Barbie Ferreira reveals where she stands with Euphoria cast after abrupt exit

Barbie Ferreira is no drama queen when it comes to her shocking departure from “Euphoria.”The actress, who portrayed Kat Hernandez in the first two seasons of the hit HBO series, recently set the record straight about her exit from Sam Levinson’s teen drama —  and put to bed rumors that her exodus was anything but amicable.“I think it was very mutual so it wasn’t just my choice,” Ferreira, 28, explained on Wednesday’s episode of “The Viall Files” podcast.“There was just nowhere to go and I think instead of me just lingering around for nine months, I think it was best for both of us that we just kind of ended it there.”“But you don’t want to ruin a good thing,” she continued.

“Everyone decided there was nowhere to go and that’s hard, obviously.Again, with acting, things happen all the time and you have to have a thick skin and just make the right decisions for you and your career.”She also insisted there was no behind-the-scenes drama that led her to walk off the “Euphoria” set – despite rumors of a “hellish” and “toxic” work environment, which HBO addressed in 2022.

“I never walked off set, there was never anything like that,” Ferreira clarified.“I absolutely never did that.

You could ask the hundreds of people who were there every day.”During the podcast episode, Ferreira revealed that she is still friendly with her former castmates – including Hunter Schafer, Maude Apatow and Sydney Sweeney.Some have even gone to see Ferreira perform on Broadway in her most recent project, “Cult of Love.”“I saw Hunter the other day, I saw Maude the other day, Sydney came to see my play,” she shared.“So I mean they’re all so busy.

I mean, I’ve been out of town for, like, eight months so I’m like, whoever is in town, we always try to see each other and they came to support the play, which was really sweet.”Besides discussing her surprising departure from “Euphoria,” Ferreira also opened up abou...