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The Best Grace Van Patten & Jackson White Moments From The ‘Tell Me Lies’ Press Tour

With spring semester in full swing, you may looking for a new, toxic, fictional couple to obsess over. In the fall, fans had the weekly thrill of riding the emotional roller coaster of Belly Conklin and Conrad Fisher’s tumultuous relationship in The Summer I Turned Pretty. Now, college women and broader audiences alike are happy for the return of the addictively infuriating dynamic between Lucy Albright (Grace Van Patten) and Stephen DeMarco (Jackson White) in Season 3 of Tell Me Lies. The kicker: The costars are dating in real life.

Van Patten and White first stepped out together hand-in-hand at the 2022 CFDA Fashion Awards following the premiere of Tell Me Lies Season 1, but they slyly teased their relationship in the months before that. “I have such a crush on her … I hope [us dating] happens. I don’t know,” White said on an episode of the Not Skinny But Not Fat podcast. “Our lives are built in together. It’s crazy, we have so much to do together.”

Several years and seasons later, the couple is going steady even after the release of Season 3 on Jan. 13. They even revealed that the toxicity of their fictional relationship has strengthened their dynamic off-screen. “It’s like, we get to fight and let it all out on camera and then we’re great. It’s our couple’s therapy,” Van Patten said in an interview with People. 

With a happy couple comes adorable couple moments, and the Season 3 press tour has been full of them. Here are some of the highlights between Van Patten and White. 

@tellmelies2.0

Jackson White & Grace Van Patten join Stassi to talk about playing Stephen and Lucy. They get into this week’s episode and how the show impacts their real relationship. Katie Maloney swings by to talk about how Vanderpump relates to Tell Me Lies. Tell Me Lies | Official Podcast Episodeviral trending

♬ original sound – Tell Me Lies – Tell Me Lies

Nothing says steady relationship like coparenting a dog. 

@thespillpod

Ugh we love these two SO much 🥰 Ahead of the new season of Tell Me Lies, we asked Jackson White about his first impression of Grace Van Patten — his co-star turned real-life girlfriend. Stay tuned for more from our Tell Me Lies chat. #jacksonwhite #gracevanpatten #tellmelies #tellmelieshulu #stephendemarco

♬ original sound – The Spill Podcast

In an eerily similar tone and cadence as his character, Stephen DeMarco, White gushed over his co-star and partner. 

@people

#TellMeLies actors #JacksonWhite and GraceVanPatten’s after work routine is just like ours. 🤩 #LucyAlbright #StephenDeMarco

♬ Calm Days (Lofi) – The Machinist Beats

In stark contrast to their onscreen performances, at the end of the day, Van Patten and White are just “simple creatures,” leaving work at work. 

@entertainmenttonight

Nothing will ever make Jackson White not be Team Stephen and Lucy #tellmelies #jacksonwhite #gracevanpatten #tellmelieshulu

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Not even the happy couple ships their character relationship. 

Even though Tell Me Lies is full of messy relationship drama for Lucy and Stephen, White and Van Patten seem to be smitten. When their anxiety-inducing fictional relationship becomes too much to handle — and it will — at least we’ll have these real, endearing moments to relish. 

Isabelle Farina

UGA '26

My name is Isabelle Farina, I am a senior Journalism student at the University of Georgia receiving a minor in Law, Ethics and Philosophy and a certificate in Film and Media Scoring. While I’ve been having my fun in the south, I’m definitely a Jersey Girl at heart. I'm from a small town in New Jersey, so I love splitting my time between the beach and New York City. Because of my proximity to such a vivacious city,I love all things pop culture; books, movies, TV, music, you name it, I am definitely interested in it.

The most important goal of mine is to be able to channel my passions for media and storytelling into a lifelong career. My dream job would be to be an entertainment reporter for a culture magazine or write for the arts and culture columns of a newspaper. I have always been fascinated by celebrity culture and how audiences get so attached to people they don't even know just because of the art they create or are involved in.

To pursue my passion thus far, I have gotten involved with fashion magazines on campus and written culture articles for local publications. The power of the media is so intriguing to me and I realize how important it is to society. I want to be a part of the action.