“Honestly, I think it was just my face,” Monica Ruiz told Hoda Kotb on TODAY Thursday in her first television interview since the ad went viral.
She looks worried,” Ruiz said of her character in the 30-second spot.
In the commercial, Ruiz wears a frightened look as she begins a yearlong fitness journey after her husband gives her a Peloton exercise bike for Christmas.
Ruiz said on TODAY Thursday that, initially, she was hesitant to speak out or do any press about the controversy.
“I like to do movies and TV, and I’m not actuality the Peloton lady, (so) let me work other jobs.”
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