Jana Kramer is defending her husband Allan Russell after feedback he made final 12 months triggered controversy.
Chatting with E! Information on Friday, June 6, the One Tree Hill alum insisted that Russell wasn’t being severe when he stated he wouldn’t let her movie intercourse scenes with one other man.
“He was joking,” Kramer, 41, advised the outlet. “There’s a dialog with each [job] we take. It’s the identical factor together with his line of labor.”
The actress continued, “That’s what marriage is — it’s a dialog. It’s not like, ‘No, you can not do that.’ I don’t suppose that’s wholesome.”
Russell, 44, initially made the feedback in December 2024 whereas discussing an intimate scene between Jamie (Wes Bentley) and Sarah (Daybreak Olivieri) featured on Yellowstone season 5.
He admitted on Kramer’s “Whine Down” podcast that he wouldn’t really feel snug if Kramer took on a job that concerned intimate intercourse scenes.
“I used to be identical to, ‘There’s not a part of me that can ever, ever, ever permit that, ever, for a person to be that near you want that [on set],” he stated.

Allan Russell and Jana Kramer. (Picture by Jason Kempin/Getty Photos for Boot Barn)
When Russell was requested by Kramer if he would make an exception for a present similar to Yellowstone, Russell nonetheless wasn’t backing down when it got here to his opinion.
“I’ll be, like, phoning the producers and threatening the producers [like], ‘You could change that scene. For the nice of your well being, it’s essential change this scene,’” he said.
Russell additionally stated on the podcast that he didn’t suppose actors filming intercourse scenes was “wholesome for any relationship.”
He added: “That’s not good for a wedding, that kind of position, it’s not, particularly [for] a person who’s not within the performing world. It’s tough. So, subsequently, that’s my opinion primarily based on [the fact that] I’m not in that world.”
Nevertheless, the next week Russell appeared on the “Whine Down” podcast once more to make clear his feedback.
“If the chance is nice on your profession, then it’s clearly a marital dialogue,” he defined. “And hear, in case you really feel it’s good on your profession, then I’m by no means gonna maintain you again from doing one thing. You recognize that.”
Kramer and Russell introduced their engagement in Might 2023 — six months after they began relationship. The couple welcomed their first baby collectively, a son named Roman, in November that very same 12 months and tied the knot in July 2024. Kramer additionally shares two children: Jolie, 9, and Jace, 6, along with her ex-husband Mike Caussin.

