Meghan McCain: Why Is White Lotus Actress Carrie Coon So Obsessed with Me?

The ongoing drama between political commentator Meghan McCain and “The White Lotus” actress Carrie Coon is still going strong, which is enough to make McCain question why the actress on one of the most popular shows on TV right now is so fixated on her and other conservatives actually watching it.

“I don’t understand why Carrie Coon’s been talking about me as much as she has,” McCain told The Daily Wire. “It just feels so random, like given that she’s on the biggest show on TV.”

It all started with a back and forth on social media. Coon, who plays an affluent liberal hotel guest on the hit HBO series, responded to one of McCain’s posts on X about President Donald Trump voicing support for cancer treatment during his address to Congress, which McCain described as “so beautiful.” 

Coon responded by commenting, “Who’s gonna tell her?” McCain shot back with a still from the HBO series of Kate, who plays Coon’s conservative friend, making an annoyed and disgusted face. A few days later, McCain told X followers that she couldn’t “decide if I should still watch White Lotus tonight since one of the stars decided to tweet some nasty crap at me.”

Podcast host Megyn Kelly chimed in, saying, “Watch it anyway. Virtually every star in every movie and TV show hates conservatives, who could watch nothing if the prerequisite were: the ppl on screen could possibly like me or be like me.”

But Coon didn’t stop at the snarky tweet. While speaking to The Hollywood Reporter on April 2, she said, “I do think people like Meghan McCain and her community are really gratified to see a conservative person on television,” referencing Bibb’s character, who called herself an “independent” and strongly insinuated she voted for Trump.

McCain expressed her surprise at being name-dropped in the magazine interview. “I’ve never met this woman. I do not know this person,” she emphasized. “If I were on the number one HBO show that everyone on planet earth was talking about, I tell you one thing: I would not be feuding with me on Twitter.”

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— Meghan McCain (@MeghanMcCain) March 7, 2025

McCain told The Daily Wire that she thinks it’s “triggering” for Coon that conservative women exist.

“It’s so triggering for people like her that Republican women exist, that we just live in the world and breathe and watch her content,” McCain said.

She also pointed out the hypocrisy of actors criticizing audiences with opposing views while still expecting their support. “I just don’t understand this,” she said, adding that the whole thing was “weird and unfortunate.”

She added that while she doesn’t necessarily feel “represented” by the closeted conservative character of Kate, she does respect her the most out of the trio of friends on “The White Lotus.”

“I do think it’s interesting that she’s not the dark villain of the show,” she added, praising creator Mike White for giving all the characters nuance and depth. “She’s like a normal friend. She was the one that was drinking water and had her pajamas on … the one who’s going to church every week.”

It’s also possible that the narrative changes. “The White Lotus” season 3 finale, titled “Amor Fati,” is this Sunday, and as anyone who’s watched the first two seasons knows, anything can happen. So maybe the seemingly normal friend will end up being the murderer?