Heated Rivalry’s Intimacy Coordinator Chala Hunter

About this episode

Chala Hunter discusses her role as an intimacy coordinator on the TV show Heated Rivalry, focusing on creating a safe environment for intimate scenes.

Take a peek into the role of Intimacy Coordinator for Heated Rivalry, the TV show everyone’s talking about. Chala Hunter shares what an intimacy coordinator’s job is, and how she worked to create comfort and safety on set for the simulated sex scenes, nudity and all things intimacy. We discuss the cast and crew vibe while filming the show, and the intentionality around modeling safe, consensual and pleasurable sex. Learn why Director Jacob Tierney calls Chala, “The hero of this show!” L...

People in this episode

Host: Cindy Scharkey

Guest: Chala Hunter

Topics covered

• intimacy coordination
• TV production
• consensual sex
• safety on set
• simulated sex scenes

Keywords

• intimacy coordinator
• Heated Rivalry
• Chala Hunter
• Jacob Tierney
• simulated sex
• safety
• consent

Mentioned in this episode

Books & works: Heated Rivalry

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