Saturday Night Live/YouTube Walton Goggins made hisSaturday Night Livehosting debut on the May 10 episode The actor made no mention of the rift rumors between himself and hisThe White Lotuscostar Aimee Lou Wood throughout the show Many fans believed the two former costars had a falling out after playing love interests on the HBO series Live from Studio 8H — it'sWalton Goggins! The actor, 53, made hisSaturday Night Livehosting debut on May 10, whileArcade Fireserved as the musical guest. Throughout the show, Goggins made no mention of the rift rumors between himself and hisThe White LotuscostarAimee Lou Wood. In hisopening monologue, he did mention his involvement in the series, however, stating, "Most of you probably know me fromThe White Lotus. No spoilers, but I die." Describing his character as "bruting," Goggins highlighted that "the internet seemed to find that attractive," adding: "Some of my friends have even asked me 1. What does it feel like to become a sex symbol at 53 years old? And you know what, if I'm being honest, it feels fantastic." "At least it did, until I Googled myself and read some of the headlines," the star continued, then pointing to news articles that focused on his "receding hairline" and "bulging" eyes. Never miss a story — sign up forPEOPLE's free daily newsletterto stay up-to-date on the best of what PEOPLE has to offer, from celebrity news to compelling human interest stories. Goggins and Wood starred in season 3 ofThe White Lotusas love interests Rick and Chelsea. Following the popular HBO series' most recent finale, eagle-eyed fans noticed the pair stopped following each other on social media. SomeWhite Lotusfans noticed that Wood's comments on Goggins' previous Instagram posts seemingly disappeared, indicating that one of them may have gotten blocked, and they further fueled rift rumors after sharing Instagram posts reflecting on their characters' storylines, but without tagging each other in the photos. Weeks later,Goggins stopped an interviewafter a journalist's persistent questions about the rumored feud. "I'm not gonna have that conversation," the actor told U.K. newspaperThe Timeswhen asked about the topic. His two publicists also shut down the inquiries, with one saying, "We're not going there, thank you," while the other told the journalist, "Next question." Not long after that, Goggins and Wood surprised fans when they began following each other on Instagram again. Saturday Night Live/YouTube Goggins'SNLhosting gig took place after the late-night comedy sketch series parodied the HBO show with a sketch called "The White Potus" that aired during the April 12 episode. In it,Sarah Shermancontroversially parodied Wood, and the actress responded, calling theportrayal "mean and unfunny." Days later, Wood shared a post on her Instagram Stories, revealing that Sherman, 32, had sent her a bouquet amid backlash to the sketch. Goggins, for his part,had also seen the sketch, but he instead wrote in the comments ofSNL's Instagram post showing the parody: "Hahahahahhahaha Amazzzingggg." Saturday Night Liveairs weekends on NBC. All three seasons ofThe White Lotusare available to stream in full on Max. Read the original article onPeople
