People are freaking out over their White Lotus crush Carrie Coon saying she’s in an open marriage, although she says it was a misunderstanding. But was it?
On a recent episode of the WTF With Marc Maron Podcast, the 44-year-old actress, who plays the career-obsessed Laurie Duffy on season 3 of White Lotus, opened up about her marriage to Tracy Letts and how she loves that the couple is able to talk about being attracted to other people without jealousy getting in the way, Entertainment Weekly reports.
"That's the nice thing about a marriage where everything's on the table: you talk about everything," Coon told Maron. "We're not jealous people. Like, we don't have any of those hang-ups. So we never wanna be like, the police. You know? So it's nice to be in a relationship where we can always talk about, like, 'Who are you attracted to on set?’”
In response to Maron’s surprise at her comments, she said, ”It’s so fun. I love it. Tracy's the kind of person who notices every single woman on the street… And he always tells me who he has a crush on. It's fun. It's interesting to know what your partner's into. I think it's titillating.”
Then, the podcast host asked, "But it doesn't ever go over the line?”
"We don't really like lines," Coon answered. "Lines are really boring. I mean, look, life is short. Finite.”
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If that wasn’t enough for fans to start wondering if Coon and Letts have an open marriage, her feelings about monogamy certainly did.
“Monogamy is something we've imposed on ourselves. We were supposed to have babies and die when we were like 30. And that's not the way life is anymore," she explained. "So I think you have to stay–you have to kinda be open-minded about what engages you in the world and what sparks your imagination and where your passion is. And I think if you're willing to stay open to that, then you're living a more full life. And I don't think either one of us would wanna keep the other from living."
The podcast episode went viral hours after it was released, when gay fan Tom Zohar posted a clip on X (formerly Twitter) with the caption, “Finding out Carrie Coon and Tracy Letts have an open marriage has been a really great way to start my week.”
Word must have gotten around to Coon, who took to social media to set the record straight. "Settle down, internet," she wrote on X. "I said 'open-minded' not ‘open.'"
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Zohar responded comically by writing, "LMAOOO Carrie is really sending us all to horny jail."
The Gilded Age star may have never used the words “open marriage,” but she was openly critical of monogamy, talked about the lack of jealousy in her marriage, and called lines you don’t cross in a marriage “really boring,” so it’s understandable that some fans got their hopes up that even though Coon is married, they might still have a chance!