In 2019, Bassett opened up to fans on social media about her reluctance to be featured in ESPN's Body Issue, explaining that she wasn't sure how she felt about "sharing my story and exposing parts of me that I haven't always embraced."
"Part of what makes healing so difficult isn't the recovery of the physical wounds, it's the deep ache left behind after the trauma. The accident. The loss. The discovery. The fallout. The Nos," she wrote. In the end, Bassett realised "our deepest pain and darkest of tunnels may be our greatest gift to serve and love others," and she graced the issue in pursuit of exactly that.