"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.

The White Lotus season 3 viewers missed out on a major plot point with a sex scene that was cut due to time constraints. Creator, writer and director Mike White revealed that he wrote a scene where Piper Ratliff (Sarah Catherine Hook) loses her virginity to Belinda Lindsey's son,

Though I tried, I couldn’t get our conversation, specifically what he said, off my mind as the signature HBO intro graphic, the show’s extravagant title sequence (I finally came around), and early scenes carried on. Just when it couldn’t get any worse, one of the most harrowing and heartbreaking scenes played out. Yeah, I’ve got to talk about it.