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Nicola Coughlan Says Her ‘Bridgerton’ Contract Specifies A PG-Version Of The Show For Her Parents

Mom and Dad Coughlan receive a different version of the hit show, Nicola Coughlan reveals.

Nicola Coughlan, who plays Penelope Featherington on the Shondaland bodice-ripper, revealed in an interview on SiriusXM Hits 1 that she has it written into her contract that Netflix and Shondaland must provide a PG-version of Bridgerton for her family’s viewing. “When she first saw Bridgerton, she didn’t know it was gonna be so saucy,” Coughlan recalled. And that makes you feel quite empowered and you’re like, ‘Oh yeah, we’re gonna do this, this, and this.’ So we felt super.

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