In addition to his acting talents, his penchant for shirtless workouts on hot asphalt, and his oft-discussed dating life, Jeremy Allen White has become known for something else: his obsession with fresh flowers. Since 2023, the actor has regularly been photographed at the Studio City Farmers Market, arms—and Bode tote—heaving with tulips, pincushions, sunflowers, and sea lavender.
In fact, White’s shopping habit is now so ingrained in his whole shtick that it’s become talk-show fodder. “I like them in the house,” the actor recently told Jimmy Fallon of his beloved fleurs while promoting Season 4 of The Bear. “I like giving them to people. You know, I arrange them with my daughters on Sunday. It’s a nice thing that we do.”
“It’s totally your thing,” Fallon said. “No one else can take this move.”
Au contraire, as it turns out!
The Studio City Farmers Market has lately become something of a celebrity hotspot—so much so that whether White makes an appearance there or not, paparazzi have other actors with their own gargantuan, eclectic mix of flora to train their long-focus lenses on.
Just yesterday, Nina Dobrev and Shaun White hit the very same farmers market, their arms full of amaranth, Burdett’s banksia, and cattails. Jodie Turner-Smith also stopped by, picking up an enormous bouquet of eucalyptus leaves. (On other occasions, she’s been seen at the site wielding lilies, dahlias, and daisies too.) Even Macaulay Culkin couldn’t resist stalks upon stalks of lush sunflowers on a trip earlier this summer.
As someone who grew up visiting the Studio City Farmers Market myself, it’s undeniably strange to see the spot where I spent my childhood petting indifferent goats and begging my parents for a breakfast-time snow cone become a place to see and be seen.
While I can attest that the market has long been pretty starry, it’s mostly drawn generically good-looking actors whom you struggle to place, ’90s sitcom stalwarts, and other characters you might hear referenced on an episode of Who? Weekly. But White—and his steady stream of paparazzi photos—has appeared to significantly raise the market’s profile. With all the free publicity he’s given the flower vendors, hopfully White’s at least getting a friends-and-family discount.
