
Gage, for his part, is all for the social media storm, saying: "I can't wait for my ass to get retweeted all over the internet. "I think it's much more interesting and more jarring to walk in on."įans of the show certainly seem to agree, if the reaction on Twitter is anything to go by, with the majority of responses embracing the chaotic nature of the scene (and the show in general). "We said, 'Wouldn’t it be more interesting if getting his salad tossed? I mean, how often do we see that on TV?'" He said.

His scene partner Lukas Gage, who plays Dillon, also revealed in an interview that the script initially called for a generic sex scene, but that he and Bartlett specifically pushed for the rimming instead, as they felt it make for a more original, unique and boundary-pushing scene. The White Lotus episode 4 ended with Armond (Murray Bartlett) eating the ass of Dillon (Lukas Gage), a moment which provoked a wild reaction on social media. configuration of intimacy, is really brilliant." In terms of the function of the scene, I think the shock value of that for people who are not used to that kind of. ""But I also love that it's not something that we see very often. "In the context of this scene, we wanted to be shocking, and, you know, it is shocking." Bartlett said after the scene aired. This was far from actor Murray Bartlett's first guy-on-guy scene (he previously stripped down for gay sex scenes in HBO's Looking and Netflix's recent Tales of the City revival), but it did differ from other same-sex scenes in that his character is full-on rimming Dillon. The most recent episode of HBO's satirical drama miniseries The White Lotus ended with a bang this week, as Shane and the viewer were both treated to a view of hotel manager Armond eating the ass of resort employee Dillon.
