Scorpio. So secretive.
Walton Goggins abruptly shut down questions about his former White Lotus costar Aimee Lou Wood in a tense new interview, refusing to talk about a rumored falling-out between them while they were filming the series in Thailand.
The actor, along with his two publicists in attendance, made it clear that he would not address the topic during a chat with the U.K.’s The Times that, as the reporter noted, went “off the rails” after a mention of possible tension he might have with Wood.
“I’m not gonna have that conversation,” Goggins said.
“We’re not going there, thank you,” one publicist added, before the second called for the “next question.”
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Walton Goggins attends the New York screening of ‘The Uninvited’ in April 2025
The reporter tried to broach the subject again, as Goggins is set to make his hosting debut on Saturday Night Live for the May 10 episode. The show recently parodied The White Lotus with a Donald Trump twist in a sketch called “The White Potus,” in which cast member Sarah Sherman spoofed Wood’s character by wearing a very pronounced set of fake teeth. Wood called the segment “mean and unfunny,” prompting apologies from the show and Sherman.
“Shall we talk about The Uninvited a bit more?” one of Goggins’ publicists asked when the reporter brought up the sketch.
“There is no conversation to be had about that,” Goggins replied. “Sharing politics on social media — it’s in a vacuum.”
When the reporter tried to “make a last forlorn attempt” to discuss Wood, an exasperated Goggins responded, “What the f—, Ed?! Come on, buddy. Wow.”
“We’re going to end it there,” one of his publicists said.
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Walton Goggins and Aimee Lou Wood on ‘The White Lotus’
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Wood and Goggins played Chelsea and Rick, star-crossed lovers who meet their demise following a shoot-out, in the recently wrapped third season of the HBO hit. Rumors of a falling-out between the pair surfaced after eagle-eyed fans noticed that they had unfollowed each other on Instagram after they’d previously been friends on the platform and left each other supportive comments.
Jason Isaacs, who played fellow White Lotus Thailand guest and embattled finance man Timothy Ratliff, has alluded to possible offscreen tension, but he also lambasted the rampant speculation about the cast.
“Like anywhere you go for the summer, there’s friendships, there’s romances, there’s arguments, there’s cliques that form and break and reform,” Isaacs said on an April episode of SiriusXM’s Today Show Radio. “I’m just saying it wasn’t a holiday … because people think we were on a seven-month holiday, and, believe me, it felt like work a lot of the time.”
“It was insanely hot, and there’s all the normal social tensions you get anywhere,” he added. “But for all of you [who] think you’ve cracked it by something you think someone has posted or is in a photo or not, you’re just so far from the truth, believe me.”
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