Carrie Coon Says She’s Not in ‘Open’ Marriage With Tracy Letts

Carrie Coon was quick to clarify her comments about her relationship with husband Tracy Letts after she accidentally insinuated they were in an “open” marriage.

“Settle down, internet! I said, ‘open minded’ not ‘open.’ 😂❤️🙉🙈🙊,” Coon, 44, wrote via X on Tuesday, February 25, after her “WTF With Marc Maron” podcast remarks caused a stir on social media.

Coon turned heads on Monday, February 24, when she detailed her and Letts’ dynamic, which she said includes dishing about their on-set crushes and pointing out people they’re attracted to regularly.

“We’re not jealous people. We don’t have any of those hang-ups,” Coon told listeners. “We didn’t ever want to be with the police. You know?”

The White Lotus actress noted that she and Letts, who tied the knot in 2013, find it refreshing to be able to “always talk” and ask, “Who are you attracted to on set?”

She teased, “It’s so fun. I love it,” noting that Letts is the “kind of person who sees everybody on the street. And every woman.”

“He always tells me who he has a crush on,” Coon explained, insisting, “We love talking about it. It’s fun. It’s interesting to know what your partner’s into. It’s titillating.”

When asked by host Marc Maron whether it ever goes “over the line” for the couple, Coon replied, “We don’t really like lines. Lines are really boring.”

The actress added that “life is short” so she and Letts, 59, don’t let societal restrictions hold them back.

“Tracy, you guys know, you both have lost partners in your lives, which is a devastating thing,” Coon said, referring to the playwright’s late partner Holly Wantuch, who died in 1998 at the age of 33. “I don’t think he would mind me saying, I think Tracy understood then from a very young age because he went through it, he would never begrudge anyone a human experience.”

She noted that Letts’ past loss shifted his perspective on life. “Every day after that, for him, was a gift he got to continue living in the world,” Coon said. “He sort of embraced being a person of appetites. Acknowledging that we have these proclivities.”

The Gilded Age actress, who shares two children with Letts, further explained that “monogamy is sort of something we’ve imposed on ourselves,” insinuating that her marriage might not be a traditional one.

“You kinda have to be open minded about what makes you feel — what engages you in the world and what sparks your imagination and where your passion is,” she continued. “If you’re willing to stay open to that then you’re living a more full life.”

Coon concluded, “I don’t think either one of us would want to keep the other from living.”