Walton Goggins abruptly ended an interview after he was repeatedly asked about those rumors regarding an alleged feud with his White Lotus costar Aimee Lou Wood.
Goggins, 53, was profiled for The London Times but according to the paper’s writer Ed Potton, the conversation took a turn once he mentioned that the actor is no longer following Wood, 31, on Instagram.
“I’m not gonna have that conversation,” Goggins replied in the interview published on Thursday, May 1.
Potton wrote in his piece that Goggins’ American publicist interrupted the interview to say, “We’re not going there, thank you.” Goggins’ British rep also allegedly jumped in to ask they move on to the “next question.”
The journalist pivoted to discuss Goggins’ upcoming movie The Uninvited, but the topic subsequently turned back around to Wood later. When Goggins was asked about reports that he would make a public appearance with Wood again soon, his British rep stepped in this time to request they remain on the topic of The Uninvited.
According to Potton, Goggins allegedly called out the reporter’s “thinly veiled” attempts to discuss unsubstantiated rumors about a feud between him and Wood. The actor also allegedly said Potton did not seem “interested” in asking about the film Goggins was promoting.
“There is no conversation to be had about that,” Goggins fired back when Wood was mentioned again. “Sharing politics on social media — it’s in a vacuum.”
Potton tried one more time to broach the tense topic, to which Goggins replied, “What the f***, Ed! Come on, buddy. Wow.” The reporter noted in his article that Goggins’ U.S. rep immediately cut the conversation short after an “off the rails” interview.
Goggins and Wood originally formed a friendship while playing love interests in season 3 of HBO’s hit series The White Lotus. After their costar Jason Isaacs hinted at tension on set, eagle-eyed followers noticed that Goggins and Wood were no longer following each other on social media.
Goggins and Wood haven’t addressed the feud rumors — and have continued to speak fondly of each other during interviews — but the speculation about who was at odds on set was so bad that Isaacs, 61, had to clarify what he meant.
“I told the truth, while we were there, it’s a whole community. It was a city and it wasn’t just the actors. People need to remember it was the actors and the crew and the administrators and all these people were in a little pressure cooker together. And like anywhere you go for the summer, there’s friendships, there’s romances, there’s arguments, there’s cliques that form and break and reform and stuff like that,” he shared on SiriusXM’s TODAY Show Radio series The Happy Hour in April. “I’m not stupid. I look at the internet. I only read every single word written about The White Lotus and about everybody in it.”
Isaacs specifically slammed the online theories from fans.
“All these amateur Sherlock Holmes out there, they’re extrapolating, ‘Well, one person posted this.’ And nobody has the slightest clue what they’re talking about. People who think they’re onto something, and then it gets magnified because of a thousand other people. Nobody has any clue what I’m talking about,” he continued. “I’m talking about people you’ve never met before half the time, in different departments and the people in the hair and costume and in the accounts department and stuff.”
Isaacs concluded: “First of all, it’s none of your business. I’m just saying it wasn’t a holiday. Partly I started saying that is because people think we were on a seven-month holiday and believe me, it felt like work a lot of the time. It was insanely hot and there’s all the normal social tensions you get anywhere, but for all of you thinking you’ve cracked it by something you think someone has posted or is in a photo or not, you’re just so far from the truth, believe me.”
Us Weekly has reached out to Goggins’ rep for comment.
