How Naked and Afraid of Love handled hygiene and consent

TheWrap

The spinoff of Naked and Afraid focuses on dating without "modern comforts" such as soap, toothpaste, deodorant or clothing. But the show still had to add protocols to make sure participants felt comfortable. “Because of the sensitive nature of a show like this, because not only is everybody naked and vulnerable, it’s a dating show,” said executive producer Jay Bienstock at the TV press tour. “So a couple of things. One is, with the cast, the cast was told that as a production, we will not tolerate any sort of unwanted advances, touching something without consent. Like, this was very, very important to us and to the cast and the crew as well. And by the way, on the crew, to make it more comfortable for everybody out there, we had a lot more women on the show, as part of the production, in terms of camera teams and producers, just to make it feel more balanced for everybody. And the crews were told as well, in terms of, everybody, take a step back, make sure nobody’s feeling uncomfortable. Our cast was told if they were feeling uncomfortable about something, to come to us. And even then, if they didn’t come to us… we told the crew, if someone’s even sensing anything, to go discuss it with the cast. So everybody felt protected and safe out there so they can focus on the goal, which was to find love.”