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Carrie Coon shared which storyline from “The White Lotus” was left on the cutting room floor after President Trump’s reelection.
During an interview with Harper’s Bazaar published Friday, the actress shared that her character Laurie’s child was “non-binary, maybe trans” and used they/them pronouns.
“You see Laurie struggling to explain it to her friends, struggling to use they/them pronouns, struggling with the language, which was all interesting,” Coon told the outlet.
Carrie Coon revealed the “White Lotus” storyline that was cut after President Trump’s reelection. AP Coon told Harper’s Bazaar that her character, Laurie (far left), had a “non-binary, maybe trans” child who used they/them pronouns. HBO The actress said Laurie (middle) was “struggling to explain [her child’s identity] to her friends.” Fabio Lovino/HBOThe revelation would have added more context to the tense political conversation in the third episode of Season 3 when Leslie Bibb’s character, Kate, hints she voted for Trump.
“It was only a short scene, but for me, it did make the question of whether Kate voted for Trump so much more provocative and personally offensive to Laurie, considering who her child is in the world,” Coon added.
The “Gilded Age” star, 44, explained that “White Lotus” creator Mike White decided to cut the scene considering the “cultural war against transgender people” after Trump was reelected.
“Mike felt that the scene was so small and the topic so big that it wasn’t the right way to engage in that conversation,” she said.
Coon said show creator Mike White decided to cut the scene “considering the way the Trump administration has weaponized the cultural war against transgender people.” Getty Images “Mike felt that the scene was so small and the topic so big that it wasn’t the right way to engage in that conversation,” she explained. Fabio Lovino/HBO White has won three Emmy Awards for his work on HBO’s “The White Lotus.” HBOThe actress went on to compliment White, who has won three Emmy Awards for his work on HBO’s “White Lotus.”
“Mike doesn’t shy away from challenging cultural conversations, and I really appreciate that about his work,” Coon said.
Bibb told Variety earlier this month that the timeliness was pure coincidence since White wrote the political scene in 2022.
Coon also praised White for embracing “challenging cultural conversations.” HBO Leslie Bibb, who plays Kate (far right), told Variety earlier this month that the tense political scene in the third episode of Season 3 was written by White in 2022. AP In the scene, Kate implies that she voted for Trump after being pressed by her friends on her political views. Fabio Lovino/HBO“I feel like Mike had binoculars into the future because when we did it, it just didn’t feel [timely anymore],” Bibb explained to Entertainment Weekly in early March.
“I was like, ‘We already did that. That was in the past.’ I don’t even think Trump was running when we did it — it was in January or February of last year or something, so yeah, that was pretty wild.”
“The White Lotus” airs Sundays at 9 p.m. ET on HBO and Max.
