Barbie Ferreira says Kat won’t be coming back for Euphoria season 3
"After four years of getting to embody the most special and enigmatic character Kat, I’m having to say a very teary-eyed goodbye."
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Barbie Ferreira announced tonight that she won’t be returning to HBO’s Euphoria when it comes back for its third season; the saga of fan-fiction superstar/successful cam-girl/regular screwed-up teenager Kat—having already more-or-less disappeared into the show’s background over the course of its second season on the network—has now apparently come to an end.
Per Vulture, Ferreira announced the news on her Instagram Stories, writing that, “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 also posted a piece of Kat fan art, apparently done by co-star Hunter Schafer.
And, yeah: It’s hard not to lump this latest news into the massive amounts of wider speculation surrounding the behind-the-scenes drama on the hit teen series, most of it centered on creator Sam Levinson, who writes and directs each episode. In past interviews, Ferreira has suggested that reports of on-set tension and set walk-offs related to Levinson—speculated to have led to reduced screen time for Kat in the second season—were at least partly exaggerated or untrue; she told TV Insider back in March that, “I’ve seen so many different things and a lot of it is untrue, and some of it’s kind of like mundane little things.” On the other hand, she also said she had high hopes for Kat to get more featured time in the show’s third season—which has been approved by the network, release date TBD—so clearly something has shifted there.
Euphoria continues to be a hit for HBO, with its second-season finale, which aired back in February, posting some of its biggest ratings to date. Ferreira’s Kat was a big part of its initial season—with plotlines focusing on her explorations of body positivity and her own sexuality—but received significantly less focus in its second run.
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Sad to see her go, but given what her character was given in S2, not that shocking. Even sadder is that Euphoria’s lost a pov that millions of girls/people saw themselves reflected in.
i’m having to say a very teary eyed goodbye
I don’t get it
I believe they’re implying that the language “having to say” means Ferreira leaving is not by choice, and that she’s being forced to leave.
That’s a pretty ridiculous leap of logic. She wrote her goodbye in present progressive tense, so it must be a conspiracy to force her out of the show?
Hey man, I didn’t make the post, I’m just deciphering it…
Of course you don’t.
Of course. It’s a half-naked girl.
No. It’s a woman in disguise.
Either way, recog’s never getting one.
Recog is a lonely troll, trying to connect the only way they can, I guess.
This site doesn’t encourage useful dialogue anymore, so they’re more visible.
Oh, I know, that’s what I was gettin’ at. He’s pure niceguy.
What are you pissy about now
Fat
That’s good art. Kat was the only truly interesting character, imo.
Sam Levinson asked Sydney Sweeney to shoot 15 topless scenes as a response to her departure. Vital to the story, he reiterated.
The actresses on the show have had zero negative to ever say about Levinson or the nude scenes. In fact, the opposite. Where did this weird thing come from?
It’s to the point now where anything I hear about this show or Sam Levinson won’t surprise me in the slightest.
He’s lucky to have a famous dad. For some reason SL makes me think “the Adam Levine of the movie making industry.” He acts like he’s all about women, buuut…….
Yeah, it’s the “How can you possibly say I don’t like women when it’s obvious that I love fucking them?”
This is very unfortunate. Rue’s story is compelling, of course, but Kat’s is equally so. Her character took all of the sexuality that this show insists upon exploiting and turns it into something unexpected. Whether or not Kat will find liberation through camming is a very relevant question right now – more relevant than the tired sexploits (and their politics) the main cast has to perform.My favorite line from the entire series is Kat’s: “There’s nothing more powerful than a fat girl who doesn’t give a fuck.” That seemed revelatory. And I believe this must be true because men seem to love humiliating women like Kat, but they only do it because they are terrified of their own desires and the ways that this desire makes them feel vulnerable.
Obesity causes heart diseases
so well put! i’m gutted to see one of very, very few female plus size characters in mainstream simply vanish
I hope Ferreira finds a good project soon. The show doesn’t deserve her.
She won’t. She’s fat and unattractive
Fatty
Disgusting person. Disgusting show
I was really disappointed with Season 2 in general. The whole play within a play just seemed pointless. The plot line of Rue getting into trouble with that tough drug dealer lady just got dropped with no resolution. And the way Fezco’s thing got dragged slowly out over two episodes was just excruciating. Great actors with bad scripts.