The White Lotus’s Carrie Coon on Friendship and The Toxic Trio
March 31, 2025 – Carrie Coon has continued to impress every episode of The White Lotus Season 3 and reflects on being part of the infamous toxic trio.
White Lotus Season 3 Cast
The White Lotus has taken the internet by storm and quickly become many viewers’ favorite watch of the week. The hilarious but intimately confronting series has left its audience doubled over with laughter but also embarrassment. Creator Mike White has put his finger on exactly what makes his viewers tick. He has caught us all in the act, and The White Lotus is a mirror reflecting our insecurities, hypocrisy, and shame right back in our faces. It’s unabashedly real, and that’s exactly what has made the series so addictive.
White Lotus Cast
Unafraid of confrontation, actress Carrie Coon continues to stun us every new episode of The White Lotus. She plays the character Laurie, who makes up one-third of a trio of lifelong friends. Together with Michelle Monaghan and Leslie Bibb, Coon puts on a vivid and volatile performance that has been making real-life friend groups wonder: “Do we act like this?”
The toxic trio, affectionately termed “The Blonde Blob” by White, offers viewers a buffet of shameless gossiping and passive-aggressive infighting, and Coon loves it.
Carrie Coon loves “that it’s confronting” and reflects
In a HaspersBazaar interview, Coon reveals her thoughts on The White Lotus and the group of ‘frenemies’. “I love that it’s confronting. I love that it can even be off-putting,” she says.
On Instagram, Coon posted a short scene of the girl group, showcasing the pettiness intoxicating the trio’s friendship.
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Reflecting, Coon tells The Guardian that The White Lotus shows that “as we age, friendship is very difficult to maintain.” She explains that the show wants us to consider, “not only ‘Are new friends better than old friends?’, but also the question of, ‘Are you willing to see past your ideas about a person to see the person who’s right in front of you?’”
With the final episode of the show airing on April 6th, viewers will get to see what will end up happening to the notorious trio. Will their friendship survive or will it break in Thailand?
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