White Lotus star Carrie Coon claps back at Meghan McCain in ugly spat over her support of Trump

The White Lotus star Carrie Coon has clapped back at Meghan McCain amid the duo’s public spat after the hit show made a reference to Donald Trump.

The war of words was ignited when Coon first reshared a post by McCain on X with a cryptic message to her followers, triggering the commentator to announce she may boycott the series because the actress decided to ‘tweet some nasty crap’ at her. 

Their online feud came after Coon’s character on the show was involved in one of The White Lotus’ most viral scenes. 

It showed three childhood friends, Coon as Laurie, Leslie Bibb as Kate, and Michelle Monaghan as Jaclyn discussing politics over a bottle of wine when Kate reveals she is a MAGA supporter. 

Now, in a tell-all with The Hollywood Reporter ahead of the HBO show’s season finale on Sunday, Coon has waded back into the conversation with a positive take, to highlight why McCain likely would have resonated with the scene. 

‘I do think people like Meghan McCain and her community are really gratified to see a conservative person on television,’ she said.

‘I have conservative people in my life who reached out to me to say that was an awesome conversation, because I don’t think it vilifies Kate.’

After Trump’s joint address to congress in early March, McCain took to X to reveal his speech had brought her to tears.

Coon's character on the show was involved in one of the most viral scenes, in which three childhood friends began discussing politics over a bottle of wine and one of the women revealed she was a MAGA supporter. Pictured: Her initial reaction to the revelation

Coon’s character on the show was involved in one of the most viral scenes, in which three childhood friends began discussing politics over a bottle of wine and one of the women revealed she was a MAGA supporter. Pictured: Her initial reaction to the revelation

Coon has waded back into the conversation to reveal why McCain likely would have resonated with the scene. 'I do think people like Meghan McCain and her community are really gratified to see a conservative person on television,' she said

Coon has waded back into the conversation to reveal why McCain likely would have resonated with the scene. ‘I do think people like Meghan McCain and her community are really gratified to see a conservative person on television,’ she said 

‘This is the first time I can remember crying during a state of the union. Thank you President Trump. This is so beautiful. Anyone who has been impacted by brain cancer knows how special this is,’ she said.

McCain’s father, the late senator John McCain, tragically died from brain cancer in 2018.

As McCain’s post was inundated with messages from confused critics who said Trump had actually cut funding for cancer research, Coon shared her own thoughts, writing: ‘Who’s gonna tell her?’

Two days later, McCain hit back by sharing the smirking photo of Coon’s colleague Leslie Bibb, who plays Trump-supporting Kate, after breaking the news of her allegiance to her friends in the scene.

She then said she couldn’t ‘decide if I should still watch tonight since one of the stars decided to tweet some nasty crap at me.’

Bibb herself said she found the Trump scene ‘amazing’, praising show creator Mike White for his ‘uncanny ability to instantly be part of the zeitgeist.’

Coon said he ‘walks that line of what’s too political’, as the duo revealed the scene was actually written in 2022 – long before Trump was reelected to the White House.

‘They were supposed to shoot this season in 2023. Then the writers strike happened,’ Bibb revealed. The delay sparked concerns among cast and crew that it would have felt ‘dated’ by the time the show went to air.

But in reality, it hit a nerve more than the those involved ever could have anticipated, airing just months after Trump’s inauguration and return to the White House.

McCain contemplated boycotting the show after Coon called her out on X in response to a post showing support for Trump

McCain contemplated boycotting the show after Coon called her out on X in response to a post showing support for Trump

McCain hit back by sharing the smirking photo of Coon's colleague Leslie Bibb, who plays Trump-supporting Kate, after breaking the news of her allegience to her friends in the scene

McCain hit back by sharing the smirking photo of Coon’s colleague Leslie Bibb, who plays Trump-supporting Kate, after breaking the news of her allegience to her friends in the scene

After Trump's joint address to congress in early March, McCain took to X to reveal his speech had brought her to tears

After Trump’s joint address to congress in early March, McCain took to X to reveal his speech had brought her to tears

And White actually chose to dial it back, leaving more of the Trump dialogue on the cutting room floor.

‘There was more to that conversation,’ Coon revealed. 

‘Originally, you discovered that Laurie’s daughter is nonbinary and Laurie is struggling with her teenager going by ‘they/them.’

‘The Trump thing becomes much more offensive to Laurie because of her daughter, but this was before Trump was reelected and before this war on the trans community was escalated. 

‘Mike felt that it was actually too political, or too far, or too distracting.’

White said the scene felt right back in March of 2024, but by the time it came to making the final cuts, there had been ‘a vibe shift.’

‘I don’t think that it was radical, but that’s not the kind of attention I want. The politics of it could overwhelm whatever ideas I’m trying to talk about.’

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