'Euphoria' Season 3: The Real Reason Why Barbie Ferreira Isn't Returning & Where She Stands With Cast Today
Barbie Ferreira is addressing her exit from Euphoria, and where she stands now with her former coworkers.
The 28-year-old actress, who played Kat in Seasons 1 and 2 of the HBO series, will not be back for Season 3.
Though there were rumors of behind-the-scenes drama, she recently told Nick Viall that the reality is much less dramatic.
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“I think it was very mutual so it wasn’t just my choice,” she said on 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.”
Her most recent project was on Broadway, where she starred in the play Cult of Love, and she said her Euphoria costars were there for support.
“I saw Hunter [Schafer] the other day, I saw Maude {Apatow] the other day, Sydney [Sweeney] came to see my play,” she said. “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.”
She went on to say “Kat means the world to me.”
“But you don’t want to ruin a good thing,” she added. “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.”
“I never walked off set, there was never anything like that. I absolutely never did that. You could ask the hundreds of people who were there every day,” she clarified.
She also addressed the loss of Angus Cloud, who died in 2023 of a multiple drug overdose at the age of 25.
“I don’t think I’ve ever been through anything like that. We all were just really affected by it,” she said. “Angus was the coolest guy, the craziest dude, the amount of stories…I think about him a lot. He was incredible. He was a complete sweetheart, a character. It’s really tragic.”
Euphoria Season 3 is expected to premiere in 2026 and will feature a time jump, taking the main cast out of high school. Find out who is expected to return, and who is joining.