'Virgin Diaries': Ryan And Shanna Talk About Their Wedding Night (VIDEO)

How many engaged couples can say that they've never kissed each other?

In this day and age -- not many.

But Ryan, 31, and Shanna, 27, can. And not too surprisingly, the two are also virgins. They're one of several couples being featured on TLC's newest one-hour reality special "Virgin Diaries," which aims to take viewers inside the lives of adult virgins. The couple garnered attention earlier this week when a video clip of their very awkward first kiss spread across the internet.

Despite TLC's claims that the show actually "celebrates" virgins, the network has come under fire -- with some critics dubbing the show as "TLC's latest gawk-fest" and it's participants "exploitation victims."

And now it appears that TLC is doing damage control -- with a second sneak peek of the special.

In the newest video clip of "Virgin Diaries," Ryan and Shanna talk about how they're saving their first kiss for their wedding day.

"A lot of people are shocked when they hear that," says Ryan, who has never kissed a girl on the lips before. "It's like no one ever does it."

And although Shanna admits that she's nervous about the actual intercourse, she doesn't seem afraid to talk about her fantasy of their wedding night: "I think you should take a shower first, and then I'll take a shower. And then I'll put on my lingerie, and then I'll come into the room... and then I'll have a surprise waiting for you," she says. "And we'll have our robes on, and then we'll slowly have our robes off and then do foreplay...and then have sex."

See what happens on "Virgin Diaries," premiering Sunday, December 4 at 9PM EST on TLC.

Comments

[tonbur]

10:59 AM on 12/14/2011

This won't last long. She totally wants it and that dude looked like he was going to eat her face when they kiss. This show is going to prove all the reasons why you need to "do it" on the first date so you don't end up with a freak like this guy.

[Mjones2]

09:54 PM on 12/06/2011

Alrighty. So they've never kissed. But haven't they've ever SEEN anyone kiss?

[cesar delarosa]

10:25 AM on 12/07/2011

thank you!

[karen00100]

01:37 PM on 12/09/2012

Unfortunately, yes, but they honed in on the kind that goes with passion, which does not, usually, happen with a whole group of people looking on...and they, like everyone, should have started with the kind that is soft and exploratory...loving, not hungry. This one looked like the 'passion' was faked.

[Melissa Rashid]

07:24 AM on 12/06/2011

Exploitation ? Not hardly. People sign up for these shows because they want their 15 minutes of fame. They know that cameras are going to be there. Just because they're virgins doesn't mean they're stupid. Well, I hope not. But anyway, if anyone's being exploited, they exploited themselves.

[kerao]

03:02 PM on 12/05/2011

Ugh that was the grossest kiss I've ever seen. Now I have to wash out my eyeballs out with clorox. That whole virgin thing went out with the yugo. You test drive your vehicles this way you know they're not duds. They didn't even kiss either what an even more stupid concept obviously he has not a clue what he is doing and he kissed his dog alot. She's going to see this scrawly thing naked and be like wha? Yea that's what you were waiting for girl go for it. I am by no means a tramp. But I have datted and married my 1st husband at the age of 34:)

[baseballmom]

01:02 PM on 12/05/2011

Watching her kiss him, I thought for a moment I was watching The Walking Dead.

[RedRoux]

10:04 AM on 12/05/2011

As others have said, he appears to be gay. In five years, it will be the elephant in room. Religion, again, trying to fight nature, but nature invariably wins.

[DaydreamingTori]

01:48 AM on 12/05/2011

While I respect a woman who has managed to save herself until the age of 27, & marry her equally virginal husband, that marriage won't likely last. This is the age of internet pornography, birth control, swing clubs, & TEMPTATION!!! I remember when Jessica Simpson was placed on a pedestal, for staying a virgin until marriage & wearing that way-too "princess-y" WHITE dress. 2 "Newlyweds" seasons & "chicken or fish" jokes later--*gasp* she & the 98 Degrees front man, Nick L., divorce!! The sex between them will likely be short, uneventful, & painful. I understand that the over-saturation of sex in movies, the media, & pornography DISTORTS real-life sex, & 2 virgins can possibly have a fulfilling sex life. But after watching that first kiss, it's only a matter of time B4 that newlywed becomes another Jessica...

[Melissa Rashid]

07:36 AM on 12/06/2011

Sex is something you have to kind of practice in order to do it well. They really need a book or a DVD or something to help them figure out that "foreplay". It they get that down, the sex part should come naturally. But I don't agree that they are doomed. They won't be under as much scrutiny as she was and if they're that religious, I doubt they would watch pornography. But then again, who knows ? He might watch it to try and get some pointers and not be able to take his eyes off it, lol !

[KRS84]

01:58 AM on 12/08/2011

I read your comment before actually watching the kiss and thought why would you say that about someone. I wanted to see it for myself before commenting. WOW! That was scary!

My husband and I were virgins and hadn't kissed each other until our wedding, and it looked NOTHING like that. I know this because we have 2 different videos of our wedding (one we paid a small amount for and the other was a gift). Our kiss was sweet. As to not "test driving" meaning that you will have a bad sex life, THAT IS NOT TRUE!!! Our sex life is GREAT!!!

[Tracy Lester]

12:10 AM on 12/05/2011

I have news for Ryan and Shanna: Ryan is gay.
I have seen this too many times with friends and aquaintances. My friends' devoutly religious husbands did not realize that they were gay until after months, sometimes years, sometimes children.
It's not the waiting for sex til after marriage that's the indicator: (Many of us have done that)
But it's Ryan's lack of desire to get the show on the road that seems out of place.
My fiance and I could hardly be in the same room with one another before our wedding.
We couldn't keep our hands off each other.
Ryan seems disinterested.

[bpee]

07:40 AM on 12/05/2011

I agree 100%! I couldn't help but notice the look on his face every time she went in for the kill. He looked embarrassed. My gaydar was going off like crazy....poor Shanna she has no idea.

[Melissa Rashid]

07:30 AM on 12/06/2011

I think a good portion of men who are very devout and gay just can't come to terms with it. If it's against what believe they're certainly not going to try and act upon it. They probably think that if they get married to a woman and start a family they will "get over it" somehow. I used to work with a guy like that in a hair salon. Everyone was convinced he was gay but was in denial because he was really into his church. It's a shame too, for the men and the women involved. There are churches that will accept LGBT people with open arms.

[sierraseven]

11:51 PM on 12/04/2011

Aside from the wedding couple, the show is full of creepy moments. The young lady on the blind date who steers the conversation - on the first date! - onto "What's your plan for marriage and kids?" And then she announces that she's a virgin - I suppose, considering that the couple are being accompanied by a film crew from a show about virgins, it had to come up. But really, ladies: don't bring up marriage and kids during the first date.

[sierraseven]

11:48 PM on 12/04/2011

I hope I don't offend anyone with this comment - as I think that being gay is a natural part of the spectrum of human sexuality - but folks, that guy is gay.

Or: he WAS straight, but the blushing bride's Alien-style face devouring has turned him gay. (Just kidding.)

Seriously, look how he's cringing away from her.

[lady chaos]

10:20 PM on 12/04/2011

Made my skin crawl. If the kiss looked that strange, I don't wanna even think about the deed.
I doubt it will take but a few seconds before it's over.

[karvictho]

03:20 PM on 12/04/2011

Why is nothing sacred anymore?

[Zip Ominous]

03:06 PM on 12/04/2011

disasterous

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