TV Nicola Coughlan clarifies rumors about Bridgerton's deleted Polin sex scenes "I think you got all the Polin we had," Coughlan wrote on social media. By Maureen Lee Lenker Maureen Lee Lenker Maureen Lee Lenker is a senior writer at Entertainment Weekly with over seven years of experience in the entertainment industry. An award-winning journalist, she's written for Turner Classic Movies, Ms. Magazine, The Hollywood Reporter, and more. She's worked at EW for six years covering film, TV, theater, music, and books. The author of EW's quarterly romance review column, "Hot Stuff," Maureen holds Master's degrees from both the University of Southern California and the University of Oxford. Her debut novel, It Happened One Fight, is now available. Follow her for all things related to classic Hollywood, musicals, the romance genre, and Bruce Springsteen. EW's editorial guidelines Published on June 21, 2024 03:23PM EDT Lady Whistledown would like you to know you're not missing any steamy action in season 3 of Bridgerton. Since Part Two of the Netflix series dropped last week, rumors have swirled that there were deleted "intimate moments" between the season's central romantic couple, Colin (Luke Newton) and Penelope (Nicola Coughlan). At some point, someone online posited that press screeners contained additional sequences that were cut from the final edit, including an angry kissing scene, an extended bit of foreplay in front of a mirror, and an intimate montage in which Colin proves to Penn that he's a cunning linguist. Bridgerton team teases the future of Violet and Marcus' sweet romance The rumors got so out of hand that a Change.org petition was started to demand Netflix reinstate the scenes. It currently has over 67,000 signatures. But the problem is that the scenes do not exist. Nicola Coughlan confirmed as much to a fan who commented on her Instagram asking to see the scenes. "Aaah this is just a rumour!" she wrote in the comment section of her own post. "I think you got all the Polin we had but there’s lots of BTS still to share." Entertainment Weekly also had access to the press screeners and we can confirm that none of the scenes described were, in fact, part of the cut that we saw. Nicola Coughlan and Luke Newton on 'Bridgerton'. Liam Daniel/Netflix Bridgerton showrunner answers our burning season 3 questions Sign up for Entertainment Weekly's free daily newsletter to get breaking TV news, exclusive first looks, recaps, reviews, interviews with your favorite stars, and more. Bridgerton director Tom Verica also told a fan inquiring on his Instagram page that the deleted scenes are non-existent. "Not sure where this all came from but these claims are false," he wrote. "The supposed scenes listed in these posts don't exist." Bridgerton finally addresses Benedict's sexuality, but what does it mean? We certainly understand the desire to see more steamy moments between Colin and Penelope. But hopefully, just as we saw Kate (Simone Ashley) and Anthony (Jonathan Bailey) in moments of post-marital passion this season, we'll get some more connubial bliss from Polin in season 4 — and if you can't wait that long, just put the carriage and the mirror scenes on repeat.