If you’ve ever wondered where those rumors about Penn Badgley’s sex scenes came from, his wife Domino Kirke just answered them directly. In a Monday Instagram video, Kirke addressed the DMs she keeps getting from people convinced she’s the one who told her husband to stop filming intimate scenes. Her response was short and pointed: “Get over it.”

The truth, according to Kirke, is that the decision was Badgley’s from the start. Back in 2023, he said he preferred not to take on intimate scenes, pointing to his marriage and to the way those roles can make actors feel objectified. Kirke described it as a matter of “relational hygiene,” a boundary meant to protect their relationship. But it was never an absolute rule. Badgley still filmed intimacy scenes for the final season of “You,” which tells you this is about personal judgment, not a spouse’s mandate.

What makes this story stick isn’t the celebrity angle, it’s how familiar the core of it is. Plenty of people have turned down work, changed roles, or drawn a line to protect their home life. Kirke and Badgley have been married since 2017 and share three children, and their approach sounds less like a power struggle and more like two people communicating.

So here’s our question: have you ever set a boundary at work to protect your relationship or your mental health? Tell us your story in the comments.