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WeirdThe Top 10 Most Hated Sex Scenes of All-Time
By Kayla Cobb
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May 24, 2019, 9:00 p.m. ET
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It's all so terrible. So, so terrible.
Photos: NETFLIX ; Illustration: Dillen Phelps
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Game of Thrones
Who Was the Couple: Arya (Maisie Williams) and Gendry (Joe Dempsie)
Why Was It Hated: Out of all the entries on this list, Arya and Gendry's loving hookup is the least repulsive, but boy was it despised by some fans. Some people just don't want to see their favorite little assassin all grown up. But we at Decider are all for Arya getting some consensual D.
[Watch Game of Thrones on HBO]
Who Was the Couple: Arya (Maisie Williams) and Gendry (Joe Dempsie)
Why Was It Hated: Out of all the entries on this list, Arya and Gendry's loving hookup is the least repulsive, but boy was it despised by some fans. Some people just don't want to see their favorite little assassin all grown up. But we at Decider are all for Arya getting some consensual D.
[Watch Game of Thrones on HBO]
Photo: HBO
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The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn Part 1
Who Was the Couple: Bella (Kristen Stewart) and Edward (Robert Pattinson)
Why Was It Hated: In the 2000s no one was hornier than Twilight fans. All they wanted was for these two pale hotties to bone. Which they did in a scene filled with disappointing cutaways, bed-breaking, and insta-pregnancy. Because nothing's steamier than the responsibility of parenthood.
[Where to stream The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn Part 1]
Who Was the Couple: Bella (Kristen Stewart) and Edward (Robert Pattinson)
Why Was It Hated: In the 2000s no one was hornier than Twilight fans. All they wanted was for these two pale hotties to bone. Which they did in a scene filled with disappointing cutaways, bed-breaking, and insta-pregnancy. Because nothing's steamier than the responsibility of parenthood.
[Where to stream The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn Part 1]
Photo: Summit Entertainment
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Avatar
Who Was the Couple: Jake Sully (Sam Worthington) and Neytiri (Zoe Saldana)
Why Was It Hated: Avatar gets a lot of hate for being the only mega-successful movie no one can remember. But it has one thing going for it. No other major blockbuster has had the guts to show tenacle sex onscreen. And to every one of those other movies, we say thank you. So glad there are going to be four more of these bad boys!
[Where to stream Avatar]
Who Was the Couple: Jake Sully (Sam Worthington) and Neytiri (Zoe Saldana)
Why Was It Hated: Avatar gets a lot of hate for being the only mega-successful movie no one can remember. But it has one thing going for it. No other major blockbuster has had the guts to show tenacle sex onscreen. And to every one of those other movies, we say thank you. So glad there are going to be four more of these bad boys!
[Where to stream Avatar]
Photo: Everett Collection
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Fifty Shades Freed
Who Was the Couple: Ana Grey (Dakota Johnson) and Christian Grey (Jamie Dornan)
Why Was It Hated: There are so many terribly boring sex scenes in a franchise that was only sold on being sexy. But the ice cream blow job scene takes the cake. Everything is so runny and lukewarm and just gross. If it ended with Ana vomiting, that would make sense.
[Where to stream Fifty Shades Freed]
Who Was the Couple: Ana Grey (Dakota Johnson) and Christian Grey (Jamie Dornan)
Why Was It Hated: There are so many terribly boring sex scenes in a franchise that was only sold on being sexy. But the ice cream blow job scene takes the cake. Everything is so runny and lukewarm and just gross. If it ended with Ana vomiting, that would make sense.
[Where to stream Fifty Shades Freed]
Photo: Universal Pictures
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Game of Thrones
Who Was the Couple: Jon Snow (Kit Harringson) and Daenerys (Emilia Clarke)
Why Was It Hated: Approximately everyone wanted Jon and Dany to hook up. He was hot and dressed all in black. She was hot and dressed all in white. It just worked. But did they have to get it on while Bran's voiceover explained they were nephew and aunt? Absolutely not.
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Who Was the Couple: Jon Snow (Kit Harringson) and Daenerys (Emilia Clarke)
Why Was It Hated: Approximately everyone wanted Jon and Dany to hook up. He was hot and dressed all in black. She was hot and dressed all in white. It just worked. But did they have to get it on while Bran's voiceover explained they were nephew and aunt? Absolutely not.
[Watch Game of Thrones on HBO]
Photo: HBO
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Riverdale
Who Was the Couple: Archie (KJ Apa) and Mrs. Grundy (Sarah Habel)
Why Was It Hated: Do you know what's never cool? A teacher having sex with his or her high school student. That's called assault... Unless you're on Riverdale. In that case it's called a pretty major plot point that's glossed over for more murder talk.
[Where to stream Riverdale]
Who Was the Couple: Archie (KJ Apa) and Mrs. Grundy (Sarah Habel)
Why Was It Hated: Do you know what's never cool? A teacher having sex with his or her high school student. That's called assault... Unless you're on Riverdale. In that case it's called a pretty major plot point that's glossed over for more murder talk.
[Where to stream Riverdale]
Photo: CW
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Splice
Who Was the Couple: Clive (Adrien Brody) and Dren (Delphine Chanéac)
Why Was It Hated: Adrien Brody has sex with the alien creature he created. She's essentially his daughter. So this 2009 sci-fi movie has the big three: creature sex, semi-incest, and something bordering on child abuse...? It's all unclear and all horrible.
[Where to stream Splice]
Who Was the Couple: Clive (Adrien Brody) and Dren (Delphine Chanéac)
Why Was It Hated: Adrien Brody has sex with the alien creature he created. She's essentially his daughter. So this 2009 sci-fi movie has the big three: creature sex, semi-incest, and something bordering on child abuse...? It's all unclear and all horrible.
[Where to stream Splice]
Photo: Everett Collection
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Girls
Who Was the Couple: Adam (Adam Driver) and Natalia (Shiri Appleby)
Why Was It Hated: Lena Dunham's HBO show had more than its fair share of controversial sex scenes, but this hookup between Adam and his new girlfriend was one of the few that was actively despised. Though the show's creators and stars argued it was just bad sex, many viewers interpreted Adam and Natalia's cringe-worthy hookup as too close to sexual assault for comfort.
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Who Was the Couple: Adam (Adam Driver) and Natalia (Shiri Appleby)
Why Was It Hated: Lena Dunham's HBO show had more than its fair share of controversial sex scenes, but this hookup between Adam and his new girlfriend was one of the few that was actively despised. Though the show's creators and stars argued it was just bad sex, many viewers interpreted Adam and Natalia's cringe-worthy hookup as too close to sexual assault for comfort.
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Photo: HBO
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Black Mirror
Who Was the Couple: Prime Minister Michael Callow (Rory Kinnear) and a pig
Why Was It Hated: I mean... the Prime Minister has sex with a pig. He does it to save his family and the fate of the royal princess. But... the Prime Minister has sex with a pig. The only thing that made this scene even worse is that it weirdly predicted a scandal that would later emerge about David Cameron.
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Who Was the Couple: Prime Minister Michael Callow (Rory Kinnear) and a pig
Why Was It Hated: I mean... the Prime Minister has sex with a pig. He does it to save his family and the fate of the royal princess. But... the Prime Minister has sex with a pig. The only thing that made this scene even worse is that it weirdly predicted a scandal that would later emerge about David Cameron.
[Watch Black Mirror on Netflix]
Photo: Netflix
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Last Tango in Paris
Who Was the Couple: Paul (Marlon Brando) and Jeanne (Maria Schneider)
Why Was It Hated: It was the butter scene that transformed this movie about a widowed man and a young Parisian woman from scandalous to controversial. But it was the late Schnieder's revelation that no one told her about the scene prior to her filming it that turned it into one of the most notoriously hated scenes in film history.
[Where to stream Last Tango in Paris]
Who Was the Couple: Paul (Marlon Brando) and Jeanne (Maria Schneider)
Why Was It Hated: It was the butter scene that transformed this movie about a widowed man and a young Parisian woman from scandalous to controversial. But it was the late Schnieder's revelation that no one told her about the scene prior to her filming it that turned it into one of the most notoriously hated scenes in film history.
[Where to stream Last Tango in Paris]
Photo: Everett Collection
