Leslie Bibb is spreading the White Lotus wealth to her real-life companion, Sam Rockwell.
Episode 5 of the hit sequence’ third season featured Rockwell as an outdated pal of Walton Goggins’ mysterious, eccentric character Rick. After Rick all of the sudden left his trip on the White Lotus resort with girlfriend Chelsea (Aimee Lou Wooden) to make a last-minute journey to Bangkok, viewers puzzled what enterprise he needed to are inclined to.
After he arrived on the resort within the Thai capital, Rick met up with Rockwell, who had a black duffle bag in hand. The 2 sat down for a drink, however Rockwell revealed he’s now sober, proving to Rick simply how a lot the individuals round him have modified as they’ve grown older.
“I discovered faith,” Rockwell defined, sharing how Buddhism helped him uncover himself on a deeper stage. “I took the partying factor so far as it might go.”
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“Yeah, you probably did at all times take it to the subsequent stage,” Rick replied, sharing his true intentions for the reunion: “I sort of figured we’d be doing that tonight.”
Rick wasn’t utterly lacking out on what he went for, although.
“I additionally wished to deliver you what you requested for,” Rockwell stated, sliding the duffle bag to Rick’s ft. “Hope you don’t have to make use of that,” he famous, hinting at its contents.
Rockwell went on to explain, in depth, his “1000’s” of sexcapades since shifting to Thailand, surprising Rick with realization that “possibly what I really need, is to be certainly one of these Asian ladies.”
“All of us have our Achilles heel, man,” he informed Rick, who appears to be considering his personal life decisions.
Later, on the finish of the episode, Rick lastly arrived again in his room and unveiled a black handgun from the duffle bag. Staring down at it, he put it again and referred to as Chelsea, however she did not reply.
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Rockwell’s perplexing, weapon-dealing character differs completely from Bibb’s, who stars as Kate, a buttoned-up Texas mother on a ladies’ retreat along with her mates.
Bibb by no means indicated that Rockwell, who she has been with since 2007, had joined her in Thailand earlier than, making his look a whole shock to viewers. In reality, whereas filming the present in July, Bibb shared that she and Rockwell went for much longer than they deliberate with out seeing one another.
“reunited… and it feels so good…,” she wrote in an Instagram post of them hugging. “someday[s] guidelines should be damaged and our three week rule needed to be three months due to our work schedules and gawddamn nothin’ feels nearly as good as being again with #sammyrocks…”
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The White Lotus airs Sundays at 9 p.m. ET/PT on HBO and Max.
