Meghan McCain rips White Lotus star Carrie Coon for turning into a liberal deviant who flaunts her breasts as spat turns toxic

Meghan McCain has delivered a scathing takedown of The White Lotus star Carrie Coon as their online spat over politics turns nasty.

The right wing media personality took another jab at the actress despite Coon appearing to take the high road in her recent comments. 

The drama ignited over a now viral scene from the hit show when Leslie Bibb's character Kate told her Democrat childhood friends - Coon as Laurie, and Michelle Monaghan as Jaclyn - that she is a MAGA supporter.

The awkward interaction captured hilarious facials from both Coon and Monaghan as they processed the information.

Coon acknowledged the recent back and forth she and McCain have been having since the episode aired on Wednesday. She said she understood why people like McCain would have felt 'gratified' by a scene discussing one character's support for the MAGA movement.

'I do think people like Meghan McCain and her community are really gratified to see a conservative person on television,' Coon said earlier this week.

But the comment struck a nerve, sparking a furious response from McCain who said on Thursday: 'Yes Carrie, I am "gratified" that the conservative character represented on White Lotus is the responsible, family oriented one not making a fool of herself. 

'Unlike the progressive liberal you're representing who is sleeping with hotel staff and showing her t**s to everyone.'

In the show, Coon's character Laurie is a progressive lawyer from New York who has a fling with a younger man she met through a staff member at the resort.

After a night of wild drinking and partying, Laurie flashes her chest to the group while in the pool.

The online saga between the two women began when Coon reshared a post McCain had made on X, alongside a cryptic message to her followers. 

McCain had shared that she was moved to tears by Trump's joint address to congress in early March, writing: 'This is the first time I can remember crying during a state of the union. 

'Thank you President Trump. This is so beautiful. Anyone who has been impacted by brain cancer knows how special this is,' she added, referring to a touching moment when brain cancer survivor Devarjaye 'DJ' Daniel was made an honorary secret service agent. 

McCain's father, the late senator John McCain, tragically died from brain cancer in 2018. 

A day later on March 5, Coon replied with a mysterious message, writing: 'Who's gonna tell her?' 

Coon appeared to be referencing cuts the Trump administration had made to cancer research, a point ultimately addressed by McCain in a subsequent X post.

But two days later, McCain hit back by sharing the smirking photo of Coon's colleague Bibb, who plays Trump-supporting Kate. 

McCain then said she couldn't 'decide if I should still watch tonight since one of the stars decided to tweet some nasty crap at me.'

Speaking with The Hollywood Reporter ahead of the HBO show's season finale on Sunday, Coon said: 'I have conservative people in my life who reached out to me to say that was an awesome conversation, because I don't think it vilifies Kate.'

Bibb said she found the Trump scene 'amazing', praising show creator Mike White for his 'uncanny ability to instantly be part of the zeitgeist.'

The scene was actually written in 2022 - long before Trump was reelected to the White House.

'They were supposed to shoot this season in 2023. Then the writers strike happened,' Bibb revealed. The delay sparked concerns among cast and crew that it would have felt 'dated' by the time the show went to air.

And White actually chose to dial it back, leaving more of the Trump dialogue on the cutting room floor.

'There was more to that conversation,' Coon revealed. 

'Originally, you discovered that Laurie's daughter is nonbinary and Laurie is struggling with her teenager going by 'they/them.'

'The Trump thing becomes much more offensive to Laurie because of her daughter, but this was before Trump was reelected and before this war on the trans community was escalated. 

'Mike felt that it was actually too political, or too far, or too distracting.'

White said the scene felt right back in March of 2024, but by the time it came to making the final cuts, there had been 'a vibe shift.'

'I don't think that it was radical, but that's not the kind of attention I want. The politics of it could overwhelm whatever ideas I'm trying to talk about.'

While McCain is still at odds with Coon, she did also express disappointment in the Trump administration's handling of cancer research this week.

The six-month continuing resolution, which was passed by both houses of Congress and signed by the president last month, includes major cuts to research into the cancer that killed her father, the late Sen. John McCain. 

McCain said that the National Institutes of Health had tried to treat her father for the incurable cancer, and have developed a laser-focused Glioblastoma treatment to reduce the size of tumors, which she called 'nothing short of a miracle.'

Federal funds to research further treatments are now at risk under the spending bill, as it would cut funds for the Congressionally Directed Medical Research Program - which finances various cancer research programs through the NIH. 

'My fellow Republicans - this is wrong,' Meghan McCain posted on X Tuesday before quickly deleting it. 

'I am absolutely heartbroken at the news the funding for brain cancer research has been completely cut from NIH,' she continued, noting 'my father and millions of others have been treated there for Glioblastoma and other brain cancers with miracle doctors and nurses. Those of us who are part of the brain cancer community are mourning today.'