Ruth Wilson was troubled by The Affair's frequent expectations of 'titillating' nudity from the very first season, as well as the increasingly unhinged creative direction of her character
Photo: Mark Schafer/SHOWTIME When Ruth Wilson departed Showtime’s The Affair in 2018 after four seasons, the reason for her exit was shrouded in confusing secrecy: She refused to state her rationale, only confirming that it wasn’t due to pay parity issues with her male co-stars.
Wilson’s growing dissatisfaction with the show took a sharper turn in September 2016, when a chance meeting between Lena Dunham, Girls cast members, and The Affair executive producer and director Jeffrey Reiner occurred in Montauk. Reiner, who was drunk, approached Dunham and praised her for showing “everything” on Girls, even her “asshole,” and begged Dunham to meet with Wilson to cajole her to “show her tits or at least some vag.
When word of this encounter reached back to Wilson, Tierney, and The Affair’s other cast and crew members, Treem tried to defuse the situation with an email condemning sexual harassment. “This is a sexy industry and we are creating a show with a lot of sexual content,” the email read, in part. “But we want to keep that sexy, sexy stuff onscreen.” This did little for Wilson, who subsequently initiated a formal complaint against Showtime that alleged a hostile work environment.
THR adds that Wilson signed an NDA, which is rendering her unable to publicly discuss her departure. Reiner and Dunham declined to comment for the story, while Treem denies that she ever pressured The Affair’s actors to perform unnecessary sex or nude scenes. “I would never say those things to an actor. That’s not who I am,” Treem said in a statement. “I am not a manipulative person, and I’ve always been a feminist.
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