Although Jennifer Coolidge isn’t returning to The White Lotus anytime soon, she seems to be just as invested as the rest of the show’s devoted audience.
The Golden Globe winner told Deadline she’s “praying there’s justice for Tanya” in Season 3 of the Mike White-created HBO series following her fan-favorite character’s bizarre death in the Season 2 finale.
“I don’t have a take on this. No one is giving me any information about how this is gonna go down,” she admitted. “I mean, I’m praying there’s some justice for Tanya. You know, Greg was a creep. He needs to go down. But I just think it continues to be really interesting, really dark and then we all have to talk about it afterwards. I think it’s a really good sign.”
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After Tanya McQuoid found herself at the mercy of some potentially murderous gays that happened to be friends with her husband Greg Hunt (Jon Gries), the mysterious widower made a chilling return in the Season 3 premiere.
Meanwhile, Tanya’s former friend and wellness guru Belinda Lindsey (Natasha Rothwell) appears to be on Greg’s trail.
“I was just saying to someone today that Mike White continues to surprise me, and all this stuff that’s happened so far — I won’t spoil it, I know people are catching up, so I won’t spoil it — Mike White has no apologies, he goes for what he wants to do. He doesn’t check with anyone else. He writes a story that he wants to tell, and I just think he’s a genius,” she added.
“You know how I know he’s a genius? Because I get phone calls from friends that all wanna watch the weekly episodes,” explained Coolidge. “I don’t really have that, I can’t think of another show where people are calling me up and going like, ‘We all have to watch this.’ I mean, I was in White Lotus, of course, before that terrible thing happened. But what I’m saying is, people like to get together and watch it. I think that’s so cool. I have a house in New Orleans and my New Orleans friends always want to get together and watch it. And here in LA, people want to watch it, and I think that speaks to Mike White. He writes this really interesting stuff, and the characters this year are really good, and it’s got some really dark creepy stuff.”
New episodes of The White Lotus arrive Sunday nights on Max at 9pm ET/6pm PT, airing on HBO at 9pm ET/10pm PT.
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