“I don't have any conversations where I'm not talking about my dog,” Noel says while scrolling through photos and videos of Mello on his phone. There's one of her gnawing at a bull-penis treat while perched on Noel's Polo Ralph Lauren boxer briefs. In an even more intimate photo, Mello is wearing a child's diaper while in heat. It's obvious Noel has a lot of love to give and is “a purist when it comes to relationships,” which is why he's single. When he performs in Insecure's sex scenes, he says, the most important thing is making the actress as comfortable as possible.

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Neil Brown Jr. and Wade Allain-Marcus are the two men on Insecure who have yet to get a sex scene. Brown, who's married in real life, doesn't think he'll ever have one. (“It doesn't serve the story just to have me butt naked.”) Allain-Marcus, on the other hand, is game. (“One hundred percent. What can I do to Issa?”) But with new scripts kept so tightly under wraps, he's still not sure if he'll get the opportunity this season.

On Sarunas: Swim trunks, $225, Neil Barrett at Mr Porter / Necklace by Renvi | On Neil: Slides, $45, by Adidas Originals | On Wade: Swim trunks, $275, by Thorsun / Necklaces by Renvi

Then, of course, there's Sarunas Jackson, who brings to life six feet eight inches of Insecure's Dro, the open-relationship (or straight-up-lying) bae who messes with Molly. Of all the men, he's the most like the character he plays on the HBO hit—because at the time he was cast, he was also in an open relationship. (“Did someone tell Issa?”)

Like Ellis, he's had a run-in with an Insecure fan who confused real-life Sarunas with Dro. “She came up to me with both hands and kind of slapped me on my chest and said, ‘You need to stop fucking with Molly. You need to stop messing with Molly's head.’ And I was just like, ‘Who the hell are you?! Why are you touching me like that for? You need to calm down right now. Can I help you with something?!’ ”