Domino Kirke is setting the record straight about her husband Penn Badgley and his choice to stop filming sex scenes. In an Instagram video posted Monday, Kirke said the decision was entirely his, made roughly three years ago for his mental health, and she’s tired of being blamed for it. Her message to the fans still DMing her about it?“Get over it.”
Kirke, who works as a doula, described his choice as“relational hygiene”and said watching him hold that line inspired her to set her own career boundaries. The timeline backs her up: Badgley first discussed the decision publicly on Andy Cohen Live in February 2023, citing his marriage and concerns about objectification. He later clarified it was a preference rather than a hard rule and did film intimacy scenes for the final season of You in 2025.
The couple married in 2017 and share a six-year-old son and twin boys. So the takeaway here is a familiar one: a person set a boundary, their partner supported it, and the internet refuses to let it go.
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