Emily Osment Requested Intimacy Coordinator Over Age Gap

Emily Osment, 34, asked producers for an intimacy coordinator during kissing scenes with 23-year-old "Young Sheldon" co-star Montana Jordan, citing the 11-year age gap between them, according to a report published Oct. 25, 2026, by Page Six. An intimacy coordinator is an on-set professional who choreographs and supervises romantic or physical scenes to protect actors during filming. Their characters' romance became a central storyline across both series, Page Six reported.

Who are Emily Osment and Montana Jordan?

Osment, best known for Disney Channel's "Hannah Montana" and Freeform's "Young & Hungry," played Mandy McAllister on "Young Sheldon" and its CBS spinoff. Jordan plays Georgie Cooper, Mandy's on-screen partner, in both series, according to Page Six.

What did Emily Osment say prompted the request?

"That made me uncomfortable. He was a baby! A baby with a mullet," Osment said of Jordan in Jessica Radloff's new book, "Young Sheldon: The (Juicier-Than-Meemaw's-Brisket) Inside Story of the Hit Comedy," published by Grand Central Publishing, according to Page Six. Osment played Mandy opposite Jordan's Georgie in a romance that carried over from "Young Sheldon" into the spinoff "Georgie & Mandy's First Marriage."

"That made me uncomfortable. He was a baby! A baby with a mullet."

Why wasn't a coordinator on set for the first scenes?

Director Alex Reid told Radloff the production "totally dropped the ball" by not having an intimacy coordinator present for the characters' early kissing scenes, reasoning at the time that the CBS comedy did not include sex scenes, Page Six reported.

What changed once Osment raised the issue?

Osment said she took the concern to producer Tim Marx. "So I spoke to [producer] Tim Marx, and obviously they were not able to get one that late in the day, but for the next few episodes they had one there, since the relationship between them escalates," she said, per Page Six. "It made everything easier having one there. I think it's something that's really important."

What do the numbers show about the age gap?

Here is what the figures in the report show:

• Osment's age: 34
• Jordan's age: 23
• Age gap between the co-stars: 11 years
• Timing of the coordinator's arrival: added within the following episodes after Osment's request, not the initial kissing scene, per Page Six

Has Montana Jordan addressed the coordinator himself?

Jordan has not been quoted directly on the arrangement in the material Page Six published. Osment said she was unsure whether Jordan knew he could request a coordinator, too. "Like, let's give him the option, too. Make him comfortable," she said. "And he's such a sweet kid, I think he would just eat his discomfort. But I love those guys, and I'm really happy it got to the point where they were able to do that [for us]," Osment added, according to Page Six.