Lukas Gage is detailing how he overcame shame surrounding his mental illness.
After The White Lotus alum shared his borderline personality disorder diagnosis in his forthcoming memoir I Wrote This For Attention, he expanded on why he wanted to come forward with such a vulnerable admission.
“For so long, I didn’t have the words for it, my whole teenage years of thinking it’s depression, anxiety, bipolar, whatever,” Lukas explained in an interview with Them published Oct. 9. “I want there to be a conversation that’s not stigmatized and it doesn’t feel like this dirty little secret that you have to have.”
Indeed, the 30-year-old—whose whirlwind marriage to celebrity hairstylist Chris Appleton ended in 2024—felt inspired by others who had shared the same struggle, including Trisha Paytas, Madison Beer and Julia Fox, adding that it gave him a sense of “clarity.”
Of course, the Euphoria star also “didn’t want to live in the shame of hiding it,” despite being advised against sharing the omission by his team. “Some parts of my personality disorder are a pain in my ass,” he continued, “but some parts I love and are really great, and I don’t think that there’s something inherently wrong with me.”