Euphoria star Barbie Ferreira has responded to claims that she walked off the set of the HBO show.
The 28-year-old actress, who played Kat in the first two seasons of the hit series, opened up about claims that she walked off set after creative differences with the creator of the series, Sam Levinson.
Speaking on Nick Viall's podcast, The Viall Files, the actress, who is preparing for the release of her new movie with John Leguizamo, shared: "I never walked off set!".
"There was never anything like that," she explained. "That was like a whole thing. I absolutely never did that. You could ask the hundreds of people that were there every day."
Ferreira said her departure was a mutual decision between her and Levinson and it felt like the right time to part ways.
"It wasn't just my choice," she said. "I think after having a lot of conversation and after season two, there was just nowhere to go. Instead of me lingering around for nine months, it was best for both of us that we just kind of ended it there."
Ferreira added that her character Kat will always hold a special place in her heart, saying: "Kat means the world to me. I spent so many years pouring everything into her, but you don't wanna ruin a good thing. It was a mutual decision. It was absolutely not just me."
"With acting, things happen all the time, and you just have to have thick skin and just make the right decisions for you and your career. It was hard. I was really young, and it was tough, obviously," she said, adding that: "There was a lot of discourse about it that wasn't true."
HBO confirmed Euphoria season 3 had officially begun production on 10 February, 2025, sharing a first-look image at Zendaya back in character as Rue.
