Not everyone comes to California with dreams of being discovered and becoming a star. Some are escaping frigid winters, some are relocating for work, while others pick up and move 3000 miles for love. Maryland native, Ashley Brooks, the only female cast member of Animal Planet's hit show, Pit Boss, came west to be with her girlfriend, found work as a performer and a receptionist, and ended up on a TV show. Only in La.
The unlikely celebrity talked to AfterEllen.com about being a little person performer, her stuntwoman girlfriend, being out on national television, and her love of seafood.
AfterEllen: How did you end up on Pit Boss?
Ashley Brooks: Well, I already worked for Shorty [owner of Shortywood Productions a casting agency exclusively for little people.] I started off doing gigs for him; I was an Oompa Loompa, I was one of the Seven Dwarves. Basically, I wore any kind of costume you can imagine. His business was growing,...
The unlikely celebrity talked to AfterEllen.com about being a little person performer, her stuntwoman girlfriend, being out on national television, and her love of seafood.
AfterEllen: How did you end up on Pit Boss?
Ashley Brooks: Well, I already worked for Shorty [owner of Shortywood Productions a casting agency exclusively for little people.] I started off doing gigs for him; I was an Oompa Loompa, I was one of the Seven Dwarves. Basically, I wore any kind of costume you can imagine. His business was growing,...
- 8/20/2010
- by Dara Nai
- AfterEllen.com
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