The White Lotus Star Haley Lu Richardson Is Over Being Dismissed as ‘Cute’

18.11.2022 - 23:51 / glamour.com

understands that being labeled “cute” can be a double-edged sword. Name-calling is one of the oldest power-plays in the book: It’s just as cutting in the boardroom as it was on the playground, but since it never causes physical harm, it’s easily dismissed.

And while we all know the “sticks and stones” rhyme, anyone who’s been called a bitch or a slut (or stuck with any label she doesn’t identify with) understands just how damaging name-calling can be. In , Glamour talks to some of the most interesting women we know about the role name-calling or labels played in their pasts—and how it’s shaped the women they are today.Haley Lu Richardson seems a lot more fun than her character Portia, season two's quasi-nihilistic Gen Z assistant who perceives chilling at an all-inclusive Italian resort as some kind of soul-crushing existential chore.Portia laments her lack of purpose when she could be ordering room service on her unhinged boss’ dime.

Richardson has “a bunch of random” passions, including knitting sexy bodysuits for her and to the elderly. Portia cries poolside in Sicily while Richardson saves her tears for Phoebe Bridgers.

Still, the pair share some unique travel experiences.So far, we’ve watched Portia fourth-wheel two awkward family outings with a Stanford nerd she may or may not have vacation sex with—a situation the actor’s not entirely unfamiliar with. “I went with an ex-boyfriend to Vegas with his parents for his dad's 60th birthday and somehow the four of us ended up at a strip club,” she tells Glamour.

“When I say I don't know how we ended up there, I definitely know because I was the one that forced us all to go. His dad was feeling down about turning 60 and I'm like, ‘Let's go to the strip club!’”Richardson