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Young Sheldon star Emily Osment recalls requesting an intimacy coordinator during her time on the CBS series because of the age gap between her and co-star Montana Jordan. Osment, who played Mandy McAllister, was 30 when she joined the series in 2022, while Jordan, who played George Cooper, was 18.

Revealed in Jessica Radloff’s new book, Young Sheldon: The (Juicier-Than-Meemaw’s-Brisket) Inside Story of the Hit Comedy , which is a behind-the-scenes oral history of the series, Osment explained that while she and Jordan didn’t share sex scenes, she felt “uncomfortable” because of their age difference.

“That made me uncomfortable. He was a baby! A baby with a mullet,” Osment said. “So I spoke to Tim Marx, and obviously they were not able to get one that late in the day, but for the next few episodes they had one there, since the relationship between them escalates. It made everything easier having one there.…