{"id":319121,"date":"2026-02-19T12:00:04","date_gmt":"2026-02-19T12:00:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/behind-the-sex-scenes-with-an-intimacy-coordinator-the-assignment\/"},"modified":"2026-02-19T12:00:04","modified_gmt":"2026-02-19T12:00:04","slug":"behind-the-sex-scenes-with-an-intimacy-coordinator-the-assignment","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/behind-the-sex-scenes-with-an-intimacy-coordinator-the-assignment\/","title":{"rendered":"Behind the sex scenes&#8230;with an intimacy coordinator | The Assignment"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i1.ytimg.com\/vi\/t2g3mA8AauI\/hqdefault.jpg\" alt=\"Behind the sex scenes...with an intimacy coordinator | The Assignment\"><br \/> <iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/t2g3mA8AauI\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe> <\/p>\n<p>Let\u2019s\u00a0talk about professional sex. 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