LOS ANGELES - Ivy LeBell is back with a bang in her first high-profile studio scene in four years, released by Brazzers on Wednesday - anal with Maisy the Goat, to be exact."My last scene that I shot for mainstream was in early 2020," LeBell told XBIZ in an exclusive interview about her return, and was thrilled to make it official yesterday with the release of the trailer for her new Brazzers scene. Many fans have high hopes for her.
"I took a very long break for a variety of reasons," she explains. "At first, it was really stressful for everyone with COVID and I didn't feel like filming, and then in 2021 I decided to have my implants removed."
The experience was a long ordeal, and the stunning brunette describes it as "really traumatic."
"To be honest, I didn't know if I would be able to go back to the mainstream again," she admits. "I had very serious, serious issues and complications with my breast implants. I really had no idea what my breasts would look like after the removal, how I would feel about my body, or if people would even watch me perform." For the legendary exotic dancer from Los Angeles, a previously confident and always-in-demand artist, making a living off her looks became almost paralyzing."I was left with nothing," LeBell reveals about this dark period. "I was almost convinced I would look like I'd had a boob job! I mean, I'm all for people who want a boob job, but I definitely didn't want one. The doctors did a great job, but the healing process was very slow."
"I had to slowly get used to performing again," she says. "Then I started doing solo stuff with Top to keep OnlyFans going."In 2022, Rubell began doing occasional collaborations with other artists and creators she trusts, still with Top.Rubell credits her fans for helping her with her body image issues, along with a few strategically placed tattoos.
"Most of my scars are covered by the snake tattoos I got," she says. "Even in my personal life, I was scared to take my bra off in public, and the snake tattoo really helped me out. Plus, they look really, really cool! Losing some extra COVID-19 weight due to depression also helped Rubell feel confident enough to get back in front of the camera.
“Now I’m back to the body that I recognize, the body that I had before my implants,” she reveals. “I honestly feel like I look more youthful now. I feel very confident. It just took time. Once I got the tattoos and looked at myself, I was like, ‘Okay — we’re back. We can bust them out now!’”
Lebelle, who is representing herself during her comeback, says she deliberately chose Brazzers for her comeback as a token of her gratitude for the positive experiences she has had with the veteran studio and its directors.
“Brazzers was always a huge champion of my career, especially when I came onto this scene,” she says. “In 2017, people were still telling me that tattoos were not attractive and that I would have trouble getting bookings. Even my fake boobs at the time seemed to be a problem. Brazzers was like, ‘Big titties and tattoos? We love it!’ They were my second scene ever, and I have them to thank for a lot of my immediate success, since they continued to consistently book me for fun scenes.”
Lebelle describes her new Brazzers scene, which is helmed by Toni Ribas, as “a classic gonzo anal scene.”
“I am a gonzo queen,” she declares. “Gonzo is my favorite, and my fans know and love me for anal. I haven’t been doing a ton of anal in my OnlyFans, only a little bit, but I’ve been missing that side of me. So I just wanted to go full-throttle back to ‘old Ivy,’ the Ivy that people remember.”
Lebelle chose a leather bondage outfit for the scene, the concept for which is a very literal but appropriate metaphor: breaking out of a cage.
“I am caged in the beginning of the video, and then I’m out of my cage,” she tells XBIZ. “I am presented with the dick and when I finally get out of my cage, I’m so back! It’s really just a dark, vibey, sweaty, sexy anal scene.”
Lebelle shot two additional scenes with Brazzers, to be released in the near future.
“I felt a little like I was dipping my toe in the water and wanted to see how I felt shooting these scenes, but I had such a wonderful time, I’m leaning toward shooting much more mainstream in 2025.”
Lebelle also teases that she has something “very special” in the works with her pal Ricky Johnson’s breakaway-success site Ricky’s Room.
“It’s funny because I did shoot one scene with Ricky before my official comeback with Brazzers, but I saw that as part of the content collab I was doing,” Lebelle says. “Except his site has gotten so big, that people now almost consider it like a mainstream studio. What he has accomplished with Ricky’s Room is so impressive. Let’s just say people should stay tuned for upcoming announcements…”
Lebelle’s comeback is also part of her full reboot of a year that turned her life upside down.
“This year has been absolutely crazy, as I’m sure a lot of people are aware,” she shares, referring to an extremely problematic ex-boyfriend who is no longer part of her life.
“It’s all still pretty delicate, but everyone in the industry pretty much knows about it,” she reflects. “This year has been more difficult than anticipated, and my comeback is my way of reclaiming my autonomy in this profession. My career got ‘lost in the sauce’ with that guy. So it’s nice to be back and perform on these sets, and feel like Ivy again. I definitely missed it a lot.
“It’s really great doing OnlyFans — it’s so fun to just have the ease of filming at home and interacting with fans,” she adds. “But there’s nothing compared to being on set, if you like being on set — and I love it.”
