Euphoria's Barbie Ferreira calls out the 'backhanded compliments' about her body

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Barbie Ferreira has become one of the breakout stars from HBO's Euphoria since the show debuted in 2019, with the actress now calling out, 'backhanded compliments' about her body.The 25-year-old actress plays Kat Hernandez, who, in the show's second season, currently airing on HBO, has a hard time coming to grips with the 'body positivity' movement.The actress revealed that, like her character in a scene from this current season, she was overwhelmed with the pressure to love one's own body.

Barbie's breakout:Barbie Ferreira has become one of the breakout stars from HBO's Euphoria since the show debuted in 2019, with the actress now calling out, 'backhanded compliments' about her bodyFerreira's Kat was introduced in Euphoria's first season as a high schooler with body image issues, which she manages to overcome by embracing her sexuality and launching a secretive career as an internet sex worker.'She’s trying to figure out her way into her sexuality and her confidence.

I think it was a façade that even she didn’t really believe in,' Ferriera says, which mirrors Kat's journey in Season 2. That 'façade' she built in Season 1 is crumbling in Season 2, where, even though she has a boyfriend Ethan (Austin Abrams), she reveals in a bizarre dream-like sequence in Season 2's second episode that she hates herself.

Career:Ferreira's Kat was introduced in Euphoria's first season as a high schooler with body image issues, which she manages to overcome by embracing her sexuality and launching a secretive career as an internet sex worker 'I think bigger bodies are not as ‘trendy’ as they used to be, which is really sad to me.