Brian Orlando, the person who asked Ashley Massaro to appear in the video, gave details on how it came together and how they decided to keep her in it. Orlando was host of a morning show at Long Island radio station 94.3 the Shark, where Ashley also hosted a weekly show.
On almost giving up on the song after Ashley passed away: “The idea of the song is that with music, you are never alone. A few weeks before we were set to launch the entire thing, Ashley fell victim to her battle with depression. I was crushed that I lost my friend, and the entire project just felt gross at that point. From time to time I would think about it, but it just didn’t seem right.”
Releasing the video with her family’s permission: “We watched the video together. It was nothing but hugs. Lex, her daughter, got a little emotional, but there were smiles because they got to see their daughter doing something different from what she was known, which was being in a wrestling ring. Ashley’s mom told me that this was obviously something that Ashley felt very strongly about and wanted her wish seen through. The Massaro family is amazing.”
How Ashley would have felt about the video?: “I know she loved it. I wish she could have seen the finished product, and to be corny about it, I think she can.”
