Barbie Ferreira is setting the record straight about her exit from Euphoria — and filling fans in on where she stands with her former castmates.
Ferriera, 28, portrayed Kat on the first two seasons of the HBO drama, but will not return for season 3, which is currently in production. Though rumors circulated at the time of her exit that she walked off set due to behind-the-scenes drama, Ferreira recently told Nick Viall that the reality is much less dramatic.
“I think it was very mutual so it wasn’t just my choice,” she said on the Wednesday, March 19 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.”
Since leaving Euphoria, Ferreira has taken to the stage. Her most recent project was on Broadway, where she starred in the play Cult of Love. She said her Euphoria costars were there to support her.
“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.”
Ferreira has moved on, but that doesn’t mean she was eager to leave Euphoria. She explained that “Kat means the world to me” and that she dedicated years of her life to the character.
“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.”
And, just to dispel the persistent rumors, she said, “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.”
Ferreira also touched on her former castmate 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. Series regulars Sweeney, Zendaya, and Jacob Elordi will all return, while Grammy Award winner Rosalía, NAACP Image Award winner Kadeem Hardison and former pro football player Marshawn Lynch join the cast.
