{"id":2411972,"date":"2025-03-10T11:53:02","date_gmt":"2025-03-10T15:53:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/meghan-mccain-teases-white-lotus-boycott-over-x-spat-with-actress\/"},"modified":"2025-03-10T11:55:15","modified_gmt":"2025-03-10T15:55:15","slug":"meghan-mccain-teases-white-lotus-boycott-over-x-spat-with-actress","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/meghan-mccain-teases-white-lotus-boycott-over-x-spat-with-actress\/","title":{"rendered":"Meghan McCain teases White Lotus boycott over X spat with actress"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">22<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fmeghan-mccain-teases-white-lotus-boycott-over-x-spat-with-actress%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2411972&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>Meghan McCain\u2064 is contemplating \u200da boycott \u2063of \u200bthe\u200d HBO series *White \u2063Lotus* after actress Carrie Coon criticized her political\u2062 views on social media. McCain, who expressed emotional gratitude for a speech\u200d delivered by President Donald Trump to Congress, shared her thoughts on\u200d X (formerly Twitter), stating her dilemma about watching the \u2064show&#8217;s latest episode considering Coon&#8217;s comments. Talk show host\u2062 Megyn Kelly encouraged McCain to \u2062continue watching,highlighting the \u2063political divide present\u2063 in Hollywood \u2063and suggesting \u2064that conservatives often\u200b feel alienated by the entertainment industry. Coon has a history of politically charged remarks,including criticisms of McCain\u2019s\u200d late father,Senator John McCain. The interactions illustrate ongoing tensions between \u2063entertainers and \u200dpolitical figures on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/the-new-acting-attorney-general-jeff-rosen-recently-wrote-an-essay-on-foreign-influence-in-us-elections-this-tells-us-a-little-about-his-knowledge-of-whats-going-on-today\/\" title=\"The New Acting Attorney General Jeff Rosen Recently Wrote an Essay on Foreign Influence in US Elections \u2013 This Tells Us A Little About His Knowledge of What\u2019s Going On Today\">social media platforms<\/a>.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-header-search-button-mob dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search\" aria-labelledby=\"td-header-search-button\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search-inner\">\n<form method=\"get\" class=\"tdb-search-form\" action=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\"><\/form>\n<div class=\"tdb-aj-search\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/#\" role=\"button\" aria-label=\"Search\" class=\"tdb-head-search-btn dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<h1 class=\"tdb-title-text\">Meghan McCain teases White Lotus boycott over X spat with actress<\/h1>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-title-line\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div id=\"Brid_2031851\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/meghan-mccain\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Meghan McCain<\/a> considered boycotting the HBO series <em>White Lotus<\/em> after actress <a href=\"http:\/\/washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/celebrities\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Carrie Coon<\/a> critiqued her politics online.<\/p>\n<p>McCain was one of over 36&nbsp;million&nbsp;viewers who tuned in to President Donald Trump&rsquo;s&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/3336836\/trump-presidential-address-congress\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">address to Congress<\/a>.&nbsp;Afterward, the daughter of the late Republican Sen. John McCain, who died of a <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\">malignant brain tumor<\/a>, posted on X that the speech brought her to tears.<\/p>\n<div class=\"recommended-stories\">\n<h2>Recommended Stories<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/entertainment\/3341744\/snl-washington-examiner-investigation-transgender-animal-experiments\/\">SNL lampoons Washington Examiner investigation on transgender animal experiments<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/premium\/3335543\/zero-stars-for-zero-day\/\">Zero stars for Zero Day<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/premium\/3335609\/oscars-2025-boring-adrien-brody-conan-obrien-sean-baker\/\">How the Oscars lost its mojo<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p>&ldquo;Thank you President Trump. This is so beautiful. Anyone who has been impacted by brain cancer knows how special this is,&rdquo; McCain said.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Who&rsquo;s gonna tell her?&rdquo; Coon <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/carriecoon\/status\/1897385390128160799\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">wrote<\/a> in response to McCain&rsquo;s post.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Can&rsquo;t decide if I should still watch White Lotus tonight since one of the stars decided to tweet some nasty crap at me this week for liking Trumps address to the nation. What do we think?&rdquo; McCain said Sunday when the latest <em>White Lotu<\/em>s episode dropped.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">  http:\/\/twitter.com\/MeghanMcCain\/status\/1898824564567597307 <\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>&ldquo;Watch it anyway,&rdquo; talk show host Megyn Kelly responded to McCain. &ldquo;Virtually every star in every movie and tv show hates conservatives, who could watch nothing if the prerequisite were: the ppl on screen could possibly like me or be like me.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Watch it anyway. Virtually every star in every movie and tv show hates conservatives, who could watch nothing if the prerequisite were: the ppl on screen could possibly like me or be like me<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Megyn Kelly (@megynkelly) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/megynkelly\/status\/1898835232075505669?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 9, 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script data-cfasync=\"false\" src=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/cdn-cgi\/scripts\/5c5dd728\/cloudflare-static\/email-decode.min.js\"><\/script><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script> <\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/senate\/3339341\/joe-manchin-asks-democrats-to-disagree-with-decorum\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"JOE MANCHIN PLEADS WITH DEMOCRATS TO DISAGREE &lsquo;WITH DECORUM&rsquo;\">JOE MANCHIN PLEADS WITH DEMOCRATS TO DISAGREE &lsquo;WITH DECORUM&rsquo;<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Coon has been outspoken on social media about politics. The actress frequently criticized McCain&rsquo;s late father for his policies while serving as an Arizona senator.<\/p>\n<p>Four senators boycotted Trump&rsquo;s speech to Congress. Rep. Al Green (D-TX) was thrown out of the&nbsp;Capitol for loudly interrupting Trump as he spoke. Other&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/democrats\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Democratic<\/a>&nbsp;members protested with signs and by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/snl-mocks-washington-examiner-investigation-on-transgender-animals\/\" title=\"SNL mocks Washington Examiner investigation on transgender animals\">wearing black&#038;nbsp<\/a>;or pink.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p> <script>!function(){var g=window;g.googletag=g.googletag||{},g.googletag.cmd=g.googletag.cmd||[],g.googletag.cmd.push(function(){g.googletag.pubads().setTargeting(\"has-featured-video\",\"true\")})}();<\/script><script>var _bp=_bp||[];_bp.push({\"div\":\"Brid_2031851\",\"obj\":{\"id\":\"27789\",\"width\":\"1280\",\"height\":\"720\",\"stickyDirection\":\"below\",\"video\":\"2031851\"}});<\/script><script defer src=\"https:\/\/services.brid.tv\/player\/build\/brid.min.js\"><\/script><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Meghan McCain hints at boycotting White Lotus after actress Carrie Coon criticized her online<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2631,"featured_media":2411973,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/Meghan-McCain-2023.webp","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[5880,6812,39592,51868,51869],"class_list":["post-2411972","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-actress","tag-boycott","tag-meghan-mccain","tag-white-lotus","tag-x-spat"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/Meghan-McCain-2023.webp","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2411972","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2631"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2411972"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2411972\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2411976,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2411972\/revisions\/2411976"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2411973"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2411972"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2411972"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2411972"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}