Something got lost in translation whenThe White Lotusstar Sabrina Impacciatore designed a special cake for the show’s creatorMike White.
Impacciatore, who plays the manager at the show’s titular luxury resort, shared a story about a culinary mishap withJimmy KimmelonJimmy Kimmel Live!on Thursday. The actress spoke to the late-night talk show host about how she accidentally gifted White a “racist cake.”
Impacciatore explains how she organized a lunch for her birthday in the Sicilian town Taormina (which is where this season’sThe White Lotushotel is located). She invited her fellowWhite Lotuscast members to the birthday celebration and specifically wanted to do something “special” for White.
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“I asked the baker to prepare this beautiful cake,” Impacciatore began, explaining how she and White love the movieWild at Heart.
Kimmel then revealed a photo of the cake which has the message “White at Heart.”
“I understand what you were getting at,” Kimmel laughed before asking how White reacted to seeing the confection.
“The thing is that I wanted to take a picture with us all together, I was so proud of this cake,” said Impacciatore. “I was so happy. I couldn’t wait to show it to everybody”
She continued, “There was an ice moment, you know when everything freezes like everybody was frozen and I said, ‘Hey guys let’s have a picture altogether!’ And no one would get in the photo with this.”
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Kimmel showed another picture of Impacciatore standing behind the cake with a stressed look on her face. Impacciatore still looked stressed while telling the story on the show and explains how her agent’s brother was “the only brave one.”
“He came next to me and he said, ‘Sabrina, no one will ever make a picture with you and this cake because this is a racist cake,'” she recounted, with her eyebrows furrowed and a look of shock on her face.
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She explained how, at the time, she didn’t have any clue that the dessert’s message was problematic but Kimmel is quick to comfort her.
“You get a pass, don’t worry about it,” Kimmel told the actress. “Like, ifKanyehad this cake at his birthday we’d have a problem.”
Season 2 of theEmmy Award-winning anthology seriesconcluded on Sunday. The second installment ofthe show left Hawaiiand took the new vacationers to Sicily.
Jennifer Coolidgeand Jon Gries returned for season 2, and new cast members included Impacciatore,Michael Imperioli,Haley Lu Richardson,Theo James,Aubrey Plaza, andMeghann Fahy.
source: people.com
