Changing the statuslabel.text on the GUI thread from inside a STA thread

Question

I have tried to access a GUI element (a ToolStripStatusLabel) from inside a STA thread. Im having all sorts of issues trying to get invoke on it, thats becuase now i know there is no invoke for ToolStripStatusLabel, my latest error is: Error 1 'System.Windows.Forms.ToolStripStatusLabel' does not contain a definition for 'Invoke

I cant seem to update it without invoke for i get the error: System.NullReferenceException' occurred

What are my options here? How would i go about doing this, changing the statuslabel.text on the GUI thread from inside a STA thread.

I have used all manors of standard invoke code and control extensions found here but still the same issues.

CODE AS REQUESTED:

private void buttonclick(object sender, EventArgs e)
{
    CheckForIllegalCrossThreadCalls = false;
    var thread = new Thread(() =>
    {
        var ie = watinBrowser();
        log("[!] Starting Application");
        log("blahblah");

    });
    thread.SetApartmentState(ApartmentState.STA);
    thread.Start();

}

private void log(string logIt)
{       

    statusUpdate(logIt);

}

private void statusUpdate(string text)
{
    if (this.statusStrip1.InvokeRequired)
        {
            this.statusStrip1.Invoke(new MethodInvoker(() => this.toolStripStatusLabel1.Text = text));
        }
    else 
        {
            this.toolStripStatusLabel1.Text = text;
        }    
}