They lack a true level of comfort with each other despite having been best friends since their youth.

When it comes to their characters' friendship, Coon says, “Comparing is the human condition.

Women are taught to be separated by it and competitive.”

Leslie Bibb, Carrie Coon, and Michelle Monaghan together from The White Lotus

Image by Jefferson Chacon

The very worst part about being in a friendship triangle is that someone will always feel left out.

I’ve experienced this dynamic before, especially when two friends seem to be clicking a bit more.

Then it becomes almost too easy to exclude one person.

Carrie Coon, Leslie Bibb and Michelle Monaghan walking in market street in The White Lotus Season 3, Episode 4.

And what happens when one person exits the conversation?

They immediatelybecome the target of gossip.

), but all three women eventually get trash-talked at some point.

Custom image from NImesh Niyomal Perera of Leslie Bibb and Carrie Coon smiling for The White Lotus Season 3

So far this season, it has been hard to believe these women are actually friends.

It’s pretty clear they’re simply holding onto the connection they once had.

Butin last week’s episode, it became even more obvious that there’s no love lost between them.

Leslie Bibb, Carrie Coon and Michelle Monaghan in The White Lotus Season 3 Episode 1.

There are no nice guys in this toxic triangle.

If they did, they would talk to one another about the problems they’re having in their lives.

It does seem like White is building towards a massive blow-upbetween the three women.

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But perhaps that’s not a terrible thing.

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The White Lotus

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