Who are Walton Goggins parents? All we know as White Lotus star brings mom out to SNL stage

Walton Goggins, who is currently enjoying his recent success following his appearance on White Lotus, brought his mother on stage during his appearance on Saturday Night Live. Goggins, who is the son of Janet Long and Walton Sanders Goggins Sr., called out to his mother, who was sitting in the front row, as the pair was seen breaking into an impromptu dance to celebrate Mother's Day.

In his opening monologue, the first time SNL host read headlines from different outlets that praised him while taking subtle jabs at his looks. Goggins spoke about his mother, sharing that she taught him how to dance, before also touching on the subject of his difficult upbringing.

More about Walton Goggins' parents, as his mother makes an appearance during his SNL monologue

Walton Goggins, who made his SNL debut on Saturday, grew up in Lithia Springs, Georgia, with his parents, Walton Goggins Sr., and Janet Long. His parents divorced in 1974 when the Fallout actor was just three years old.

In an interview with GQ Magazine earlier this year, Walton Goggins recounted how his father was not very present during his childhood. He said:

"I had a lot of men in my life that stepped up and kind of filled that spot. I’ve been around a lot of very cool, very strange people in my life, and I really don’t know it any other way."

In the same interview, Goggins talked about the difficult circumstances he was raised. He said:

"My mother made $12,000 a year. We went camping in Panama City Beach, Florida, because we couldn’t even afford a f*ckin’ hotel.”

Goggins' mother, Janet Long, who once worked for the Employment Department, currently lives in a retirement community in Los Angeles, with the actor often posting pictures of them together. In October 2021, after months of social distancing due to the pandemic, Walton Goggins posted a sweet reunion picture with his mother. He wrote:

"Ohhhh I got to see my mama today! First time in a long time. She said "son I'd like a pizza and a beer and...nap" I said " mama you can have whatever you want. Always!" I love you so much mama."

Walton Goggins' father, who according to Celeb Family, was born in August 1945, now mantains a good relationship with his son. He was once quite active on X (formerly Twitter), where he often posted about his son's achievements.

In his 2024 appearance on The Late Night Show with Seth Meyers, Walton Goggins talked about how his character of Baby Billy from "Righteous Gemstones, was, in part, inspired by his father. He said:

"Yeah, you know, it's an amalgamation of different people. But it's really kinda like my dad. It's like my father. He is a strange dude. He wear turquoise on every single figure."

He went on to share a funny story about his father. He said:

"And I brought him to New York actually, and he walks around and people are taking photos of him, as if he has been living here his whole life. and he carries these pictures of himself, that he signed you know in his pocket..like you instance of somebody is looking at him, he'll just go, " Hello, hello, my name is Walton Sanders Goggins, here is a picture of myself, I signed it you can have that, right there." He pre-signs it. And not only that he the goes " And this right here is my son, his name is also Walton Sanders Goggins, here is a picture of him and I sisigned that too."

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Walton Goggins' appearance on SNL comes just one week after he made his Met Gala debut, where he wore a custom Thom Browne ensemble comprising a shirt, suit, and pleated skirt.

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