Yes, a 14-year age gap between male and female romantic partners is deemed too small by studio bosses in an industry intent on normalising the idea of older men ending up with women young enough to be their daughter.

The opposite is rarely represented. When women are cast as the love interest of a younger male actor it is usually central to the plot - yet it’s standard for men to be assigned a much younger wife or girlfriend.

Sadly in Denbo’s case, it seems that even the male actor in question was behind the request. She added: “The real wife of the 57 year-old actor is EASILY AT LEAST 50. But this f**ker wants to be tv married to a 38 year-old -TOPS.”

She did not reveal the name of the star, or the studio enabling his behaviour.

This 43-year-old OITNB star is too old to play the wife of a 57-year-old, says Hollywood