Mike White Blasts ‘White Lotus’ Composer’s Rant To Reporter As ‘A Bitch Move’

White spoke about Cristóbal Tapia de Veer's decision to "shit on me and the show three days before the finale.”

Mike White is taking aim at Emmy-winning composer Cristóbal Tapia de Veer for claiming he exited “The White Lotus” after clashing with White over changes to the show’s theme song.

While appearing on Tuesday’s episode of “The Howard Stern Show,” White, 54, addressed Tapia de Veer’s pointed words, telling host Stern that the composer’s decision to “shit on me and the show three days before the finale” was a “bitch move.”

“I honestly don’t know what happened, except now I’m reading his interviews because he decides to do some PR campaign about him leaving the show,” White explained. “I don’t think he respected me. He wants people to know that he’s edgy and dark.”

The director went on to claim that he and Tapia de Veer “never really even fought” despite the latter’s allegation that the two were at odds while working on the show, which first aired in 2021.

“I don’t think I ever had a fight with him — except for maybe some emails,” White said. “I knew he wasn’t a team player and that he wanted to do it his way. I was thrown that he would go to The New York Times to shit on me and the show three days before the finale.”