Stacey Dooley says she took baby daughter to brothel while filming docu-series
The 38-year-old BBC broadcaster spoke about juggling a work and life balance during a panel discussion with Emma Barnett at the Hay Literary Festival in Wales.
Dooley's daughter and partner Kevin Clifton, who she met during her stint on Strictly Come Dancing, comes with her on filming shoots for her documentaries.
'There's nowhere that child hasn't been,' Dooley told the panel.
She continued, according to The Telegraph: 'When she was eight months we had this gig in the diary to go to the States to make a documentary about this legal brothel in Nevada.
'I'd sort of signed the contract and was like: oh, she'll be eight months, that'll be fine. Anyway, the trip comes, and I'm nowhere near comfortable leaving her, so I take my eight-month-old child to this brothel in Nevada.
'I have to ask the sheriff for special permission, because she's under 18. It sounds like a comedy sketch, but it's legit!'
The show that Dooley was filming was Stacey Dooley Sleeps Over USA, for the TV channel U.
She added: 'I have to then rent a trailer to put [my child] in. Her dad stays in this trailer with Minnie looking out the window while I'm filming and then going back to the trailer to breastfeed Minnie, and all the girls [working at the brothel] are like: 'Morning Miss Minnie!'
'I'm like: she'll be open minded if nothing else!'
Dooley and Clifton have been together since 2019, after they were paired up on Strictly in 2018 and went on to win the show. The couple welcomed their daughter Minnie in January 2023. More Trending
The documentary Dooley was filming at the time was Stacey Dooley Sleeps Over USA: The Brothel, which dives into the criminalisation of sex work.
Dooley visited Nevada because it is the only US state where prostitution is legal and there are 19 regulated brothels.
The documentary sheds light on the emotionally and physically draining aspects of sex work, while also looking to highlight the increased safety that comes with legal brothels.
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Stacey Dooley Sleeps Over USA: The Brothel is available to watch for free on U.
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