Yeah, those rumors aren’t going away anytime soon.

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As I noted last week, it is officially Emmy-begging season, and everyone and their dog is trying to get voters’ attention so as to snag a nomination. As such, Walton Goggins and Aimee Lou Wood gave a joint interview with Variety, clearly in an attempt to remind voters of their roles on The White Lotus and to hopefully put to bed any lingering rumors about a relationship and/or feud that has roiled the internet since the show premiered this winter.

This interview is NOT going to dispel those rumors.

Visibly emotional seeing each other, the two embraced for 30 seconds as the Variety team suddenly felt we were intruding on a private moment. The laughter then began almost immediately, and their photo shoot transitioned into a dance party. After, they asked to step outside for a quick break.

“We were saying outside, ‘We can’t start crying!’ We’re the two most emotional, sensitive people!” Wood says with a laugh.

Here’s the part where they isolated themselves from the rest of the cast during filming:

So began their tradition of meals together. The cast stayed at the Four Seasons in Thailand and naturally, due to the filming schedule, spent most of their times in their own character bubbles: The women (Carrie Coon, Leslie Bibb and Michelle Monaghan); the Ratliffs (Jason Isaacs, Parker Posey, Patrick Schwarzenegger, Sam Nivola and Sarah Catherine Hook); and Chelsea and Rick. Schwarzenegger would hold group dinners or breakfasts to debrief, but it quickly became too much for the duo.

“I don’t mean to sound like an asshole, it’s not method or anything, I just felt like I needed to stay in the space,” says Goggins. Wood agreed, “Both of us would get overwhelmed.”

“We’d never lived on a set. This is the first time we were all experiencing basically a reality TV show,” Wood says. “I think we both struggle with work-life balance anyway, so it’s hard because there’s not even separation in distance.”

As for why he unfollowed her on Instagram, Goggins explains:

“When I left ‘Justified,’ I went up to Tim [Olyphant], and I hugged him and I said, ‘I love you, and I hope I see you in rooms for the rest of my life,’” he says. “I didn’t talk to him for almost two years. I’ve done that with every single thing that I’ve done.”

“The White Lotus” was no different; in fact, it was painful. In 2004, his wife died by suicide. He spent the next three years traveling and searching for peace. It led him to Thailand, then to Bangkok. When he arrived in Bangkok on set, he realized he was in the exact same place.

“My catharsis in this experience was different than other people’s, because of my history in this place. I knew what we had gone through, and I knew how close that we had gotten, and I needed to begin to process saying goodbye to Rick and Chelsea,” Goggins says, beginning to cry. “And I knew that that was going to take a while for me, so I let her know, this is what I’ve gotta do. And she was extremely supportive about that.”

After filming ended, “I needed to just back away from everyone,” he says. “I haven’t spoken to anyone. I couldn’t handle it. Judge me or don’t. I don’t give a fuck what you think. This is my process. Rick means everything to me, and Chelsea means everything to me. And so that’s what I needed to do for me to process all of this.”

“It’s all so ridiculous,” he says. “It’s just a part of me just saying goodbye to this character so that now Aimee and I will be friends for fucking ever.”

They hug again, and Wood tells him, “I completely understand.” He tells her, “I love you.”

With tears in his eyes, he continues, “I’m emotional because we haven’t been in the same city to ever talk about this. So for me, this is just so wonderful.”

OH. OK. So I guess maybe they’re not actively feuding, but those affair rumors are not going anywhere. I need Jason Isaacs to come back and spill more tea.

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Speaking of The Emmys “For Your Consideration” campaigns, this is pretty brilliant:

Robert and Michelle King, the creators of Evil, think the show’s cancellation was “stupid,” and I just could not agree more. 

And even more Emmy talk: here’s a conversation between Mo Amer and Dave Chappelle about the wonderful series, Mo, and how Chappelle is largely responsible for it.

Just days before his tragic murder in San Antonio, King of the Hill actor Jonathan Joss crashed an ATX panel about the upcoming reboot of the series. Here, the moderator clears up exactly what happened on that day. 

Thinking way too much about that Doctor Who finale.

Love Island (U.K.) lost a cast member to involvement in a “machete attack,” and Love Island (U.S.) lost a cast member for indiscriminate use of the “N-word.” I would comment here about casting needing to do a better job of vetting these people, but I suspect this has more to do with the types of people who voluntarily go on Love Island.

Will Ferrell is turning Eurovision Song Contest: The Story of Fire Saga into a Broadway musical, and honestly, that’s perfect.

Andy Cohen promises they are in the casting process for The Real Housewives of New Jersey. 

How’s that unnecessary book attacking President Biden working out for ya, Jake?

How’s that taking over the Kennedy Center working out for ya, Taco D?

Cuts have consequences. (As someone who lives in the Gulf South, I’m terrified for this upcoming hurricane season.)

Warner Bros. Discovery is laying off a bunch of people from its cable television division. Shareholders recently also voted to slash David Zaslav’s salary, in a symbolic but telling move.

What’s going on at the Rosebud Motel?

Tom Girardi is going to prison after all. 

Get better soon, Jessie J.

Get well soon, Morten Harket.

Love is dead.

Love is dead.

Love is dead.

Oh, maybe love is not dead after all! Congratulations, Andrew Dismukes and Aly Dixon!

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Mark Your Calendars

  • The Gilded Age returns on HBO and Max on June 22.
  • Heads of State premieres on Prime Video on July 2.
  • Call Her Alex debuts on Hulu on June 10.
  • The Rainmaker will premiere on USA on August 15.
  • America’s Sweethearts: Dallas Cowboys Cheerleaders returns on Netflix on June 18.
  • Maxton Hall returns on Prime Video on September 7.
  • Trainwreck: Poop Cruise premieres on Netflix on June 24.
  • Electric Bloom debuts on Disney Channel on July 10, and Disney+ on September 17.
  • 7 Bears premieres on Netflix on July 10.
  • Tour de France: Unchained returns on Netflix on July 2.

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