled the national television spot I had a role in.”
Appearing on “The Lead” on Friday, Lindsay told CNN’s Jake Tapper that she was not upset with the campaign and said she could understand the campaign’s point of view.
“I have no ill will towards Ted Cruz right now. He’s got a job to do,” Lindsay said. “And I’m a middle-class working girl and I had a job to do.”
According to her IMDb page, Lindsay has credited roles in titles including “Carnal Wishes,” “Insatiable Desires” and “Forbidden Sins.” She has also appeared in more mainstream fare, like a 2001 episode of “Star Trek: Voyager.”