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Lukas Gageโs mom praised his โgreat a**โ when she saw his nude scene in โThe White Lotusโ.
The 27-year-old actor has had some raunchy sex scenes in both the HBO vacation satire and the latest season of โYouโ but the risque material didnโt faze his โcool hippyโ mother.
Asked how his mom reacted to the scenes, he told Variety: โShe says, โThatโs a great a**. Get that money. Get that bag and be committed.โ
โMy momโs cool. Sheโs like a cool little hippy lady. With nudity, I think we both share sort of a European vibe.โ
Lukas โ who is dating hairstylist Chris Appleton โ doesnโt want anyone to feel โscrutinised or like the butt of the jokeโ with the sex acts heโs depicted on screen.
Asked if heโs had any crazy fan mail, he replied: โNo. We have a couple people from the golden shower community that are very grateful that itโs being shown on screen, and they have some haters who are yucking some peopleโs yum.
โEveryone should feel heard and feel seen. I never wanted to make anyone feel scrutinised or like the butt of the joke. I just believe that everyone should embrace all their kinks and everything that they love about themselves and not feel ashamed.โ
Meanwhile, Lukas offered praise to Diplo for his โhonestyโ after the producer revealed he had received oral sex from a man and was โnot not gayโ.
He said: โIโm sure there are a lot of people who have that same exact experience but maybe donโt have the confidence or the honesty to talk about it like that.
โAnd, you know, thereโs going to be people on either side saying that heโs not labelling himself enough. I commend him on his honesty and I donโt think we need to label everything and have it all figured out. Things can be in a grey area and donโt have to be so black and white.โ