The White Lotus star Jason Isaacs reveals he had to give supermodel Naomi Campbell a ‘pep talk’ when she started panicking before walking in London Fashion Week’s Burberry show recently.

‘Because of White Lotus, which is way bigger than I had any idea [it would be], these various opportunities have come my way that will never happen again, explains Jason, 61. 

‘So I walked in the Burberry fashion show as a model. It’s weird enough that I should say those words in that order. It’s like a malfunction in Chat GPT, but I did.’

The actor, who plays troubled businessman Timothy Ratliff in the hit HBO series, continued: ‘And behind me in the show was Naomi Campbell. She got there, and I said, “How are you doing? Nice to meet you. Jason.” And she goes, “I’m really nervous!”. I go, “You what?”

‘She’d had a bad knee – it was the first time she’d walked in four months. She’d had her knee fixed and Naomi and I chatted about knees for quite a long time. I spent all the time before we went on in front of this crowd, giving her a pep talk about how she’d be fine.’

Recounting the surreal incident to comedian Rob Brydon on the latest episode of his podcast, Brydon & on Thursday, Jason said he tried to help Naomi by advising she ‘take a deep breath’ when she gets nervous ‘and just walk out’.

The White Lotus star Jason Isaacs reveals he had to give supermodel Naomi Campbell a ‘pep talk’ when she started panicking before walking in London Fashion Week’s Burberry show 

‘Behind me in the show was Naomi Campbell. She got there, and I said, “How are you doing? Nice to meet you. Jason.” And she goes, “I’m really nervous!”. I go, “You what?”

‘And then we walked out there and I felt like I’d been idiotically coaching Mike Tyson how to spar or something. Ridiculous,’ he says.

Last September, Naomi, 54, was seen wearing a bandage on her knee at New York Fashion Week’s front row, but the cause of her injury remains unknown.

The British model and mother of two had knee surgery in 2013 after she was mugged by two ᴀssailants who tried to steal her handbag in Paris.

Jason and Naomi were joined by an eclectic mix of A-listers at the Burberry show held at the Tate Britain last month, including Elizabeth McGovern, Lesley Manville and Richard E Grant.

After overcoming her fears, Naomi stunned as she donned an elaborate purple jacquard print coat dress, complete with a huge tᴀssled skirt. 

While Jason opted for a more subtle Burberry look as she he wore a dark brown double-breasted coat and matching pleated trousers with a grey cable knit scarf. 

Elsewhere, Jason revealed what it was really like to work with ‘nepo baby’ Patrick Schwarzenegger on The White Lotus.

The Harry Potter star took on the role of Timothy Ratliff in the third season of the hit HBO drama while actor Patrick, 31, portrayed his on-screen son Saxon.

‘She’d had a bad knee – it was the first time she’d walked in four months… I spent all the time before we went on in front of this crowd, giving her a pep talk about how she’d be fine’

Jason said he tried to help Naomi by advising she ‘take a deep breath’ when she gets nervous ‘and just walk out’ 

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However, Jason said he had some preconceptions about what Patrick would be like, given he is the son of Hollywood star Arnold Schwarzenegger and his ex-wife Maria Shriver.

Revealing the truth about working with the ‘nepo baby’, Jason gushed that Patrick was far from the ‘horrible, spoiled young prince’ he thought he was going to be.

Speaking on The Chris Evans Breakfast Show with The National Lottery, Jason said: ‘Let me tell you about Patrick Schwarzenegger because you would ᴀssume, being what they would now call a nepo baby, which is a slightly repulsive phrase. 

‘I ᴀssumed I was going to meet some horrible, spoiled, young prince of Hollywood. [He’s] one of the nicest, most grounded, humble, lovely people I’ve ever met in my life. [He’s] become a very good friend.

‘He knows exactly who his dad is, and he loves him for what he is, but he knows who he is, he’s not blinded to his faults as well.’ 

Elsewhere,, Jason revealed what it was really like to work with ‘nepo baby’ Patrick Schwarzenegger, who starred as his on-screen son on The White Lotus

Jason admitted he had some preconceptions about what Patrick would be like, given he is the son of Hollywood star Arnold Schwarzenegger (both pictured) and his ex-wife Maria Shriver

Revealing the truth about working with the ‘nepo baby’, Jason gushed that Patrick was far from the ‘horrible, spoiled, young prince’ he thought he was going to be

Jason sweetly said he ‘fell in love’ with Patrick and his other on-screen children Sarah Catherine Hook (Piper) and Sam Nivola (Lochlan) during his time on the show.

He said the three stars all formed close bonds with his real-life children Lily, 22, and Ruby, 19, who he shares with his wife Emma Hewitt.

‘[Patrick is] just a really wonderful young man, all the people who played my kids in it, I fell completely in love with,’ he told the Virgin Radio UK show.

‘What was odd is my real children arrived, and they bonded with them, because they’re closer to their age, and made me realise that my closest friends on the shoot, I was old enough to be their father.’