Walton Goggins Ends an Interview with a Reporter Who Won't Leave It Alone

Walton Goggins’s wife, Nadia Conners, wrote and directed a new movie, The Uninvited, starring Pedro Pascal and Elizabeth Reaser. The film explores how motherhood and the emotional demands of insecure husbands can clash with women’s careers, often leaving them feeling marginalized. It’s receiving solid reviews out of film festivals ahead of its release, and a journalist for the London Times, Ed Potton, didn’t shy away from asking Goggins whether the film is autobiographical.

“Wow—— I’m so happy that you’re getting in there,” Goggins told him, “looking a bit less than happy,” before answering. “She’s brought up a subject that certainly in our country is taboo. I don’t think my wife is alone in feeling marginalised and incapable of sharing the isolation of this experience.”

The line of questioning may have been awkward, but it’s not out of bounds for a film about a woman overshadowed by her husband, especially when the film stars Walton Goggins and is directed by his wife, who doesn’t yet have an extensive résumé.

Still, the journalist didn’t seem all that interested in Conners’s film. He quickly pivoted to rumors of a falling out between Goggins and his White Lotus co-star, Aimee Lou Wood. The gossip hinges mostly on vague social media activity and cryptic comments made by their co-star Jason Isaacs during interviews.

When asked directly if the two had fallen out, Goggins replied, “I’m not gonna have that conversation,” a sentiment echoed by both his American and British publicists.

But the journalist pressed on, asking about the attention his hairline has received, his first wife’s suicide, and again whether he and Aimee Lou Wood had plans to work together.

Goggins didn’t respond, but the British publicist interjected: “Shall we talk about The Uninvited a bit more?”

I splutter for a few seconds. Goggins laughs sarcastically. “Thinly veiled, my friend. The thing you’re least interested in.” Frankly, yes. The Uninvited is a decent movie, but the more interesting stuff lies elsewhere. When I bring up Wood again he cuts me off. “There is no conversation to be had about that. Sharing politics on social media — it’s in a vacuum.” I make a last forlorn attempt. “What the f**k, Ed!” Goggins gasps. “Come on buddy. Wow.”

“We’re going to end it there,” the American publicist says. Which is probably just as well.

Whether or not the film reflects Nadia Conners’ personal experiences, it’s clear she’s willing to address uncomfortable truths. Unfortunately, that willingness was overshadowed by a journalist more interested in tabloid drama than in the work itself, an irony not lost on the man this trifling journalist accused of stealing the spotlight from his wife.

Source: The London Times