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The season finale of White Lotus season 3 just dropped this week, and Michelle Monaghan has something to say about her character Jaclyn Lemon.
The actress spilled the tea on how she really feels about Lemon's motives (especially in THAT scene) during the latest episode of iHeartRadio's Dear Chelsea with Chelsea Handler. The Playing it Cool star resounded her admiration for series creator Mike White's mind and the show's "universally relatable" and "subtle subtext".
While some perceive her character as toxic, Monaghan assured that Lemon might "seek external validation," but that doesn't make her a bad person.
**SPOILER ALERT**
Lemon ends up sleeping with White Lotus Resort's health mentor Valentin (Arnas Fedaravicius) after a wild night of partying in episode 5, and the act plays out as a "betrayal" of her childhood friends Laurie (Carrie Coon) and Kate (Leslie Bibb) over the next couple of episodes. Monaghan, however, does not see the situation as a planned slight towards Laurie, who she initially tried setting Valentin up with.
"I think at the end of that night, she just makes a really impulsive decision. I don't think it's manipulative. I don't think it's malicious. I think it's something she's probably going to tell the girls about the next day, like, 'Guess who I hooked up with?' She was having fun. She hit the f*** it button."
Listen to iHeartRadio's Dear Chelsea for more bts from season 3 of White Lotus.