Lukas Gage Memoir Reveals Details of Borderline Personality Disorder Diagnosis, Marriage to Chris Appleton
Actor Lukas Gage’s memoir, I Wrote This for Attention, released today, details his experiences with a borderline personality disorder diagnosis, his brief marriage to Chris Appleton, and past trauma, offering a candid look into the actor’s personal life.
The book delves into several high-profile moments, including the viral audition video from 2020 where Gage responded to a director’s off-camera comment about his apartment. Gage recounted in an excerpt published in Variety that returning to the set of The White Lotus after the video went viral caused him significant self-consciousness, fearing judgment from his colleagues. He also details a subsequent COVID-19 diagnosis he missed due to being overwhelmed with messages about the viral clip, joking, “I’d gone viral. Again.”
Gage’s seven-month marriage to Kim Kardashian’s hairdresser, Chris Appleton, which ended in 2023, is also explored in the memoir, with Gage revealing that being medicated for borderline personality disorder at the time impacted his perception of the relationship. “There was a part of me that was in love or felt like he was in love, and happy… But there was another part of me that, I didn’t recognize myself,” he said on the Not Skinny but Not Fat podcast. The memoir also addresses Gage’s experiences with sexual abuse at a theater camp and being fired from Mad Men due to a visible tattoo, highlighting the challenges he faced early in his career. Understanding mental health struggles is increasingly important in the entertainment industry, and Gage’s openness could encourage others to seek help.
The White Lotus creator Mike White reviewed the book in January, stating, “For a self-proclaimed pathological liar, Lukas Gage is brutally honest. And for an exhibitionistic chaos agent with a borderline personality disorder, he is entirely relatable.” Gage is expected to continue promoting the memoir in the coming weeks, offering further insight into his life and experiences.
