Nico Murray is leaving Essex University. Gavin Leatherwood will not reprise his roleas the campus heartthrob in the second season HBO Max’s The Sex Lives of College Girls.“There is a season 2, but I’m not going to go back,” the actor, 27, exclusively told Us Weekly on Sunday, March 27, when he attended the Mercedes-Benz Oscar 2022 Viewing Party in Los Angeles.A source close to the streaming platform confirmed to Us that Leatherwood is not expected to return to the series.The Hawaii native explained that, while he was “happy to do the first season” of The Sex Lives of College Girls, he’ll be “branching off and going in a different direction” after leaving the dramedy, which was created by Mindy Kaling and Justin Noble.“It was such an incredible experience.
I think Mindy is brilliant and the cast, everyone’s lovely,” Leatherwood told Us. “But with so many amazing opportunities out there, we want to keep spreading our wings and leading ourselves to other projects so that’s the move.”On Monday, March 28, the Chilling Adventures of Sabrina alum expanded on his upcoming plans, revealing via his Instagram Story that new music is on the way. “I have a new song coming out on April 8.
It’s called ‘Be My Lover,'” he said in the clip.Leatherwood was in nine of the 10 episodes in the first season of The Sex Lives of College Girls, which debuted in November 2021, as Nico, Kimberly’s (Pauline Chalamet) love interest.
The upperclassman was Kimberly’s French tutor and quickly developed a secret relationship with her. Kimberly kept their romance secret because her roommate Leighton (Renée Rapp) is Nico’s sister, but the December 2021 season finale revealed that Nico was hiding their affair because he had a serious girlfriend.In the final
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