A toxic relationship is fun viewing in Hulu’s ‘Tell Me Lies’

There’s a scene in the first episode of Hulu’s “Tell Me Lies,” where the character Stephen DeMarco — played by Jackson White — leaves the dorm room of freshman character Lucy Albright where he comforted her after a tragedy. “But in terms of the plot, I added a lot that is not in the book.” Emma Roberts’ Belletrist book club co-founder, Karah Preiss, read “Tell Me Lies” first. “When I finished it, I couldn’t stop thinking about Lucy and Stephen,” recalled Preiss in a recent interview. “Whether it’s romantic or friendship-wise, we can all relate to having a toxic relationship in our lives where it’s not good for you, but you’re not mature enough to verbalize that to yourself, so you kind of keep going down the rabbit hole.” “Anyone can have a Stephen,” said White.