AEW TBS Champion Kris Statlander recently appeared on the Under The Ring podcast and talked about a number of topics including how she loves the 2001 comedy classic Zoolander and why she wore in-ring gear inspired by the film.
Statlander said, “I just love the movie and it almost feels like it’s weird that not a lot of people have done any Zoolander-inspired gear, I feel. It’s a timeless movie, an iconic movie, it’s so fun and amazing. It’s something I wanted to do for so long. I had Lori [Lori Gassie] make this gear when I was freshly out of surgery just because I had this concept in my head for so long, and I wanted to have it in my hands and ready to go for whenever the time was to wear it. I was worried that not everyone would understand what I was doing with the Zoolander stuff.”
Statlander also talked about the shout out that was given to her by Ben Stiller on social media.
“A lot of people do superhero-inspired looks and I wanted to do something different than that. Ben Stiller responding is the highest praise anyone could ever ask for. It was so cool he actually saw it.”
You can check out the complete podcast below.
(H/T to Fightful for transcribing the above quotes)
