Katherine Ryan reveals regret over writing herself a sex scene for Netflix sitcom The Duchess

‘It’s so cringe… I found it difficult,’ she said

Katherine Ryan has admitted she regrets writing herself an intimate scene in her Netflix sitcom The Duchess.

The Canadian comedian and actor wrote and stars in the series about a single mother navigating work and relationships in London.

Speaking on The Jonathan Ross Show, Ryan said: “I felt like you needed to believe in the intimacy of that relationship, so I wrote a sex scene. I just figured it would be fine.

“It's so cringe and it takes so long and I'm unprofessional. I just found it difficult.”

She added: “I think it would have been easier to have full sex on camera – then I could really let loose and show my personality... But no, I won't be writing any more sex scenes ever again.”

The comic, who has a young daughter from a previous relationship, said The Duchess was inspired by her own experiences as a single mother in London.

She said: “[My daughter] Violet was born here. I loved being a single mother. That’s the central relationship in the show.

“I'm really tired of rom coms where it's, ‘If only I could get a man’. That's never been my story. I fall in love with them accidentally every now and again. I don't seek them out, I just want to hang out with my daughter.”

She continued: “Those were the most cherished times in my life, when she was little and it was just the two of us. I loved our life so much.

“Now, she's getting older and she doesn't like me that much. That's what I got a husband for.”

The Jonathan Ross Show is on Saturday 17 October at 10.15pm on ITV.

Additional reporting by PA.