When it comes to romance, daytime TV actors sure know how to make a scene. When they're between the sheets they sure make it look real. So how do they do that? EXTRA exposes the naked truth.

In a car... on a plane... even on a chair… daytime soaps have been steaming up TV screens for more than 50 years. Sure they're actors but how do they make love in the afternoon look so real?

Director Maria Wagner says it's because each arousing moment is choreographed. Every touch, every look, every movement has to be directed. And while you might think most of the hot and heavy love making is just acting, Kelley Menighan Hensley who plays the sexy Emily Stewart on "As The World Turns" told us, that's not always the case.

She says giggling, "You really kiss them."

But how do on screen lovers keep from being aroused? She says, "Your brain doesn't go there. It's not about that. It would be so weird if it was."
But Kristoff St. John of the "Young and The Restless" recalls the time his body didn't listen to his brain and instead lived up to the show's reputation.
He remembers, "I actually got excited in bed. They called cut and wanted me to get out of bed to go do another scene. I said guys, 'I can't'. They said, 'why not?' I said 'you got to understand, something came up.'"

Aside from strategically placed covers... how do they keep from revealing too much skin while rolling in sheets? Kelly says, "These are obviously used for so you have a nice open back and it looks like you're naked. You wear nice little bottoms like bathing suits or something like that."

Even with all the trade tricks, Daytime's lusty lovers are professional actors who know how to make it look real... and how hard can that be when you love what you do.
And those sexy scenes happen a lot in daytime. A recent study says that during the typical soap opera hour we see six sexual encounters.