Walton Goggins shared he was bitten by a snake on The White Lotus set, had to go to hospital

Walton Goggins was bitten by a snake on The White Lotus set, rushed to the hospital, and now calls it a nightmare.

Walton Goggins faced his worst fear while filming The White Lotus season 3—getting bitten by a snake. 

The actor, who plays the grumpy Rick in the hit HBO series, revealed on Jimmy Kimmel Live that he was rushed to the hospital after being bitten during a dramatic scene.

Goggins shared that his scene involved his character having a drug-induced meltdown at a snake show, leading him to open multiple cages. The actor, who has a deep fear of snakes, was already on edge when the handler walked him through which snakes were venomous before filming.

"All I'm thinking about is the very first cage where the snake will kill you — 'don't open that' — and then the rest of it just goes out of my mind," Goggins recalled.

During the scene, he mistakenly grabbed a green snake that resisted being pulled out. "As I was pulling the snake out, he didn't wanna come, right? And so he turns around and he bit me," he said.

Initially, the production team treated the bite with Neosporin, and Goggins continued shooting for nine more hours. However, the next day, a producer called him and suggested he go to the hospital for a tetanus shot.

"Am I dying a slow death? Is there something you know I don't?" Goggins joked.

He later confirmed that HBO's legal team likely prompted the hospital visit, laughing about being asked to sign paperwork immediately after.

Despite his terror, Goggins completed filming but described the experience as "a horror show" and "a nightmare."