Everyone's talking about Euphoria—but not always for the greatest of reasons.
No sooner did we learn that the hit teen high school show was being renewed for a third season than we heard bad news: Barbie Ferreira, who plays central character Kat Hernandez for two seasons, had quit the show.
Ferreira was also announced to be joining Amazon Prime Video's House of Spoils film, so it seems this may be simply a case of competing filming schedules. But, according to the internet, there are rumors of an alleged feud between the show's creator and writer, Sam Levinson, and Ferreira—which have been chronicled by publications such as Decider—and some have speculated this may have motivated Ferreira's decision to leave (who was initially expected to be part of season three).
Ferreira's abrupt exit followed a preexisting backlash surrounding Hunter Schafer, who plays Jules, another leading character on the show. In a complicated controversy, Schafer, who is a trans woman, is believed to have endorsed an anti-nonbinary Instagram post, which she is said to have “liked” and commented on with exclamation marks. The post, shared by user @piggytaiwan, is critical of “enbies”—or those who identify as gender nonbinary, which means they do not associate with a specific gender.
In the comments section, some have criticized Schafer's apparent endorsement, sharing comments where they accuse Schafer of “internalized transphobia” and being “trans-lite,” according to comments shared in Page Six.
The drama intensified with a backlash to a series of photographs that star Sydney Sweeney, who plays Cassie on the show, shared on Instagram Stories and on her grid from her mother's surprise 60th-birthday party. The party was hoedown-themed (a Texas-inspired American folk dance party), and everyone is wearing cowboy-inspired outfits and hats.
Yet some Instagram users have taken issue with the attire of some of the fellow partygoers: One wears a Blue Lives Matter shirt, while others wore “Make Sixty Great Again” hats—a reference to Donald Trump's “Make America Great Again” catchphrase.
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Sweeney has responded to the backlash on Twitter, suggesting that her “innocent celebration” has been turned into an “absurd political statement.”
Suffice it to say it's been a tough, and slightly bonkers, week for the Euphoria cast.
This post was originally published on Glamour UK.
