Carrie Coon Reveals Her Husband Tracy Letts' Unique Vice: 'He Doesn't Do Drugs or Buy Cars'
During a June 16 appearance on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon, Carrie Coon revealed that her husband Tracy Letts is a fervent collector of DVDs
The White Lotus star said that he owns "over 10,000," adding that more "arrive every day"
The couple and their two children watch the movies together and post reviews on LetterboxdCarrie Coon is supportive of her husband Tracy Letts' unexpected vice.
During a Monday, June 16 appearance on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon, theThe White Lotus actress, 44, spoke with host Jimmy Fallon about Letts' shockingly large collection of DVDs.
According to her, he owns "over 10,000" of them and more "arrive every day."
"He doesn't do drugs or buy cars. It's fine," Coon jokingly rationalized to Fallon. She also shared how Letts' collection has become something of a family affair.
Coon explained that she and Letts, who she marred in 2013, have a shared Letterboxd account where they share reviews of the movies that they're watching. Their two children — son Haskell, 7, and a 3-year-old daughter whose name has not been made public — even join in on the fun.
"We used to post them on X, but now it's a hellscape," Coon said about the reviews. "And so now we decided we had to go to Letterboxd because we wanted to continue the tradition because people like the movie-watching lists."
"And it turns out a lot of film students don't know things," she added. "Like, they've seen a meme from Deliverance, but they've never seen Deliverance. Or they've never seen An Unmarried Woman. Anyways, tons of films."
Speaking about Haskell, the actress said, "We've been posting reviews from my son also because he's the only 7-year-old I know who you put a movie on, and he goes, 'Yes! It's in black and white!' "
While their daughter is "a little bit more traditional," Coon added that Haskell is "a total cinephile."
Their kids have weighed in on surprising movies. Earlier in 2025, they watched a silent version of The Hunchback of Notre Dame.
"The kids were surprisingly into this. The boy gives it a thousand stars," she said, noting Haskell's high praise. "The girl gives it 12 stars (because 12 is her favorite number)."
In a review of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde the family wrote, "The boy gives it 100 stars, 'maybe more.' The girl made it nearly to the end and then called it quits."
Coon confirmed that her kids did more than sit through the movie. She said her son "reads the titles out loud and kind of acts them out and then gets really excited. And my daughter sat through the whole thing. She's 3. I think she's just trying to impress her brother. She also likes Frozen, but, you know.
One more obvious film that the family reviewed was 2024's The Wild Robot — "The boy gives it so many stars that he doesn't know how many stars he can give it."
Another thing that Coon watched with Letts was the third season of HBO's The White Lotus, which she starred in. She told Fallon that the couple tuned in every week to watch the new episodes, adding that she forgot what had happened after filming.
For a show that is notoriously shrouded in secrecy, Fallon wanted to know if Coon had a hard time keeping the plot a secret.
"They collected our scripts in Thailand. We weren't allowed to have them out. But no, it was not hard because I don't see anyone or do anything or have any friends," she teased, adding, " And I think my parents watched the show, but they haven't mentioned it yet so I don't know for sure. So no, it was easy for me."
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