Leslie Bibb Watched ‘Real Housewives’ In Prep For ‘The White Lotus’ To “See What Seeps In”​on March 21, 2025 at 3:33 am

It turns out the Ratliffs weren’t the only guests on The White Lotus who turned to Bravo-lebrities in preparation for their roles in Season 3 of the HBO series.

In addition to finding inspiration in “some part of Rachel Zoe, like that world,” Leslie Bibb revealed that she also consumed the Real Housewives franchise while playing Texas housewife Kate Bohr in Mike White‘s anthology series.

“I was watching The Real Housewives always before scenes,” she said on Watch What Happens Live.
“Sometimes I’d just watch it and I just see what seeps in. That sounds crazy. And then I don’t even know what’s permeating.”

Bibb noted “a lot of Beverly Hills was happening, and that felt in the right world. Maybe a little OC. Maybe there’s a little Heather Dubrow in her.”

Co-star Jason Isaacs, who plays North Carolina patriarch Timothy Ratliff, said that White “had asked us to watch Southern Charm, a great reality show, and somebody in it, people from Southern Charm went, ‘He’s clearly doing Thomas Ravenel.’ And Thomas, I am doing you, mostly, but not for two vowels, which are completely English.”

This season of the two-time Golden Globe-winning series also features Parker Posey, Carrie Coon, Walton Goggins, Patrick Schwarzenegger, Sam Nivola, Lalisa Manobal, Michelle Monaghan, Lek Patravadi, Aimee Lou Wood and Natasha Rothwell.

After Bibb’s partner Sam Rockwell also appeared on last week’s episode, she praised his performance on WWHL, explaining his jaw-dropping monologue “is iconic and I think it’s really what the whole season is about — what Mike’s really saying there.”