The Chicago Tribune quoted the statements Antonella Barba was able to make. Barba said, “I hope that the photos didn’t affect where I got in the competition, because they are irrelevant to my singing. They are part of my personal life that was exploited unintentionally and without my consent,” admitting that she was the one in the photos. She had previously stated that the person in the photos was not her, but someone that apparently looked a lot like her.
The New Jersey-born Antonella Barba did manage to answer some questions. About her American Idol experience, Barba said, “Looking back on it, I’m very thankful for the opportunity that I’ve been given.” Antonella added that, “And I know that because I’ve been in the public eye, all this embarrassment has come with it, but in retrospect I still think it was worth it, because I would still like to move forward in a career in music.”
But what of the saying that no publicity is bad publicity? “I keep getting told that,” Barba said. However, the pictures that became public, “the ones that actually are me [were] very personal and that is not how I intended to portray myself or how I want to portray myself in the future.” It would seem likely then Antonella Barba may pass on offers she has received from Girls Gone Wild and adult DVD company Sugar to become their spokesperson. Girls Gone Wild founder Joe Francis had offered Barba $250,000 for the job, while SugarDVD started a bidding war by offering double that amount.
Though Antonella Barba said in the future, she would like a “more classy” image, Barba didn’t entirely rule out posing for Playboy. While she rejected the idea of posing for Playboy at first, she then said, “Right now I want to look at all the offers that I get,” saying she will stay in Los Angeles for a few weeks. “I’m definitely not opposed to [thinking about] other offers, whether it’s acting or modeling or something.”
“I want to strike while the iron’s hot.”
Source: http://www.actressarchives.com/news.php?id=4501
