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If you asked Carrie Coon , she would say that her husband Tracy Letts just not cut out for it «White Lotus» in Thailand. "Here's the thing about Tracy: He's allergic to the sun and he hates the ocean," the actress, who played Laurie in season three, said in an episode «The Julia Cunningham Show» 2025. "So this wasn't the right season for him. He needs to experience some cold season in the future." But even if Tracy wasn't suited for this part «White Lotus» , it's clear that he and Carrie are perfect for each other. Sixteen years before she received a Tony Award nomination for her role in «Beetle» , she met the playwright in 2010 while working on «Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? »", which earned Carrie her first nomination and Tracy her second win. And their instant connection was undeniable. "When I met Tracy, I was in a relationship, and so was he," she said on the episode. Couch Surfing on PeopleTV in 2020. "But I think it was pretty obvious to anyone in the room with us that something was inevitable. I almost bumped into him at the door on the first day of rehearsals, and he said, 'I'm so glad you're here.' And that was it.".

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Three years later, Tracy and Carrie were married—though it wasn't exactly a fairytale. "We were about to go to court to get married, and the night before, I suddenly started having pains," the writer said. from Augusta, Osage County, magazine Vanity Fair In 2013, she said, "We went to the emergency room, and the next day I had my gallbladder removed. Then she went there and found a Lutheran chaplain at the hospital who had never performed a wedding before, and he came to our room and performed the ceremony there. So it was a beautiful, intimate, personal ceremony. We had a wonderful time.".

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And this wonderful time continued when their family was expanded by a son. Haskell , born in 2018, and a daughter whose name has yet to be revealed, three years later. Naturally, parenthood has changed their relationship—and their work. "The compelling work is always the one we take on," Carrie explained to the magazine. Harper's Bazaar in 2021. «If one of us gets an offer that sounds like, „This is really something special,“ we make room for it.».

What don't they tolerate? Possessiveness and envy. "We're not jealous people," the star said. film "Gone Girl" »" in a podcast episode WTF With Marc Maron in 2025, later adding, "So it's nice to be in a relationship where we can always talk, like, 'Who do you like on set?'" Noting that Tracy "notices every woman on the street," Carrie said he'll tell her who he likes. "We like talking about it. It's fun," she continued. "It's interesting to know what your partner likes. It's a turn-on." And it's never over the top. "We don't really like boundaries," the 45-year-old shared, noting that her 60-year-old husband lost his partner young and "would never begrudge the human experience." "He's kind of embraced his own inclinations toward self-gratification and acknowledged that we have those inclinations," Carrie said. "Monogamy is something we imposed on ourselves: We were supposed to have kids and die at 30, but life isn't like that anymore." So I think you have to be open to what fascinates you in the world, what excites your imagination, and what your passion is. And I think if you're willing to remain open to that, you live a more fulfilling life. And I don't think any of us would want to stop someone else from living their life to the fullest.".

But no, they don't have an open relationship. "Calm down, internet!" she wrote on X in 2025. "I said 'open-minded,' not 'open.'" Ultimately, she values the level of honesty that exists in their union. "I have a healthy and happy marriage," Carrie said. The Guardian in 2021. "When I was younger, let's just say I wasn't always honest in my relationships. Now that I've found a partner I can be truly honest with, I never want to go back to that old way of life.".

To learn more about other stars' relationships White Lotus , read on.

Jason Isaacs and Emma Hewitt

<p>Jason Isaacs and Emma Hewitt</p><p>» src=»https://s.yimg.com/ny/api/res/1.2/FVcnufWnw2SDKVTLNHVGPg—/YXBwaWQ9aGlnaGxhbmRlcjt3PTk2 MDtoPTE1NTE7Y2Y9d2VicA—/https://media.zenfs.com/en/e__181/066bbe108a9d5d9e18fe40bd82899aec&quot;&gt;</p><p> Although the character <strong>Jason Isaacs</strong> , Timothy Ratliff, is married to Victoria Ratliff, played by <strong>Parker Posey</strong> в <em>in the film &quot;White Lotus&quot;«</em> , in real life his wife is <strong>Emma</strong> <strong>Hewitt</strong> .</p><p> «Without her,” he wrote in <em>The Big Issue magazine</em> In 2020, there is no me that I would recognize or would want to know.&quot;.</p><p> Jason met the former documentary filmmaker at the Royal Central School of Speech and Drama at the University of London in the 1980s. At the time, he was struggling with what he called &quot;a long-term love affair with drugs,&quot; which ended in 1998 when he quit drinking.</p><p> «&quot;When I quit drugs, I remember my wife saying, &#039;Okay, we can finally buy a house, have kids, and move on,&#039;&quot; Jason added. &quot;And I said, &#039;Honey, I just met you.&#039; What are you talking about? She said, &#039;We&#039;ve been together for 10 years!&#039; I know,&quot; I said, &quot;and I&#039;m so sorry, but I feel like I was just born, and we need to meet and get to know each other.&quot;.</p><p> When he later asked her &quot;why she wanted to be with a man who had been completely out of his mind all this time,&quot; she replied, &quot;She always loved me for who I am and who I could be.&quot;.</p><p> The couple married in 2001 and had two daughters. <strong>Lily</strong> и <strong>Ruby</strong> .</p><p> «&quot;She decided to give up a very successful career, follow me around, and live in these remote places doing nothing, not feeling like part of a team, to get pregnant,&quot; Jason said. <em>The Guardian newspaper</em> in 2008. &quot;It took us a while, and we resorted to IVF, which worked the first time in both cases.&quot;.</p></p><p> Patrick Schwarzenegger and Abby Champion </p><p>&lt;img alt=Patrick Schwarzenegger and Abby Champion

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Fans have seen, uh, a lot Patrick Schwarzenegger in the film «White Lotus» , and he has been pouring out for more than ten years soul to his bride Abby Champion .

«It was 2015!» the model recalled in an interview. The Daily Front Row Nine years after first meeting the actor who played Ratliff's son, Saxon, on the HBO drama, Patrick and Abby met. "We met through a mutual friend I was dating, and Patrick knew us. We're grateful to him because he introduced us, and that led to our wedding." Patrick proposed to Abby on the beach in December 2023, and the wedding took place in September 2025. As always, they are happy with their relationship and are each other's biggest fans.

«"I'm so proud of the person you are," the ex-spouses' eldest son wrote. Arnold Schwarzenegger и Maria Shriver on Instagram in honor of Abby's February 2025 birthday. "You continue to inspire me. I love watching your dedication to your family, friends, faith, and work. I'm honored to be on this journey with you and look forward to seeing where life takes us.".

Sam Nivola and Iris Apatow

<p>Sam Nivola and Iris Apatow</p><p>» src=»https://s.yimg.com/ny/api/res/1.2/07sQECmr5oBLd.HJ7oP1vQ—/YXBwaWQ9aGlnaGxhbmRlcjt3PTk2 MDtoPTE1NTE7Y2Y9d2VicA—/https://media.zenfs.com/en/e__181/2fa45f99c71f4a69badad6f6fcba35c8″&gt;</p><p> Are you interested in how? <strong>Sam Nivola</strong> и <strong>Iris Apatow</strong> Did you meet? No, it wasn&#039;t thanks to him, as he once joked in an interview. <em>British Vogue</em> , &quot;some secret group of kids from the Unspoiled clan who hang out in black clothes.&quot; Although we like the idea that his parents are actors. <strong>Emily</strong> <strong>Mortimer</strong> и <strong>Alessandro Nivola</strong> - and her parents - <strong>Leslie Mann</strong> и <strong>Judd</strong> <strong>Apatow</strong> — acted as matchmakers; they were introduced by a mutual friend. As he recalled in an interview <em>Teen Vogue</em> in 2025, Sam (who played Saxon&#039;s younger brother, Lochlan, in the film <em>«White Lotus</em> »&quot;) and Iris were introduced by their friend <strong>Isa Barrett</strong> in a London bar. Although the actor from the film <em>«&quot;The Perfect Couple&quot;»</em> said he was trying to start a relationship with the actress <em>from &quot;The Bubble&quot;«</em> , She was in a relationship at the time and &quot;didn&#039;t want it.&quot; But after Iris&#039;s romance ended, Sam decided to try dating again. They announced their relationship on Instagram in the spring of 2024 and have been living together ever since. &quot;I&#039;m so in love, and she&#039;s so amazing,&quot; Sam said in an interview. <em>Teen Vogue</em> . &quot;I think the problem with living together when you&#039;re young is that you always think, &#039;Oh my God, you&#039;re going to get tired of this.&#039; You&#039;ll be together all day, every day, and then it becomes routine, and you feel like you&#039;ve been married for 30 years. I don&#039;t think that will happen with her, simply because we love each other so much.&quot;.</p></p><p> Leslie Bibb and Sam Rockwell </p><p>&lt;img alt=Leslie Bibb and Sam Rockwell

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Love story Leslie Bibb и Sam Rockwell It began not at the White Lotus restaurant in Thailand, but in the lobby of the Chateau Marmont hotel in West Hollywood. «I was standing there, getting ready to have dinner with my girlfriends, and someone looked over my shoulder and waved,» recalls the actress who played Kate (one of the three friends on the girls’ trip), about the 2007 meeting in The Rosie Show« . "I turned around and there he was. He was walking behind me. He stopped there because he was filming a movie. «Frost/Nixon »"And there was immediate chemistry between them. He smiled at me, and I was like, 'Oh no, what is that?'" she continued. "Sometimes it just blows you away." Leslie and Sam went on their first date about a week later. And although the film's star «Talladega Knights» Although Leslie initially tried to pretend she wasn't interested in a serious relationship with the Oscar winner, she couldn't hide her true feelings. "I was like, 'I'm not really committed,'" she added, "and then, like, three weeks later, I was like, 'I love you so much.'" Fast forward to today, and the couple, who never married, are still together. "Sweet sixteen, Sammy..." Leslie wrote on Instagram alongside a throwback photo of herself and Sam in honor of their anniversary in October 2023. "This photo is from year one, maybe year two, who knows, when we were little, and it just keeps flying by and blending into this incredible adventure with you... I'm so lucky to love this man, and even luckier to be loved by him.".

Michelle Monaghan and Pete White

<p>Michelle Monaghan and Pete White</p><p>» src=»https://s.yimg.com/ny/api/res/1.2/e51ItovZK3eh68f_GdiTLg—/YXBwaWQ9aGlnaGxhbmRlcjt3PTk2 MDtoPTEyMDA7Y2Y9d2VicA—/https://media.zenfs.com/en/e__181/071eb14d96078e486b0042643e3e015e&quot;&gt;</p><p> While Jacqueline Lemon from <em>«White Lotus</em> »&quot;gossips about her friends behind their backs, <strong>Michelle Monaghan</strong> speaks about her husband <strong>Pete White</strong> only positive. And she will never forget his support when she was filming a candid scene with <strong>Tom Cruise</strong> For <em>«Mission: Impossible III»</em> right after their wedding in 2005. «I had just gotten married and kind of skipped the honeymoon to go straight into filming the movie,» Michelle recalled in a 2023 interview with Collider. «I remember showing up for work, and Tom and I had a pretty intimate scene, and of course, it was the first scene. Then I came home from work, and I was so nervous, and my husband was like, «Don’t worry, you’ll follow suit. You’ll have a great time. It’s going to be wonderful.»« After the scene went well, Pete was thrilled. «He says, »How wonderful that you kissed Tom Cruise on our honeymoon?« » Michelle recalled. «Because we’re just huge fans.» As she noted, “It’s a testament to what a wonderful man my husband is, that he’s completely supportive and so enthusiastic about new opportunities.” And no matter what challenge they face in life—including raising children <strong>Willow</strong> и <strong>Tommy</strong> - star <em>film &quot;Family Plan&quot;«</em> and the entrepreneur do it together. &quot;My husband and I call each other every Sunday,&quot; she told Lifeminute in 2017, &quot;and we ask each other, &#039;What are your priorities this week? What can I help you achieve or what can I make time for you, whether it&#039;s personal time or time to achieve our own goals?&#039;&quot;«</p></p><p> Carrie Coon and Tracy Letts </p><p>&lt;img alt=Carrie Coon and Tracy Letts

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Although the heroine Carrie Coon , Laurie, goes on a trip to Thailand with her friends Kate and Jacqueline in play «White Lotus» , the actress's real best friend is her husband Tracy Letts . She met the playwright in 2010 when they were working on a play «Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?, Tracy won a Tony Award for his role as George, and Carrie was nominated for her role as Honey. Three years later, they married. Although the ceremony didn't quite go as planned. "My wedding took place in the hospital after emergency gallbladder surgery," Tracy said. Vanity Fair In 2013, Carrie and Tracy met. "We were getting ready to go to court to get married, and the night before, I suddenly started having pain. We went to the emergency room, and the next day, I had my gallbladder removed. She went there and found a Lutheran chaplain who had never performed a wedding before, and he came to our hospital room and performed the ceremony there. So it was a beautiful, intimate, personal ceremony. We had a wonderful time." In 2018, Carrie and Tracy welcomed a son. Haskell , and three years later a daughter was born (whose name has not been publicly disclosed). And two The stars are still together. After an interview that sparked rumors of an open marriage, Carrie dispelled those speculations. "Calm down, internet!" She wrote on X in 2025: "I said 'open,' not 'open.'".

Walton Goggins and Nadia Conners

<p>Walton Goggins and Nadia Conners</p><p>» src=»https://s.yimg.com/ny/api/res/1.2/yZmDlWopi2GMDEERDGtgeA—/YXBwaWQ9aGlnaGxhbmRlcjt3PTk2 MDtoPTE1NTE7Y2Y9d2VicA—/https://media.zenfs.com/en/e__181/204a8fdddc49b5098ea5437c63190e3e&quot;&gt;</p><p> <strong>Walton Goggins</strong> can thank one of his friends for introducing him to his wife <strong>Nadia Conners</strong> . As the actor once recalled in <em>The View«</em> , in 2005, a friend of his overheard the director talking to her friends at a restaurant in Los Angeles and insisted she come to dinner the next night to meet Walton. Walton was attending the dinner to raise money for a film, he continued, and thought Nadya was one of the business partners. «We went over and sat down at the table, and she literally took her chair, turned her back to everyone at the table, and said, „Well, tell me about yourself,“» he continued. «I said, „Well, I’m just trying to raise money for this film.“ And no, she said, „I want to know about <em>you</em> “&quot;&#039; Walton and Nadya spent the entire dinner catching up on each other&#039;s stories. &quot;I didn&#039;t talk to anyone I was supposed to talk to,&quot; he admitted. &quot;At the end, she said, &#039;You&#039;re going to take me home, right?&#039; And I said, &#039;Yes.&#039; And when I got her home, she said, &#039;You&#039;re going to ask for my number, right?&#039; And I said, &#039;Of course I will.&#039;&quot; Walton and Nadya welcomed their son <strong>Augusta</strong> in 2011 and got married that same year (he was previously married to <strong>Leanne Goggins</strong> ). &quot;I love you both so much,&quot; wrote the TV star, who played Rick Hatchett alongside <strong>Aimee Lou Wood</strong> as Chelsea in <em>TV series &quot;White&quot;</em> <em>lotus&quot;»</em> , in a February Instagram post addressed to his family. &quot;More than I could have hoped for, and certainly more than I deserve.&quot;.</p></p><p> Lisa and Frédéric Arnault of Blackpink </p><p>&lt;img alt=Lisa and Fran Rick Arno of Blackpink

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Sorry, Gaitok! While the character Tamie Taptimtong had feelings for Muk, who plays Lisa в «White Lotus» , star Blackpink, appears to be already in a relationship with a French businessman Frederic Arnauld . While neither has commented on the rumors, they've been fueling romance speculation for some time. Back in November 2022, Frédéric posted photos from a Blackpink concert. Since then, social media users have spotted the former TAG Heuer CEO and the actress together, socializing and traveling. He attended several of her concerts and premieres, and she appeared at the 2024 TAG Heuer Formula 1 Kith presentation. And for those keeping up with the news, in her song "Moonlit Floor (Kiss Me)," Lisa also mentions how "a green-eyed French guy drives me crazy.".

Arnas Fedaravičius and Emeraude Toubia

<p>Arnas Fedaravičius and Emeraude Toubia</p><p>» src=»https://s.yimg.com/ny/api/res/1.2/acyJgldVaCdNLlZWqkbSrQ—/YXBwaWQ9aGlnaGxhbmRlcjt3PTk2 MDtoPTE1NTE7Y2Y9d2VicA—/https://media.zenfs.com/en/e__181/92cbb9d41a5bf7c95c0776ea25160170″&gt;</p><p> Character <strong>Arnas Federavichus,</strong> Valentin may be lonely, but in real life he is completely focused on <strong>Emeraude Toubia.</strong> More than a year after announcing her divorce from <strong>Prince Royce</strong> in March 2022, actress <em>from Shadowhunters</em> »&quot; and the star <em>«White Lotus»</em> , apparently officially confirmed their relationship on Instagram in 2023. Aside from the occasional Instagram photo, Arnaz and Emeraude kept most of their relationship private. However, she joined him on the set of the series in Thailand. &quot;From one amazing moment to another!&quot; the star wrote. <em>«&quot;With love&quot;»</em> on Instagram in January. &quot;So proud of you, @arnasfederman! Thank you for taking me on this unforgettable journey.&quot;.</p></p><p> Morgana O&#039;Reilly and Peter Salmon </p><p>&lt;img alt=Morgana O'Reilly and Peter Salmon

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Pam wants pick up your phone after you check into the White Lotus Hotel. However, the actress playing her, Morgana O'Reilly , didn't mind using her gadget to post this cute photo of herself and her husband. Peter Salmon . Although they are both Unitec graduates in New Zealand, the couple actually met in New York. "It was crazy," Morgana said in a 2022 interview for her university's website, "because we fell in love in New York, worked in the same industry, and had so many mutual friends, but never actually met, despite the similarities." They later married and had children. Moon и Ziggy . But their family isn't their only joint project. In 2020, the star of the series "« Neighbours"» and the director released the series «"Inside"» . And later they turned her stage show «Stories about my body» into a film. "This guy and I just made a film about our love story and the birth of our children (among other stories)," Morgana wrote on Instagram in August 2024. "His talent amazes me. The birth of this child of art has made me admire you again, Mr. Salmon.".

Jon Gries

<p>Jon Gries</p><p>» src=»https://s.yimg.com/ny/api/res/1.2/3.TE_U2Op_S6SXJeX_5eGg—/YXBwaWQ9aGlnaGxhbmRlcjt3PTk 2MDtoPTcxMjtjZj13ZWJw/https://media.zenfs.com/en/e__181/066586dc02015aa2041b5af64412d42a&quot;&gt;</p><p> On screen, Greg Hunt plays <strong>Jon Gries</strong> (called Gary in season three) was married to Tanya McQuoid, played by <strong>Jennifer Coolidge</strong> , until her character&#039;s death in season two (RIP). Off-screen, the actor tied the knot. In a video for <em>Harper&#039;s Bazaar</em> In March 2025, John revealed that his fiancée, whose name he did not reveal, was now his wife &quot;as of Friday,&quot; hinting that one of her last Google searches was likely the address of the courthouse ceremony venue. Only, <em>May be,</em> You shouldn&#039;t spend your honeymoon at the White Lotus Hotel.</p></p><p> <em>This article was originally published on March 16, 2025 at 6:00 AM PT.</em></p><p> For breaking news, click here to download the E! News app.</p>&lt;div class=

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