Walton Goggins’s Wife Nadia Conners Comments on His Relationship With Aimee Lou Wood

On season 3 of The White Lotus, Walton Goggins and Aimee Lou Wood played a couple with an age-gap relationship who also dealt with a host of other romantic issues. Unsurprisingly, for the HBO hit, their pairing ended tragically. On set, they seemed to have had a friendly relationship, but some eagle-eyed fans noted they no longer followed one another on social media after the season’s premiere.

Rumors swirled that the actors had some sort of falling out. Goggins is married to director Nadia Conners and in an interview with HELLO! this week, Conners talked about the persistent interest in what might have gone on behind the camera.

“It’s odd to see it, but it’s an indication of how much people were invested in the fictional characters. I take it as a sign that he’s become quite popular,” she said.

Conners explained how her 2024 film The Uninvited, which starred Goggins, was sometimes interpreted as autobiographical, giving her perspective on how fans can project. As the character Sammy, Goggins is a drug addict and unsupportive partner. Conners says that Sammy and Goggins have nothing in common.

“I wrote it about a marriage, but not my marriage, which concerned him,” she shared. “He was like, ‘But I’m not this guy.’ It was really important for him to say that he was not this guy. I said, ‘I know, but you’re a great actor, so you can pretend.’”

She also talked about motherhood. Goggins and Conners share one child, their 14-year-old Augustus. After he was born, Conners dealt with post-partum depression.

“It’s still a taboo subject, and the truth is, I did find it hard. I had post-partum, my husband was working long hours and I volunteered to look after our child without us realising what the long-term effects on me would be,” she said. “Los Angeles is very spread out and you spend a lot of time in your car, so it’s easy to spend days at home alone with your child. I’m half-Egyptian and you don’t see that there. The mothers are never alone; there are always aunts and uncles, grandparents and cousins around to help and support. We were never meant to do it alone.”