Michelle
Monaghan
listens
and
doesn’t
judge—especially
when
it
comes
to
acting.

The


White
Lotus
star’s
character
Jaclyn
Lemon,
shocked
viewers
on
the
March
16
episode
when
she
betrayed
her
best
friend
Laurie
(Carrie
Coon)
and
slept
with
hotel
staffer
Valentin
(Arnas
Fedaravicius)—the
same
man
she’d
seemingly
been
trying
to
set
Laurie
up
with
since
the
beginning
of
their
Thailand
vacation.

But
Michelle
isn’t
one
to
raise
eyebrows.
“I
never
judge
my
character,”
Michelle
joked
with

E!
News
in
an
exclusive
interview.
“I
just
don’t
do
that,
an
actor
never
judges
their
characters.”

After
all,
there
are

many
layers
to
this
female
friendship.
“I
think
that
she
was
really
authentic
in
the
sense
that
she
really
wanted
Laurie
to
hook
up
with
this
guy,
it
was
a
perfect
weekend
for
a
fling,”
the
48-year-old
added.
“And
I
think
that
one
of
the
challenges
of
Jaclyn,
and
what
the
qualities
that
she
needs
to
work
on
is
the
idea
that
she
needs
a
lot
of
external
validation.”

It’s
why
Jaclyn—who
has
a
partner
back
home—still
felt
dissatisfied.