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Laura Dern reveals the 'Big Little Lies' group text name and, yes, Meryl Streep is part of it

Name: Laura Dern reveals the 'Big Little Lies' group text name and, yes, Meryl Streep is part of it
Uploaded: 2019-07-16T10:44:29+00:00
Description: Laura Dern told Seth Meyers about the 'Big Little Lies' group text and what it's like being in a group chat with Meryl Streep.

"OK you can be in our texts."

Rachel Thompson

on July 16, 2019

Laura Dern reveals the 'Big Little Lies' group text name and, yes, Meryl Streep is part of it

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Group chats are hell. But, you know what's even more hellish than group chat hell? Adding another person to your already tight-knit group text.

Laura Dern knows the struggle all too well. Her group text with Big Little Lies co-stars Nicole Kidman, Reese Witherspoon, Zoe Kravitz, and Shailene Woodley was recently infiltrated by an outsider: Meryl Streep.

Season 2 gave a name to this group of former frenemies who now share a whopping great secret — The Monterey Five. That name also happens to be the title of the group chat.

"This other woman wants to join the text," Dern joked to Seth Meyers. "Like 'Meryl. OK? We have our own group text.' It's a little rude."

"But then of course she writes the most genius thing ever, inspires us all to be better people and we're like, 'OK you can be in our texts,'" she added.

So gracious of you.

Rachel Thompson

Features Editor

Rachel Thompson is the Features Editor at Mashable. Rachel's second non-fiction book The Love Fix: Reclaiming Intimacy in a Disconnected World is out now, published by Penguin Random House in Jan. 2025. The Love Fix explores why dating feels so hard right now, why we experience difficult emotions in the realm of love, and how we can change our dating culture for the better.

A leading sex and dating writer in the UK, Rachel has written for GQ, The Guardian, The Sunday Times Style, The Telegraph, Cosmopolitan, Glamour, Stylist, ELLE, The i Paper, Refinery29, and many more.

Rachel's first book Rough: How Violence Has Found Its Way Into the Bedroom And What We Can Do About It, a non-fiction investigation into sexual violence was published by Penguin Random House in 2021.