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The Clip Out - Peloton Fitness News

EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW - Monica Ruiz (The Peloton Wife) One Year Later

The Clip Out - Peloton Fitness News

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🗓️ 18 December 2020

⏱️ 116 minutes

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Summary

It's been a year since the infamous "Peloton Wife" commercial went viral. This week on The Clip Out, we sit down with the star of that ad campaign, Monica Ruiz, for an exclusive interview. Her first in almost a year! She talks about landing the job, how the commercial impacted her life, partnering with Ryan Reynolds' Aviation Gin, and finally getting a Peloton in real life and loving it.

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All this plus our interview with The Peloton Wife, Monica Ruiz!

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0:00.0

I think once I did the interview and I kind of like was like, it was my face. I blamed it on my face and I was just like, let's just end this here. I think everyone kind of lost interest because for a really long time or for not for really, it felt like a long time, but for that period of time where I didn't really say anything, there were a lot of people saying like, leave her alone and, and kind of defending me as if I were like

0:20.8

crying somewhere. And I was like, I'm just waiting for those to go away. I was fine. I just,

0:26.9

you know, I think that once people realize that I was like not that upset about it and that it

0:33.4

wasn't going to be that much drama involved in like the story behind the actor in the commercial,

0:39.6

I think people lost interest.

0:40.8

It's more than just your output, more than a bike.

0:44.2

When you hear your shout out, you know it's all right.

0:47.7

Put on your magic pants and let's go.

0:50.9

We're cruising into the power zone.

0:56.0

Hit in, set yourself free. Come on and take your ride with me.

0:59.0

You know what you need to know and what's it all about.

1:03.0

Everything you need.

1:05.0

It's on the clip out.

1:07.0

Welcome to the clip out.

1:10.0

Episode 187. This is Crystal O'Keefe. And this is Tom O'Keefe. Hi.

1:15.0

Hi. Big interview this week. Big interview. Very excited.

1:18.6

Yes. Monica Ruiz. You might remember her from the big commercial that went viral last year.

1:25.1

All anybody was talking about before COVID was the Peloton commercial viral last year. All anybody was talking about before COVID.

1:28.7

Yeah.

1:29.5

Was the Peloton commercial from last year where it appeared within the commercial, like perhaps

1:35.1

the husband had bought the bike without asking her.

1:38.2

What she wanted.

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