Louise McSharry

the the official explanation that was given was that it was they had they were removing him for financial reasons but um you know there are a lot of suspicions that there was political kind of will there as well so I think because everybody was so shocked by Stephen Colbert going I think it's kind of emboldened the other hosts actually and it has made people feel even more protective of these kinds of characters in the media um so yeah 100% yeah yeah

Yeah, I think you're exactly right.

There is a new addition to the White Lotus.

Well, there was an exit from the White Lotus and now there's a new addition to the new season of the White Lotus.

This is kind of dramatic, wasn't it?

Yeah, it's interesting.

I mean, it's kind of giving like...

So Laura Dern and Mike White have worked together a lot.

Like they worked together on a film in 2007 called Year of the Dog, which was written and directed by Mike White starring Laura Dern.

They also worked together on Enlightened, which was a HBO series that aired for three series, which they created together and Laura Dern starred in.

So they're obviously friends.

And it is giving, like he got to set, you know, started working with Helena Bonham Carter.

It wasn't working.

And he was like, I'm just going to call my friend.

Let's just say my friend, which has got to be like, I'd loved, I will never get it, but I'd love to hear Helena Bonham Carter is, you know,

yeah like what happened here did they just not gel did they not get on did she not like the character like because what they've the their kind of reports say HBO said it had become apparent that the character created by White for Carter did not align once on set so the character like what does that mean that was strange phrasing yeah that was strange and I was wondering something has happened here

Please, immediately, if not sooner.

And finally, before we go, you may remember that during the absolutely bananas and totally inaccurate Chapel Rowan controversy lately that happened in Brazil, which she was completely exonerated for, by the way.

We have discussed at length on the podcast, so I won't go back down that road.

But you may remember part of the reporting was that