Where The White Lotus’ Sam Nivola Thinks His "Tortured" Character Is Today After Incest Plotline

Where The White Lotus’ Sam Nivola Thinks His "Tortured" Character Is Today After Incest Plotline

The White Lotus' Sam Nivola—who portrayed Lochlan Ratliff on the HBO series' third season—shared his thoughts on where the troubled character would be today following his incest plotline.

Sam Nivola DMs were flooded by thirsty older men after White Lotus

"My character jerked off Patrick. I don't like that. It's a bad thing he did. But I try not to pass judgment," he told Variety.

The White Lotus star says his DMs were flooded with 'thirsty older men'

Sam Nivola, the 21-year-old breakout star of this year’s third season of The White Lotus, has reflected on becoming an improbable sex symbol. Nivola played the unassuming ingénue Lochlan Ratliff in The White Lotus, the youngest of the family’s three children. Yet his naivety and eagerness to impress his older brother Saxon (Patrick Schwarzenegger) led him to the season’s most outrageous storyline: incest. The midway point of season three saw the…

Sam Nivola was ‘flooded’ with DMs from ‘thirsty older men’ during his White Lotus run

Sam Nivola has opened up about the thirsty DMs he received during the release of The White Lotus season 3. Earlier this year, TV enthusiasts immersed themselves in the third season of the hit HBO dark comedy series. Set in Thailand, the episodes follow a new set of dysfunctional, wealthy, and campy characters who check into the fictional White Lotus resort with their emotional and physical baggage in tow. Following its premiere, The White Lotus …

'White Lotus' star Sam Nivola's DMs got 'flooded with thirsty older men'

The White Lotus season 3 breakout actor Sam Nivola revealed in a new interview that playing Lochlan Ratliff in the series has resulted in a few unexpected outcomes, such as becoming a sex symbol, and apparently getting flooded with DMs from "thirsty older men." Sign up for the Out Newsletter to keep up with what's new in LGBTQ+ culture and entertainment — delivered three times a week straight (well…) to your inbox! Nivola, who will turn 22 year…

Sam Nivola Breaks Out: ‘The White Lotus’ Favorite on Getting ‘Lost’ in Character, Why Hollywood Must ‘Create New Stars’ and Getting ‘Cut Out’ of ‘Maestro’

'The White Lotus' breakout Sam Nivola on 'painful' incest backlash, why Hollywood must create new stars and being 'cut out' of 'Maestro.'