Leslie Bibb’s Real Life Partner Sam Rockwell Makes Cameo in White Lotus

Leslie Bibb is spreading the White Lotus wealth to her real-life accomplice, Sam Rockwell.

Episode 5 of the hit sequence’ third season featured Rockwell as an outdated good friend of Walton Goggins’ mysterious, eccentric character Rick. After Rick all of the sudden left his trip on the White Lotus resort with girlfriend Chelsea (Aimee Lou Wood) to make a last-minute journey to Bangkok, viewers questioned what enterprise he needed to are likely to. 

After he arrived on the resort within the Thai capital, Rick met up with Rockwell, who had a black duffle bag in hand. The two sat down for a drink, however Rockwell revealed he’s now sober, proving to Rick simply how a lot the individuals round him have modified as they’ve grown older.

“I found religion,” Rockwell defined, sharing how Buddhism helped him uncover himself on a deeper degree. “I took the partying thing as far as it can go.”

“Yeah, you did always take it to the next level,” Rick replied, sharing his true intentions for the reunion: “I kind of figured we’d be doing that tonight.”

Rick wasn’t utterly lacking out on what he went for, although. 

“I also wanted to bring you what you asked for,” Rockwell stated, sliding the duffle bag to Rick’s ft. “Hope you don’t have to use that,” he famous, hinting at its contents.

Rockwell went on to explain, in depth, his “thousands” of sexcapades since shifting to Thailand, surprising Rick with realization that “maybe what I really want, is to be one of these Asian girls.”

“We all have our Achilles heel, man,” he instructed Rick, who appears to be considering his personal life decisions.

Later, on the finish of the episode, Rick lastly arrived again in his room and unveiled a black handgun from the duffle bag. Staring down at it, he put it again and known as Chelsea, however she did not reply.

Rockwell’s perplexing, weapon-dealing character differs solely from Bibb’s, who stars as Kate, a buttoned-up Texas mother on a ladies’ retreat together with her pals. 

Bibb by no means indicated that Rockwell, who she has been with since 2007, had joined her in Thailand earlier than, making his look an entire shock to viewers. In truth, whereas filming the present in July, Bibb shared that she and Rockwell went for much longer than they deliberate with out seeing one another. 

“reunited… and it feels so good…,” she wrote in an Instagram submit of them hugging. “sometime[s] rules have to be broken and our three week rule had to be three months because of our work schedules and gawddamn nothin’ feels as good as being back with #sammyrocks…”

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The White Lotus airs Sundays at 9 p.m. ET/PT on HBO and Max.