Physical gestures of love are a part of most healthy romances, even the fictional kind. And thanks to undeniable star chemistry and sensual staging, that translates to some seriously steamy scenes. Sometimes too steamy. Here are the love scenes that were too controversial for TV.

Citing, quote, "fundamental disagreements," Roswell, New Mexico creator Carina Adly Mackenzie resigned from the show in July 2020. While she kept those disagreements vague in her Instagram statement on the matter, she was quite specific several weeks earlier about a particular grievance.

Mackenzie's frustration was clear when she tweeted disappointment with the UK's ITV edit of a romantic scene between two queer characters, Alex and Michael, saying:

"Really, really, REALLY upset to hear that @itv cut out a (pretty tame) love scene between two men and kept a (much more raunchy) heterosexual sex scene in their airing of an episode of #RoswellNM tonight. There are a lot of angry tears happening at my house..."

The eye-opening thread continued:

"It's just... super upsetting not to have any advance notice of the way that my own work gets sliced and diced [...] It's just blatant homophobia/biphobia/bigotry and I'm so, so sorry and so, so angry."

In a statement to The Hollywood Reporter, a spokesperson for ITV2 refuted Mackenzie's claim — or confirmed it, depending on your point of view, saying:

"During our compliance process on episode two, we edited love scenes featuring the characters of Alex and Michael and Max and Jenna. Editing is only ever undertaken to ensure content is suitable for scheduling in a pre-watershed time slot when younger age groups may be watching." Keep watching to learn about more Love Scenes That Were Cut For Being Too Sexy For TV!

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