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Piper was going to lose her virginity on 'The White Lotus' but the scene was cut. Fans say it would've made the ending even worse.
"The White Lotus" creator Mike White said he cut a scene where Piper Ratliff lost her virginity in the finale because the episode was too long.
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- A scene where Piper Ratliff lost her virginity was cut from the "The White Lotus" season three finale.
- Creator Mike White originally planned the scene to happen after Piper leaves the monastery.
- He revealed that she would've slept with Zion, Belinda's son.
Piper Ratliff (Sarah Catherine Hook) would have lost her virginity in the "The White Lotus" season three finale, but creator Mike White said the scene was cut because it made the episode too long.
The show has finally come full circle following the brief scene at the start, which teased that someone would go on a shooting spree in the hotel grounds.
For a moment earlier in the season, it looked like it would've been troubled financier Timothy Ratliff (Jason Isaacs). Ultimately it was revealed to be Rick Hatchett (Walton Goggins).
The episode nearly took another turn for Piper, who had changed her mind about spending a year in a Thai monastery. White said he originally intended for her to lose her virginity after making the decision.
"The part that was cut too, which is very disappointing, is that she decides to lose her virginity in the script in the last episode, and she actually has sex with Zion, Belinda's son," he revealed on Monday's episode of "The White Lotus Official Podcast." Courtesy of HBO
He said that it would've happened because her older brother accused her of being a virgin.
"She's like, 'It's true, Saxon's right about this one thing, I need to get this over with.' After she leaves the monastery, she's just like, 'I need to have sex.'"
White explained that the scene was taken out because the final episode was already too long.
"It was just like one of these things where ... it's an hour and a half already, and it would have added like 10 minutes to the thing. It had a little bit of a romantic rom-com vibe in the middle of Timothy Ratliff trying to kill the family with the pong-pong fruits," he explained.
Fans have already criticized the episode, with plenty of memes and jokes about the ending already doing the rounds on social media.
Some said that adding this scene would've made the final episode worse.
