Growing up is inevitable and watching your kids become young adults can be uncomfortable and overwhelming for many people, especially when it pertains to sex.
Everyone has a sexual awakening at some point, and child celebrities can find it difficult to make the transition from cute kid to grown and sexy adult.
Some child stars like Meagan Good and KeKe Palmer find it easier to transition than others.
That’s why it’s hard to understand why singer and actress Chloe Bailey is having such a hard time with her fans accepting the fact that she is taking on more risque roles to expand her career.
In the recent film “Swarm,” Bailey has an explicit sex scene with “Snowfall” actor Damson Idris. Bailey immediately caught backlash for displaying her cheeks for the world, but many actresses make their name by playing such roles.
Swarm (2023) Chloe Bailey Full Sex Scene pic.twitter.com/uWqggu38hQ
— Poetik Flakko (@FlakkoPoetik) March 17, 2023
At 24 years old, Bailey is handling herself like the other young ladies in her industry.
As we get older and become prudes, it’s easy to forget that characters in some of our favorite movies were played by women in their 20s.
Pam Grier was 24 when she played the sexy femme fatale role of “Coffy,” Jada Pinkett was 23 when she starred in “Jason’s Lyric,” Regina King was 22 in “Poetic Justice” and Nia Long was 25 in “Love Jones.” All of these roles called for full nudity and each woman went on to have long successful careers, with King securing an Oscar in 2019 for the film, “If Beale Street Could Talk.”
Chloe Bailey is 24.
A reminder Pam Grier was 24 in “Coffy,” Jada Pinkett-Smith was 23 and Allen Payne was 25 in “Jason’s Lyric,” Larenz Tate was 21 and Nia Long was 25 in “Love Jones,” Taral Hicks was 24 in “Belly,” and so forth. I don’t see the big deal about her #Swarm scene. pic.twitter.com/MxzM0G4lrF— journey to the past©️™️ (@femfilmrogue) March 19, 2023
Clearly, Bailey, whose first role was playing a young Beyonce in “Fighting Temptations” at the age of three, is playing the long game by choosing roles that will make her a contender in Hollywood.
It’s also important to mention that, not only is the cast of Swarm a group of 20-somethings, but the co-writer of the episode is nonother than Malia Obama, who is also 24.
Dominique Fishback, Chloe Bailey, and Malia Obama on set of #Swarm pic.twitter.com/Mpj4qrZQgr
— Vannah????| No shade wit it (@psavannahhh) March 18, 2023
If our favorite first daughter is writing about the experiences that her generation is having, then we as a society need to relax.
Bailey defended her choice to portray the character and thanked her co-star for making the on-screen scene so comfortable.
“I haven’t had that many partners, I’m not like that, that sexual and open. Damson made it very comfortable…kudos to him as a man for making me as a woman feel comfortable literally being raw and naked,” she said.
Chloe Bailey on how Damson Idris made her comfortable filming her first love scene in ‘Swarm’ #SXSW pic.twitter.com/jKhKmlTHj4
— Deadline Hollywood (@DEADLINE) March 11, 2023
#ChloeBailey talks backlash from ‘Swarm’ sex scene in new interview with Big Boy pic.twitter.com/JX5xFfnP8x
— All Tea All Shade (@TeaTimeTips2) March 24, 2023
Take a look at the online debate about Bailey’s performance in “Swarm” and don’t forget to tell us what you think in the comments below.
Y’all pick and choose who y’all want to bash cause not y’all mad at the fiction sex scene with Chloe Bailey .. Y’all didn’t bash Taraji P Henson on Baby Boy & that what jumpstart her & Tyrese movie careers . Halle Berry won an Oscar for her sex scene . Ion wanna hear it !!
— BRI ???? (@ImBriana__) March 19, 2023
Go watch Halle Berry sex scene in “ Monsters Ball”then let’s see if you still have the same flack for Chloe Bailey
— OkSach (@CashMom__) March 19, 2023
Swarm in nuts and that Chloe Bailey scene is literally the most minor detail. What do y’all have me watching?
— L I V ❤️???? (@oooliviad) March 20, 2023
So I just now started watching #Swarm y’all was doing too much about this Chloe Bailey scene pic.twitter.com/sF7KjEgfwC
— BhaddMarques ????????♑️???? (@_periodttt_) March 25, 2023
Chloe Bailey got the biggest sex scene since Halle Berry Monster Ball… Lala somewhere punching the air all these sex scenes she gave us lol yall aint never wild like this
— 3rdy Baby | Mr. Dirty Fork | WAV Chappelle | (@3RDYBABYTHEDJ) March 20, 2023
Let me ask y’all sumn …. Why y’all stuck on that one scene of Chloe Bailey having sex ….. WHY YALL AINT PUT THIS PART ON TWITTER ?! LMAO #swarm pic.twitter.com/IfjrEwoqup
— Breanna ???? (@brrxnna) March 18, 2023
Chloe Bailey had a sex scene with Damson Idris in SWARM and let me tell you something about black men – they can’t tell acting from reality because why are they trying to slut shame Chloe for having fake sex in a show???
— chichi. (@imanie) March 18, 2023
The most brilliant thing about #Swarm is that Janine and Donald cast the protégé of a pop star, the daughter of a pop star, and an actual pop star. I see what yall did and it was brilliant. Meta in every way. ???????????? ???? pic.twitter.com/gHJiOs2Wao
— Your Friend’s Friend (@walkgoodetienne) March 20, 2023