As Kelsea Ballerini flexes her performing muscle, she’s opening up concerning the rejection she’s confronted in Hollywood.
The 5x Grammy-nominated nation artist not too long ago praised Haley Lu Richardson‘s efficiency as Tanya’s (Jennifer Coolidge) assistant Portia in Season 2 of HBO‘s The White Lotus after she auditioned for a similar function.
“I’ve no disgrace in my recreation,” Ballerini informed Individuals. “I auditioned for the second season of The White Lotus for the function [of] Jennifer Coolidge’s assistant that Haley did.”
She stated Richardson performed the half “so brilliantly and fantastically,” including: “However yeah, I did audition for that. Enjoyable truth.”
Set in Sicily, Season 2 of Mike White’s anthology sequence noticed Portia accompany her heiress boss on trip, the place she meets the mysterious Jack (Leo Woodall), whereas Tanya is swept off her toes by a gaggle of jet-setting homosexual males with ulterior motives.
Haley Lu Richardson and Jennifer Coolidge in ‘The White Lotus’
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The ensemble-driven sophomore season, which aired in 2022, additionally featured Aubrey Plaza, Theo James, Meghann Fahy, Will Sharpe, F. Murray Abraham, Adam DiMarco, Beatrice Grannò, Tom Hollander, Sabrina Impacciatore, Michael Imperioli, Simona Tobasco and Jon Gries.
Ballerini beforehand made her onscreen performing debut on ABC’s Physician Odyssey, within the Nov. 7, 2024 episode ‘I At all times Cry At Weddings’.