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Italian TV network apologises for censoring ‘HTGAWM’ gay sex scene

By Will Stroude

It’s not every day that a TV show gives two gay characters the chance to get down and dirty on screen.

So when an Italian network decided to omit a sex scene from the pilot episode of smash hit legal drama How To Get Away With Murder, its executive producer Shonda Rhimes was not best pleased.

The scene, which shows Connor, played by Jack Falahee getting it on with Oliver (Conrad Ricamora) to get his hands on some important documents for a legal case, was edited out.

After complaints from Rhimes, Falahee and angry fans, the TV network issued an apology in Italian, blaming an “excess of modesty” for the scene being cut.

Take a peak at the steamy scene in the video below – only in the interests of freedom of expression, of course.

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