Barbie Ferreira isn’t any drama queen in the case of her surprising departure from “Euphoria.”
The actress, who portrayed Kat Hernandez within the first two seasons of the hit HBO sequence, not too long ago set the file straight about her exit from Sam Levinson’s teen drama — and put to mattress rumors that her exodus was something however amicable.
“I think it was very mutual so it wasn’t just my choice,” Ferreira, 28, defined on Wednesday’s episode of “The Viall Files” podcast. “There was just nowhere to go and I think instead of me just lingering around for nine months, I think it was best for both of us that we just kind of ended it there.”
“But you don’t want to ruin a good thing,” she continued. “Everyone decided there was nowhere to go and that’s hard, obviously. Again, with acting, things happen all the time and you have to have a thick skin and just make the right decisions for you and your career.”
She additionally insisted there was no behind-the-scenes drama that led her to stroll off the “Euphoria” set – regardless of rumors of a “hellish” and “toxic” work surroundings, which HBO addressed in 2022.
“I never walked off set, there was never anything like that,” Ferreira clarified. “I absolutely never did that. You could ask the hundreds of people who were there every day.”
In the course of the podcast episode, Ferreira revealed that she continues to be pleasant along with her former castmates – together with Hunter Schafer, Maude Apatow and Sydney Sweeney.
Some have even gone to see Ferreira carry out on Broadway in her most up-to-date venture, “Cult of Love.”
“I saw Hunter the other day, I saw Maude the other day, Sydney came to see my play,” she shared. “So I mean they’re all so busy. I mean, I’ve been out of town for, like, eight months so I’m like, whoever is in town, we always try to see each other and they came to support the play, which was really sweet.”
Moreover discussing her stunning departure from “Euphoria,” Ferreira additionally opened up in regards to the loss of life of her former co-star, Angus Cloud.
Cloud handed away in July 2023 from an unintended drug overdose. He was 25.
“I don’t think I’ve ever been through anything like that,” Ferreira confessed. “We all were just really affected by it.”
“Angus was the coolest guy, the craziest dude, the amount of stories…I think about him a lot,” she added. “He was incredible. He was a complete sweetheart, a character. It’s really tragic.”
Ferreira introduced her exit from “Euphoria” in August 2022 by way of an Instagram publish that took followers of the present by full shock.
“After four years of getting to embody the most special and enigmatic character Kat, I’m having to say a very teary-eyed goodbye,” she wrote on the time.
“I hope many of you could see yourself in her like I did and that she brought you joy to see her journey into the character she is today,” the actress added. “I put all my care and love into her and I hope you guys could feel it. Love you Katherine Hernandez.”
Ferreira later opened up about her abrupt departure in additional element.
“I don’t think there was a place for her to go,” she mentioned in April 2023.
“I think there were places she could have gone. I just don’t think it would have fit into the show,” Ferreira continued. “I don’t know if it was going to do her justice, and I think both parties knew that I really wanted to be able to not be the fat best friend.”
“I don’t want to play that,” she concluded, “and I think they didn’t want that either.”
Regardless of rumors “Euphoria” was canceled after its lengthy hiatus, HBO confirmed final month that the present was formally again in manufacturing. Season 3 is anticipated to premiere subsequent 12 months.
