Barbie Ferreira Leaving ‘Euphoria’ Ahead Of Season 3
etcanada.comBarbie Ferreira is closing the door on “Euphoria”. The 25-year-old actress, who played Kat Hernandez on the first two seasons of the HBO teen drama, announced on her Instagram Story Wednesday she would not be returning for the upcoming third season. “After four years of getting to embody the most special and enigmatic character Kat, I’m having to say a very teary-eyed goodbye,” Ferreira wrote. “I hope many of you could see yourself in her like I did and that she brought you joy to see her journey into the character she is today.” “I put all my care and love into her and I hope you guys could feel it,” she continued, before she ended her announcement with a sweet message to her character. “Love you Katherine Hernandez.” See Ferreira’s Instagram story announcement below.
Ferreira saw her screen time significantly diminished in season 2, which aired its finale in February, compared to season 1.
The freshman season saw Kat, a high school student who explores her sexuality by starring in her own online videos, eventually starting to date classmate Ethan Daley (Austin Abrams).
The second season had Kat seemingly going against the progress she made as she struggled with her body image and ended up gaslighting Ethan into breaking up with her.
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