Mea Culpa: Kelly Rowland reveals how they filmed the wild sex scene with paint

February 26, 2024, 4:54 p.m. | Updated: February 26, 2024, 4:56 p.m.

Kelly Rowland and Trevante Rhodes’ painting scene in Mea Culpa breaks the internet.

Everyone is losing their minds over the painting scene mea culpa and now Kelly Rowland has spoken out about filming the viral scene.

Last week (February 23), mea culpa debuted on Netflix and immediately became a streaming hit. The film stars Kelly Rowland as a lawyer named Mea and Trevante Rhodes as an artist named Zyair. Mea is tasked with defending Zyair after he is accused of murdering his girlfriend. However, sparks fly between them and it doesn’t take long for things to get complicated.

mea culpa There are many shocking moments, but it’s Mea and Zyair’s explicit sex scene that really breaks the internet.

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In the scene, Mea catches Zyair having sex with her neighbor. The neighbor leaves and Zyair then begins to passionately kiss Mea’s bare buttocks. Mea asks him to stop but Zyair then takes her to his studio on his motorcycle and the characters then start painting their bodies and having very naked and very explicit sex together, while covered in paint.

The scene sparked a wide variety of reactions online. Some people are turned on by it, others worry about the implications of painting during sex and there are also those who just don’t know what to think.

One person tweeted: “Yo the painted sex scene in Mea Culpa was so beautiful and sexy. Best part of the whole movie. 10/10.”

Another wrote: “That scene with all that painting, all I could think about was the yeast infection. »

Someone also asked: “I’m sorry but I’m very confused about the change of location!?!”

One person who wasn’t phased by the sex scene was Kelly Rowland’s husband. Explaining how she prepared for the stage on SherriKelly said: “There was an intimacy coach there before the whole scene started, a few days before we did it. So they just talked to us about what we felt comfortable with, what we didn’t feel comfortable with. It’s very specific.”

She then added, “I remember calling my husband before it started. I said, ‘Honey, it’s okay. It’s going to happen today.’ And he was like, ‘Okay, I’m fine.’ My husband is the most secure human being. He’s such a G, so he really made me feel comfortable. He said, ‘Okay, I’m fine.’ If you want to do it, you have to do it.'”

Kelly finished by saying, “And I think it’s done in a really beautiful way. It’s really tasteful, it’s really passionate, it’s dope.”

What did you think of the scene?

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