Bridgerton's Jonathan Bailey Explains Why Certain Key Scenes from the Books Were Cut from the Show

WARNING: THIS POST CONTAINS SPOILERS FOR BRIDGERTON SEASON 2!

Jonathan Bailey is defending Bridgerton season 2.

As fans of the book series likely know, multiple scenes from the book were either cut or reimagined for the Netflix show, leaving some readers feeling frustrated that certain fan-favorite moments didn’t make it in.

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One particular scene that was cut is the moment where Kate (Simone Ashley) is stung by a bee. In the show, Kate has Anthony (Jonathan Bailey) place his hand on her chest to see she’s alright. But in the books, the scene involves Anthony trying to suck the venom out of Kate’s upper chest.

“What just happened. Why is Anthony engaged to Kate’s sister? He was supposed to suck that bee sting and be engaged to Kate. What’s going on?” one fan asked on Twitter, while another wrote, “As a book reader I am frustrated that they took some of the elements of Anthony and Kate’s story that made it unique (being compromised over a bee sting misunderstanding and bonding over the death of their parents and the respective terrors they both faced over storms) and were glossed over in the show in order to focus on the tired, standard love triangle trope.”

When asked about certain changes made in the books, Jonathan told E! News, “All I can say to the lovely fans is that we know, we read those things, and we love them too. They are going to be laced in our performances and the TV show for sure.”

He added that “it was important to really not skirt over the amount that Kate and Anthony had to overcome.”

Jonathan went on to say that just because something hadn’t made the cut for season 2, didn’t mean it wouldn’t make an appearance in season 3.

“We know that, there will be a future Kanthony,” he said. “There’s a lot of those incredible conversations that happen towards the end of the book, which I really loved, about mortality and the understanding they have for each other. I’m sure there’s going to be space for those now that they’re together, maybe we’ll be able to nod back to those scenes and bring them forward into the future.”

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