📺 Duke University Isn't Happy 'The White Lotus' Featured Their Merch In Controversial Scene

Duke University is arguing against the use of its official merchandise in season three of The White Lotus.

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Episode Transcript

Speaker 1 (00:01):
And Amanda gam Nation. Well, Brendan the finale last night,
White Lotus Series three. Why are you talking like this
because I know you haven't seen it seen it? You
haven't seen the finale? No, but stupid Married at First
Sight and now my mother in law is in town.
I can't watch White Laders with my mother. Did you

(00:22):
watch Married at First I learned that? No? I learned
that with Entrapman years ago. May and I everyone else
gone to bed and then Entrapman came on. It's got
Sean Connery and Catherine Zeita Jones. They didn't have it
offten she does. It's just awkward. You can't watch any
sort of You can't watch anything. But I wouldn't watch
Maps with anyone. You watch Maps because you can commentate
on what's going on. The White ladis I'm not watching

(00:45):
that with my mother in law. Well, well, but you
just got to keep storm. I know how long you
have to keep storm? How long does a spoiler alert
have to lie? You's staying until next Tuesday? So can
you wait? Oh god, no? Should I have to go
to next Tuesday? This is like when Harley on say
a Saturday night, we'd go to a charity event, and

(01:06):
he'd say to everyone at the table, don't tell me
who's in the Bledterslowe, don't tell me who's winning tonight.
I think it's not private information. And someone get up
at the very and say, hey, well done Australian. God
damn it and that was you. But how can you
keep some information quiet? How long do I have to
wait for you to see the finale? Well? Just rabit.

(01:26):
The whole series is, it's not like, it's not like
married at first night, that's leading to a climax as
it were. This the whole series is someone's died at
the beginning. Who is it? And now I can't even
talk to you about it? But don't tell me who died. Well,
that's what it's about. Interestingly, Duke University, because there's a
Punsi family, the rat lifts in it, and the character

(01:47):
one of the sons last night says, I can read
a book. You know I did go to Duke Uni.
Can I just ask you about the dads prosthesis? Definitely
wasn't it when he flashed his organ? Yeah, when he
had his gapie gown on. It says more about you
than anyone if you think that was fake I don't know.
I don't you think it was real? No, I thought
it was fake only because I thought he's a famous actor.
Would he flash his area? And he's refused to comment

(02:08):
on it. I've asked him many times, but apparently he
last night he was the father was who's spiraling out
of control because his empires about to collapse. He was
And this is no secret in the series. It's terrible.
It's contemplating if I lose all my money, my family
all have been brought up to be big riches. What

(02:28):
happens when it all goes away? Do I kill us all?
It's kind of what he's thinking. And so he's wearing
a Duke T shirt, a Duke University T shirt while
he's thinking some dark thoughts, and Duke University isn't happy
they as they say it was a troubling scene and
they've declared they don't want to be associated with the
series as it does not reflect our venues. I mean,
you can't just you can't own Duke University, can't own

(02:54):
how their image is used in that regard. Well, maybe
they can pixel it out, like when someone gets busted
at IRBT, But I know, but this is a dramatization
and it's a very deliberate moment, this big, entitled family
at the end of everything. I don't know