'White Lotus' Star Haley Lu Richardson Jokes She's a 'Crazy Cardboard Cutout Lady' with a Life-Size Selena Gomez

Mar. 15, 2025

After revealing that she owns a life-size cardboard cutout ofSelena Gomezand two miniatures ofMiley CyrusandSusan Boyle, the 27-year-old actress jokingly assuredJennifer Hudsonon Tuesday that she’s “not that insane.”

Instead, Richardson — who playsThe White Lotus’s beleaguered assistant Portia — toldThe Jennifer Hudson Showhost, 41, pals buy the cutouts for her because “something about me screams crazy cardboard cutout lady to my friends.”

Richardson explained, “It started with Selena. Then I got Susan because one of my best friend’s boyfriends thinks that I look identical to Susan.” (TheFive Feet Apartstar previously said in aVogue"Beauty Secrets" videothat she thinks “he’s right” about her resemblance to theBritain’s Got Talentalum.)

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When Hudson asked if Richardson is also similar to Boyle, 61, when it comes to her vocal abilities, the actress said she’s “tone deaf” and asked Hudson, “Could you teach me how to sing too?”

Calling back to Richardson’s admitted affinity for strippers and pole dancing mentioned earlier in the chat, Hudson suggested a swap: “Okay, if you teach me how to work that pole I’ll teach you how to sing.”

TheDreamgirlsOscar winner then revealed she had a present for Richardson — a full-size smiling cardboard cutout of herself. She told theEdge of Seventeenstar: “I thought you should have one of these since we friends now, Haley.”

Richardson couldn’t contain her excitement, asking, “Oh, my God. Wait, can I touch it?”

She added, “This is such better quality than my other ones,” and Hudson joked, “Here at JHud Productions, we’re all about quality.”

“This is so exciting,” Richardson said as she hugged the host — the real one, not the cardboard version.

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The White Lotusseason 2 finale airs Sunday at 9 p.m. ET on HBO, andThe Jennifer Hudson Showairs weekdays (check local listings).

source: people.com