Ilia Isorelys Paulino Thinks Gavin Leatherwood’s Exit From ‘Sex Lives of College Girls’ Was ‘So Honest’
usmagazine.comHe wasn’t the one. Ilia Isorelys Paulino, known to fans as Lila on Sex Lives of College Girls, was sad when her costar Gavin Leatherwood exited the show after season 1, but the Yale University alum, 27, was also excited about what it meant for Kimberly’s (Pauline Chalamet) story line in season 2. “I was sad to see him leave, but I was also excited in the sense of, like, I love that this is a woman show and it just makes sense,” she told Us Weekly exclusively on November 30. ”It’s so honest.
I think so many people meet people in college and they get so single-track brain and it’s like they forget that they’re in college.
Like, leave him. There will be 10 other ones.” Leatherwood, 28, played Chalamet’s love interest, Nico, during her freshman year at Essex College, and Paulino is looking forward to see where Kimberly’s dating life goes as the show continues. “Take this time for you.
I love that for Kimberly. Oh, my gosh. She gets to bag like multiple hot dudes,” she said, laughing. “That right there is a lesson — sometimes people don’t wanna let go ‘cause they’re like, ‘Oh my God, I’ll never find someone like this ‘cause he’s like, whatever, whatever, whatever.’ Let him go.” The show addressed Leatherwood’s absence in the first episode of season 2, revealing that he had been expelled from the university.
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