Lesbian Couple Has Sex in a Box For New Reality Show

In what must be the oddest television show to date (with the exception of Japanese game shows), We tv is launching "Sex Box," a reality TV show in which couples have sex in a box on stage, then discuss it with a panel of experts. And among the first couples are lesbians Brittany and Sally Pennington, who were one of the 32 couples married on the Grammy Awards last year by Queen Latifah.

SheWired reports that the pair is making news as part of the new reality series, which is a take on a UK series of the same name.

"On the show we discuss issues we dealt with from Sally's unaccepting family members and how it almost came between our marriage," said Brittany in an email to SheWired.

Brittany and Sally are featured in the promo for the series, and SheWired writes, "it looks as though their onstage encounter is riddled with drama. Tears aside, they look super cute in their matching pink satin jammies."

We tv reported on their green-lighting the series last August for an early 2015 premiere.

Produced by Relativity Television, "Sex Box" is an extreme therapy reality concept that lets couples discuss their relationship issues with a panel of experts and then retire to a camera-free, soundproof box on the show's set to have sex. They emerge to immediately discuss their experiences in the box and most intimate personal issues with the experts, as the cameras roll before a studio audience. The first season will feature nine one-hour episodes.

"Sex Box is one of the most unique and compelling show concepts we've ever seen, and we can't wait to bring it to WE tv," said Marc Juris, WE tv's president. "Our featured couples will get a once-in-a-lifetime experience, while our viewers will get the kind of bold, break-through-the-clutter programming they increasingly associate with WE tv."

Once each couple enters the sex box, experts discuss their initial observations, ranging from what they think is happening inside the box to whether or not the relationship will survive. Immediately upon exiting the sex box, each couple sits down for a heart-to-heart with the expert panelists to discuss what just happened, how they feel, and how they're planning to overcome their issues.

Scientists and researchers cite that people are more trusting and open in the moments immediately after sex due to the body's natural release of oxytocin, also known as the "cuddle hormone." As a result, post coital couples therapy is more powerful and effective.

There's no word yet on whether Brittany and Sally work out their problems, but this certainly gives a whole new meaning to the phrase 'box lunch.'