Carrie Coon Says Her ‘White Lotus’ Character Was Written to Have a Nonbinary Child, but That Scene Was Cut After Trump’s Election

The White Lotus” has gotten political during Season 3, with one viral scene that featured Kate (Leslie Bibb) declining to say whether she voted for Donald Trump or not, shocking her friends Jaclyn (Michelle Monaghan) and Laurie (Carrie Coon). But the interaction originally had a more loaded political context, shares Coon.

The star recently told Harper’s Bazaar that a detail about her character’s personal life was cut after the election. The season was written and filmed before Trump was re-elected President.

“You originally found out that her daughter was actually nonbinary, maybe trans, and going by they/them,” Coon said. “You see Laurie struggling to explain it to

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