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Aug 7, 2023 · Stacey Harkey, formerly part of the original cast of BYU TV’s Studio C, is our guest today! He is known as an actor, writer, personal trainer, and for his involvement with Diversity Equity and...
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Dec 19, 2018 · In a vulnerable social media post, former Studio C member Stacey Harkey told his followers he is gay and shared an important plea to help struggling LGBTQ youth.
Dec 19, 2018 · Latter-day Saint and original Studio C cast member Stacey Harkey shared a Facebook message on December 19, 2018, in which he came out as gay.
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Aug 7, 2023 · Stacey Harkey, formerly part of the original cast of BYU TV’s Studio C, is known as an actor, writer, personal trainer, and for his involvement with Diversity Equity and Inclusion training and consulting in Equality Utah. Stacey shares his journey as a black and gay convert to the LDS Church.
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Stacey Harkey was one of the ten regular cast members from season 1 until season 9, first being featured as a featured cast member until season 4. He played in one of the fewest sketches of the original ten cast members, but created Mad Hark together with Natalie Madsen with more behind-the-scenes content and additional material. After he left Stud...
Home state: Texas
LDS mission: Brazil
Favorite food: Mac and cheese, beef
Favorite sports: Soccer, tennis, volleyball
Biggest fear: Deep water
Favorite school subject: Math, Science
Stacey was late to the Scott Sterling filming because he was doing homework. He’s the last of the cast to get his BYU diploma, which he earned in December 2014.
“I remember asking, ‘Do I really need to be there? Do you really need me?” Stacey says. “But I got there and it was a chill shoot.”
Stacey reminded the cast at the Utah Valley Magazine photo shoot that filmings are fun in retrospect, but at the time they can feel like work.
Take the Hunger Games, for example.
“For one part, we filmed all night and I was afraid to look low energy. I kept asking Jared, ‘Do I look tired?’” Stacey says. “I was sleeping between shots.”
Stacey’s work ethic was honed over years of preparing to get into BYU — and then by figuring out how to pay for it without going into debt. His education is significant to his whole family, as his parents didn’t graduate from college.
Mar 11, 2019 · Stacey Harkey was the only black person on the cast, and he said his race was something BYUtv was uneasy exploring on camera. “In my situation, to talk about being black on BYUtv was a touchy situation because we never wanted to offend people,” Harkey said.
Dec 21, 2018 · Best known for starring in the comedy sketch show Studio C, Harkey – who is a practicing Mormon – took to Instagram to publicly come out after it was revealed that LGBT+ youth are five times more likely to commit suicide. He wrote on the social media site: “Fun Fact: I’m gay.
