Barbie Ferreira Says ‘Euphoria’ Exit Was “Mutual Decision”: “I Never Walked Off Set”

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With Euphoria finally in production on the long-awaited third season, Barbie Ferreira is addressing the online speculation about her exit from the HBO series.

After announcing her departure in 2022, the actress recently clarified that she “never walked off set,” explaining her decision not to reprise her role as Katherine ‘Kat’ Hernandez in the Sam Levinson series. “I think instead of me kind of lingering around for nine months, I think it was best for both of us that we just ended it there,” she said on The Viall Files podcast. “Of course it’s hard — I love Euphoria.

I love Kat. Kat means the world to me. I spent so many years pouring everything into her, but it’s like, you don’t want to ruin a good thing.” Ferreira continued, “It was a mutual decision.

It was absolutely not just me. Everyone decided that … there was nowhere to go, and that’s hard obviously because I’m like, ‘What am I going to do?’ But again, with acting, things happen all the time and you just have to have thick skin and make the right decisions for you in your career.” Before Ferreira announced her exit in August 2022, The Daily Beast ran a story about the alleged behind-the-scenes drama during Season 2, with a source claiming the actress stormed off set after a disagreement with Levinson about her character.