Watch the shocking moment Virgin Island stars practise ‘self-pleasure touching' with sex experts in awkward scenes

The Sun

13-05-2025

VIRGIN Island stars are set to practice 'self-pleasure touching' with the sex experts, in awkward scenes coming up.
Channel 4's Virgin Island has landed on screens, and has viewers hooked.
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Although the series features some racy, nude and steamy moments, it also delves deep into the heart-warming stories from the 12 virgins opening up on camera for the first time.
And in new scenes, the stars of Virgin Island will learn a new skill - 'self-pleasure touching.'
The 12 individuals can be seen listening attentively to sexologists Dr Danielle Harel and Celeste Hirschman.
They're told: 'This first exercise today is called touching for your own pleasure.
'Until you actually feel the sensation of touching for your own pleasure, you can't get to that next level, it's like the first step.'
They're then asked: 'Who's ready to touch for your own pleasure?'
Some of the group can be seen looking quite apprehensive about the task at hand.
Tense music plays, before cutting to one Virgin Island star, named Jason, telling the camera: 'In my childhood with my family, we were never huggers. I hated being hugged, I've never liked it and I'm not an intimate person at all.
'In my adult life, I've never kissed anyone.'
Watch the moment Virgin Island stars perform X-rated act leaving viewers horrified
Jason then volunteers to hop up and give the challenge a go, saying he'd 'like to be the opposite, and lose his virginity.'
He's seen rubbing his arms up and down the arms of the sexologist in the task, while she laughs.
'See if you can breathe a little bit while you do it, so you can actually feel the sensation,' she tells him.
The task continues, and he seems more at ease with running his hands up and down her arms, as they sit cross legged on the floor.
The voiceover tells viewers: 'For Jason, just a few seconds of touch is all he can handle.
'But Celeste isn't finished with him yet.'
She then begins to touch him, and rubs her hands up and down his arms.
The group applauds after Jason's session, as he makes his way back to the group.
The show, which aims to help adult virgins explore intimacy for the first time, features renowned sex and relationship coaches Celeste Hirschman and Danielle Harel — founders of the Somatic Institute in San Francisco and stars of Gwyneth Paltrow' s Netflix series Sex, Love & Goop.
Celeste and Danielle lead a hands-on 'treatment programme' that begins with open discussions about intimacy, before gradually moving on to physical contact.
But things take an even steamier turn when three professional 'Sexological Bodyworkers' — Aisha, Thomas, and Joy — are brought in to guide the participants through erotic techniques.
They're joined by two 'surrogate partners', Kat and Andre, who help the virgins build emotional and physical connection through direct experience.
While some viewers have praised the show for breaking down sexual taboos, others have been left gobsmacked by how far it goes — with one calling it 'basically porn with coaching.'
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