Always wondered how they feel

My ex is an actress. It never bothered me really. She saw it as part of the job and I do too. I'm the one she's looking for in the audience and taking her home at the end of the show lol.

Well, not any more.
- Lmao you're not wrong, and thank God for that
My ex was an opera singer, same thing. I was in one of her shows (in the chorus) and I wasn't sure how I'd feel. Seeing it, it's the least romantic thing ever. The singers are sweaty and nasty and it's not really pleasant. It might have helped that I knew the guy well enough too.
- But being all sweaty and nasty is part of the fun

I'd be curious to see the data of married Hollywood celebrities and how long their relationships last vs how many intimate scenes they have on film are. Of course, the data would be nearly worthless because humans are complex and there are millions of valid reasons why a relationship would end, but I'd like to see the numbers, anyway.

Not in Hollywood, but a local actress here got divorced by her husband when he saw a sex scene in his wife's new Netflix show. Apparently the actress didn't tell her husband that the show would have some sex scenes and the husband got real mad. Why do Netflix shows always have unnecessary sex scenes anyway?
- What kind of Netflix shows are you watching?
- Serves her right, that's straight up cheating...
- What series was this? Asking… for a friend.
- Why do you think they are unnecessary? Do you say the same thing about violence scenes? I enjoy sex scenes much more than violence scenes and feel like movies just keep increasing the latter and decreasing the former.
Man, a group like Info Wars would probably love data like. They could prop it up as "proof" that the Hollywood elite are corrupt and eroding traditional values.
(Hey, if any conservative talking heads really do want to run with this, please credit me and invite me on so I can make jokes at your expense)

They are professionals. It's part of the job. It'd be like being a spouse to a stripper. You know what they are doing, so you should be ok with it.

They feel a paycheck coming their way most likely

If they're paying my wife 1 million a day she can kiss whoever they want.
- That's quite an indecent proposal!
  There was a movie about that but I can't remember the name
- What can I get your wife to do for 20 bucks?

My wife went to school with someone from a popular TV show a few years back, where she'd be in sex scenes fairly frequently (from what I hear, I watched a few episodes and hated it). She had a long-term boyfriend at the time, and it didn't take long for him to not be cool with it.

She also went to school with a musician that had a stab at a solo career. She had some raunchy scenes in a music vid, and that quickly led to her breaking up with her boyfriend.

Those are my only two frames of reference, but I imagine it's quite hard to deal with emotionally, even if you know it meant nothing and is just a part of the job.

Stanley Kubrick caused Nicole Kidman and Tom Cruise to divorce over this.

I think it might've been the whole cult religion thing instead
And that's why he will always be the goat

Ever wondered why the divorce rate in hollywood is so high? Must not be easy to deal with that shit

Well I doubt they care because they are also acting in a different movie kissing someone else.
I'm sure the divorce rate is high because they are limited to a small dating pool. The average person, you and I, are not severely limited to other famous people, and divorce rate for normal people like us is extremely high as well.
- Just do what Leo does and date some random teenage Instagram model.
  I doubt those relationships last long or are fulfilling, but I also doubt any celebrity marriage is fulfilling and there's a lot more baggage involved.

It's just a job lol

A sexy job ohhhh yeahhh!
- I recently saw despicable me and just heard vector saying "oh yeah" rather than the CSI clip
That's a nice demonstration of Western capitalist degeneracy.
- ... Are you being ironic? I legitimately can't tell anymore on this website.
- I'll accept the degeneracy, but you can keep the rest.
- Professional acting predates capitalism and will outlive it, too

Let's be real. A lot of people in the comments are saying "it's just a job", but that's irrelevant. Prostitution and stripping are both jobs, and I guarantee those who work in either have a vastly more difficult time finding people okay with that.

Is it impossible for the significant other to be okay with it? No. Will it be harder to have a relationship? Definitely.

They feel with their hands and fingers mostly.

I sometimes wonder about that word "finger". If fingers fing, then what is finging?
- https://youtu.be/ReruwpFs3Y?si=YM9HhBiwGh3G2zFT
- Kid named Finger:

Fuck you OP for that title, I can't unsee it.

Maybe they are not insecure?

Why do people equate being secure with being ok seeing your wife kiss another guy? You can be secure and still against it
- I’m so secure that my wife’s boyfriend told me he was taking her away to the cabin for the weekend and I decided I’d have the guys over for a poker night. They’re just good friends.
- Or secure and not against it because she is buying you a car with the movie monies.
- Why would you?
Be as secure as you will, if you see your SO in a romance scene in a typical hig h profile movie with all the right camera angles and music and all... it's bound to do at least something to you, right?
- Only if you care at all about them and your relationship.
- Yeah, and that something can be communicated. But at the end of the day it's their job. I follow a therapist on YouTube that talks about his wife's modeling career on occasion and he never really cared. He saw the work that goes into it and knows it's just that - work. I think on the rare occasions it did bring up some feelings of jealousy he communicated the insecurity and got reassurance from her. That obviously worked well enough that they've been married a couple decades.
  On the work end, keep in mind how many times they have to shoot scenes/photos and how extremely unromantic/inauthentic it is.
- Not really. Especially when you know what goes into filming them. From modesty underwear to lighting to 30 people around you just doing their thing for the production.
  As a spouse of an actor you’d think you know just how “fake” the music and emotional impact is.
- No that's the point. If you are not insecure and trust your partner then you know it's just acting.
- Nah
- Like, get me horny?

It really depends on the actor. I think we can all agree that not every actor has the same emotional maturity and therefore will not all react the same to it. For example, take a look at what Jonah Hill expects from his partners versus Ryan Reynolds and Blake Lively seeming to be a healthy couple while both have had some raunchy scenes in movies featuring other people.

Jonah Hill really is a piece of shit. I'm glad my gut instinct was to fall into a bottomless pit of cringe every time he appears on screen. I could never stand that fat little toad.
What an effing cunt.

Wolverine really does look like two Batmen kissing.

It's a living.

I'd join in

Why is Wolverine concerned with Mermaid Ariel and Prince Eric kissing?

It’s acting, it doesn’t mean anything

Acting is emotional prostitution at best, and actual prostitution at worst. If you aren't comfortable with that, then don't get in a relationship with an actor. No point burning your relationship down later because you suddenly don't like the context of that prostitution.

what the fuck are you talking about? How on earth is something like playing Pozzo in Waiting for Godot, or James Sr in Long Days Journey "emotional prostitution"?
- Is an actor paid for their labour? No. They are paid to emote, so that it can be commodified and sold for profit. Human emotion for sale. It's prostitution.