Renee Rapp recalls feeling 'judged' before Sex Lives of College Girls aired
Renee Rapp remembers feeling anxious before 'The Sex Lives of College Girls' premiered.
Renee Rapp "didn't feel comfortable" before 'The Sex Lives of College Girls' aired on HBO Max.
The 22-year-old actress plays Leighton in the hit comedy series, and Renee has admitted to feeling anxious before the show's launch.
The actress - who identifies as bisexual - explained: "When the first season came out, I had different people in my life. I was really afraid for the show to come out because I felt very judged, and I didn't feel comfortable."
Renee explained that most of those people are no longer in her life, and so she's been able to enjoy the show's success during its second season.
Renee - who stars alongside Pauline Chalamet and Amrit Kaur - told PEOPLE: "I actually was very excited for the second season to come out, because I felt much more comfortable to not be terrified to hear something either homophobic or slut-shaming, or things like that."
The hit series was created by Mindy Kaling and Justin Noble - but the comedy actress previously admitted to being a "prude".
Mindy, 43, confessed that the show has actually helped her to feel more comfortable with discussing sex.
She shared: "I think I had to get cool with being cool with sex. I feel like I am sex negative. I'm like very much of a prude."
Meanwhile, Pauline revealed that the sex scenes aren't as racy as they might seem.
The 30-year-old actress explained: "I think the sexual scenes that we play on the show are actually quite safe.
"We see a lot of post coital sex. We see tops on, you know? There's no objectification, I don't believe, of women on the show. So I think I have at least always felt very safe and I found it to be fun to learn what it is to be playing this in a comedy."
