In his Saturday Evening Dwell internet hosting debut, The White Lotus‘ Walton Goggins introduced his mother onto to the stage of Studio 8H in a candy tribute for Mom’s Day weekend, because the duo paid homage to their roots within the honky-tonk music scene.
After moseying on down the steps, Goggins addressed the web fervor round his character within the HBO anthology satire, saying that it “feels implausible” to change into a “intercourse image at 53 years outdated” — that’s, till he Googled himself and noticed the headlines about it.
He shouted out the next articles: Cosmopolitan‘s “Are We All Sexy for Walton Goggins’s Receding Hairline?”; Slate’s “His Hair is Greasy. His Eyes Are Bulging. I Assume I’m In Love” and private “favourite” Y! Leisure’s pickup of the identical Slate article with the headline: “Hollywood’s Latest Heartthrob Is a Greasy, Miserable Little Man Whom No One Noticed Coming.”
“I’ve had the identical hairline since I used to be 7. It’s not receding — it’s holding its floor,” Goggins protested.
Calling the lattermost headline’s utilization of the phrase “whom” the “most” offending and “pretentious,” Goggins transitioned to his upbringing: “However you realize what isn’t pretentious? My upbringing. I used to be raised in Atlanta, Georgia by my mom with the assistance of her three sisters and my grandmother. And my mama is a very powerful particular person in my life.”
The Righteous Gems actor recalled his mom, Janet Lengthy, taking him to honky-tonks when she couldn’t afford a babysitter, educating him learn how to clog and two-step. Displaying her seated within the entrance row of the viewers, Goggins then invited her on stage. “Would you dance with me?” he provided.
As the 2 transitioned right into a sluggish two-step, he halted the music to “kick this up a notch” and the 2 went right into a seamless, energetic clog dance to viewers cheers.
Watch the opening monologue beneath:

