Bridgerton fans to be left furious after woke Netflix bosses remove key plotline to avoid upsetting snowflakes

WHEN Nicola Coughlan announced this week that Bridgerton would skip forward to Colin and Penelope’s story, fans were unconvinced.

So I imagine they will be peeved to discover that woke bosses at Netflix plan to make further changes to the plot.

Julia Quinn’s 2002 novel Romancing Mr Bridgerton sees Penelope lose weight and undergo a makeover.

But when asked if that storyline would feature in the third series, showrunner Chris Van Dusen explained: “We think that Penelope is beautiful, and I don’t think it’s really a part of her story.”

And he added: “Her being a wallflower in our show I think is about her level of confidence more than it is about her outward appearance.”

I suppose that’s a theme more suited to audiences these days.

Simone Ashley, 27, was part of a panel event where it was revealed Colin Bridgerton and Penelope Featherington will be the focus of the next storyline — a tale with very little between-the-sheets action.

Many fans were banking on more bonking after a tamer second series left them cold.

They assumed the adaptation of author Julia Quinn’s livelier third book would see a return to the relentless romps which made the debut season a global hit for Netflix.