The White Lotus star Carrie Coon has clarified the comments she made about her husband, Tracey Letts, in a viral interview.
The 44-year-old actor spoke candidly about the dynamics with her partner, whom she’s been married to since 2013, during Monday’s episode of the WTF with Marc Maron Podcast. She confessed that she and Letts don’t get jealous easily, so they often talk about other people they’re attracted to.
“It’s nice to be in a relationship where we can always talk about, ‘Well who are you attracted to on set?’” she explained. “He 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 is into.”
Maron then interjected to ask: “But it doesn’t ever go over the line?”
In response, Coon replied: “We don’t really like lines. Lines are really boring... Life is short. Finite!
“... [Letts] would never begrudge anyone the human experience,” she said. “He’s embraced being a person of appetites and acknowledging we have these proclivities.”
She continued: “Monogamy is sort of something we’ve imposed on ourselves, we were supposed to have babies and die at like 30. And that’s not how life is anymore. So you have to kind of be open-minded about what engages you in the world, what sparks your imagination, and what your passion is.
“I think if you’re willing to stay open to that, you’re living more of a full life. And I don’t think either one of us would want to keep the other from living,” she added.
Coon’s comments quickly gained traction on X, with one fan tweeting a clip of the interview with the caption: “Finding out Carrie Coon and Tracy Letts have an open marriage has been a really great way to start my week.”
On Tuesday, Coon shared a tweet clarifying the status of her marriage and shutting down speculation.
“Settle down, internet! I said ‘open minded’ not ‘open,’” she wrote.
Coon and Letts met in 2010 while starring in the Broadway production of Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf? They got married three years later before welcoming their first child, Haskell, in 2018. They also welcomed a daughter in 2021, but have yet to share her name publicly.
The Gilded Age star has previously gushed about how grateful she is for her marriage while reflecting on some of the past relationships she’d been in.
“I have a healthy, happy marriage. When I was younger, let’s say I didn’t always conduct myself with integrity in my relationships. Now I’ve found a partner who I can be truly honest with, I never want to go back,” she told The Guardian in 2021.
Coon appears in the latest season of HBO’s wildly popular eat-the-rich drama, The White Lotus, which transports viewers to a luxury hotel and wellness retreat amid the lush jungles of Thailand. Coon plays Laurie, who is vacationing in the Southeast Asian country with two friends, Kate (played by Leslie Bibb) and Jaclyn (played by Michelle Monaghan).
