Warning: spoilers ahead for the latest episode of The White Lotus season 3.
Season three of The White Lotus is well under way – and fans have been given another shock to their senses by the satirical black comedy series.
Premiering in 2021, The White Lotus is an American anthology series which follows the exploits of the rich guests who visit the titular luxury resort.
Critical response to the series has been incredibly positive, with the Mike White creation boasting an average Rotten Tomatoes rating of 93% so far.
As well as being praised by viewers for its satirical edge and high tension, The White Lotus also has a reputation for its frequent extreme nudity and sex scenes.
And the latest episode, titled Hide or Seek, has given fans another flash of the good stuff, with a prominent penis shot interrupting proceedings on Sunday night.
Jason Isaacs’ character Tim Ratliff was the person chosen to bear all this week, accidentally exposing himself to an entire room of people during a moment of crisis.
Tim is informed shortly before this incident that a major financial storm is about to hit him and his family, and all he can do in response is hold his hands to his face – perhaps he should have tied his robe beforehand.
Naturally, fans of The White Lotus posting on X were relaxed about the whole affair, with the man who once played Lucius Malfoy in Harry Potter bearing all to the world.
@OthyXCX commented, ‘This man did not just flash his own kids!’ while @BriasoBoojie was exasperated: ‘Did their dad just flash his balls?!’
@CherryPlushies slammed the caps lock button and attached a gif of a stunned cat before adding: ‘I DID NOT JUST GET FLASHED?’
Elsewhere, @EchosDune realised they should have probably seen the moment coming, ‘NOT A FLASH! I forgot there’s at least one per season.’
Jason teased the scene during an interview with Jonathan Ross last week, saying that viewers would ‘get an eyeful’ if they carried on watching the series.
However, despite the surprise, it’s not the first time The White Lotus has featured full-frontal male nudity, with season two containing a scene that went viral.
In season two, the cast featured Theo James who played Cameron – in one scene midway through the season, he undresses in front of Aubrey Plaza’s character Harper.
Earlier in season three, Patrick Schwarzenegger’s character Saxon strips off in front of his own brother, who watches him the entire time he’s naked.
On Reddit, JustBasicGay theorised about the future of Saxon’s storyline: ‘That gay incest storyline rumour is looking a lot more believable.’
Complete-Reserve2026 commented: ‘Called his sister hot and almost jacked off in front of his brother. I’m scared. I screamed.’
The Theo James-Aubrey Plaza scene saw Theo, star of the Divergent films, using a prosthetic double so that he didn’t have to bear all to the world.
Reports from The Radio Times after the most recent episode of The White Lotus indicate that Jason Isaacs also opted for a prosthetic model while filming his nude scene.
‘A prosthetic penis was used to spare [Theo] having to bare all, with that same approach presumably taken here for another scene that seems designed for internet virality.’
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