Katie Lowes on How Her Husband Responds to Her 'Dirty, Dirty'

Katie Lowes on How Her Husband Responds

Scandal star Katie Lowes shared some hilarious and brutally honest advice for her husband, actor Adam Shapiro, on how to handle watching her steamy onscreen moments. During an appearance on Fake Doctors, Real Friends With Zach and Donald, Lowes was asked about the intimate scenes she filmed on Scandal and if her husband ever experienced jealousy over her "fake TV sex."

"You know, we get asked that a lot," Lowes admitted. "When he married me, he thought, 'Oh, s---, I’m kind of falling for the girl that always has a love story surrounding her, and this is just going to be a part of this.' And he doesn't really get those kinds of roles, but he actually has gotten jealous. He has now."

But Lowes had no sympathy for her husband when it came to her steamy scenes, joking, "He's just gotta f---ing close his eyes and deal with it, man. I mean, the check clears, you know? Like, get over it. I mean, that's my job and, like, it's f---ing awkward anyway."

While Shapiro may have had moments of jealousy, Lowes suggested that any concerns were likely lessened by the actors she was paired with on the show. "I think on that show, I was very lucky to be paired with a much older gentleman, George Newbern [who played Charlie], that we love and is a dear friend, and he probably wasn't much threatened by," Lowes said, adding with a laugh, "although he's a very handsome catch for everybody listening, and he's happily married and blah blah blah."

She also pointed out that her other main love interest, Guillermo Diaz, who played Huck, is openly gay. "So, I think that helped a little bit," she said.

Elsewhere in the podcast, Lowes discussed her Broadway debut in Waitress, how she relied on her experience giving birth to push through nerves during rehearsals, and her side hustle, Schappy Pretzel, which took off during the pandemic. She also shared her love for the show Smash and how she prepared for a Broadway show in just 18 days.