Weekend: Quiet Luxury Belly Buttons?? 👀

We fear that even the world’s strongest hair of the dog wouldn’t be enough to kick The White Lotus hangover we’ve endured this past week. Never before in the history of television — or, at least, that we can remember — has a show dominated the discourse so powerfully after it ended. The most distressing headline? The rumored feud between Walton Goggins and Aimee Lou Wood. The “evidence,” according to internet sleuths, is that they supposedly no longer follow each other on Instagram — despite following other cast members. And they didn’t tag each other in their tribute posts (see: Goggins’s epic diary entry — sorry, 12-slide montage). Though we should mention that they have spoken positively about each other in recent interviews, and Wood said she was “sad” Goggins didn’t attend the season-finale watch party (his reason was Rick-coded). So, could this be what the show’s Pot-Stirrer-in-Chief was alluding to when he said there were “friendships that were lost” on set? Or, was he referring to the now public feud between ooh-loo-loo-loos mastermind Cristóbal Tapia de Veer and showrunner Mike White (who responded to the composer’s accusations with some…choice words)?

Who knows, but the beefs weren’t the only White Lotus stories that had us raising our eyebrows. Some of the other surprising things we learned: Carrie Coon actually lost money while filming (don’t worry, she’ll be fine), White apparently had to fight HBO execs to cast Wood (the audacity), Leslie Bibb said the trio improvised this moment from their final dinner, Michelle Monaghan went to great lengths to stay part of the blonde blob (we respect the commitment), and Patrick Schwarzenegger’s fiancée had a hilarious reaction to that scene (you know exactly which one we’re referring to). And, speaking of scenes, there were a shocking number that got scrapped — including an extremely honest convo between Piper and Lochlan (incest was discussed) and a very unexpected hookup between Piper and another guest. As for what revelations this week will bring? TBD. But we’re ready to check out now.