One of Barbie Ferreira‘s fears is sure to catch up with her eventually.
The former “Euphoria” star spilled the tea on a cosmetic trend she greatly fears but will jump on later down the line. She previously made headlines for her body transformation channeled by outstanding weight loss and the burden of maintaining a certain look as a woman in the industry.
Barbie Ferreira walked away from her role as Kat Hernandez from the hit HBO show after appearing in two seasons. Since then, the model has gone on to work on other major projects, advancing her on-screen career.
Ferreira sat down with Owen Thiele for an episode of his “In Your Dreams” podcast, where she pulled back the curtains on a cosmetic procedure she is really scared to have.
Surprisingly, it is not one that demands the model to go under the knife, and her fear does not stem from the dynamics of the procedure itself, but rather from the aftermath.
She disclosed that even though she feels uneasy about getting the popular injectables, Botox, she has not thrown in the towel about getting it one day. She says that because of her career as an actress and the need to have her emotions at her fingertips on the job, she wants to have an expressive face for the time being.
“I haven’t done Botox yet because I have to express a face, and I’m really scared to go down that route. It’ll eventually happen,” she explained before stating, “I’m the most expressive person ever — I’m really scared of it.”
Continuing the conversation, the 29-year-old actress shared alternative beauty treatment procedures she has undergone. Ferreira disclosed that she likes to do a lot of lasers, like Potenza, and when she was 23, she tried Morpheus 8.
The actress said that looking back, she realizes doing Morphesus 8 at that young age was “crazy.” She recalled the treatment being so intense that she was offered laughing gas and Ketamine during the procedure, but she declined.
The One Topic The Actress Does Not Like Talking About
In a previous interview, Ferreira shared that her weight and changing figure are sensitive subjects for her, and she does not like being asked about them. This came after she posed in satin bras for her cover on Bustle. The model revealed that weight fluctuation was a normal thing in her family.
“I started modeling at 16, and I’ve looked different every year for over a decade. It’s very trendy right now to talk about women’s bodies, which is exactly why I personally don’t talk about it,” the former Euphoria star noted.
She further stressed that she is well aware of the swirling discourse about what she looks like, along with other women, tagging it “a losing game.”
“If we’re too small or too big, we lose. We are human beings who fluctuate. I gain weight, I lose weight; that’s just my life,” Ferreira explained before expressing that she did not realize people would be so hyper-fixated on her weight and body changes.
The Daily Mail reports that the “Mile End Kicks” star also shared that her weight has been a topic on people’s lips right from her early days as a teenager.
The Former ‘Euphoria’ Star Was Labeled An Activist
The model recalled during the same interview that she started speaking up about body positivity because she had to, even though she was not an adult at the time. Ferreira clarified that the activist label was unintentionally slapped across her back as she did not “even know what activism meant.”
“I’d put on a bikini for a campaign, everyone would get mad, and suddenly I was an activist,” the actress recounted. Looking back at the 17-year-old girl who just became an activist because of external influence, Ferreira has realized that true activism is dedicating one’s life to a cause.
The Blast reported that the TV personality admitted that even when people give positive feedback about her looks, it often comes with an underlying pressure to maintain that body shape or look. With time, people develop unhealthy eating patterns in their struggle to keep up appearances.
The former HBO star shared that the public’s heavy focus on her body feels like her cross to bear, and while she believes some people look great when they gain weight, they are rarely complimented by others.
The Webby Award Winner’s Exit From ‘Euphoria’ Fueled Several Narratives
Ferreira left the series after the second season, announcing her departure in an emotional farewell message. “After four years of getting to embody the most special and enigmatic character, Kat, I’m having to say a very teary-eyed goodbye,” her statement began.
She also noted that she dedicated a lot of love and care to playing the character and hoped viewers could feel the love through their screens.
At the time, the model did not disclose the actual reason she was saying goodbye to a character she had embodied for almost half a decade, and speculations arose that there were irons in the fire between her and the film executive Sam Levinson.
The Blast reported that sources claimed that the 29-year-old had attitudinal problems, stating that they believed she and some other actors were overconfident about their performances. They also shared that Ferreira was the messy type who never cleaned up after her hairless cat.
The insider claimed that she could not be bothered about others she shared her trailer with during filming and would not pick up her cats’ “piss and litter,” which posed inconveniences to others and played a part in her leaving the show.
Barbie Ferreira Set The Record Straight About Her Exit From The HBO Series
The actress held her silence for years and only cleared the air days after the third season of “Euphoria” hit the screens. She said that her departure from the series had nothing to do with drama, but more because she could not see a future for her character.
Ferreira stressed that she did not want to keep being a “background” character but wanted to explore other roles and projects. The “House of Spoils” star also revealed that her decision to leave the series was not made on a whim but after a long process of discussions about a direction for Kat.
“It was kind of the opposite of dramatic,” she said, emphasizing that it stemmed from several “conversations with people and us trying to figure out how to make Kat, like, a fully fleshed out character, and it just wasn’t going anywhere.”
The Blast reports in a previous release that Ferreira admitted that she would rather be in an indie movie where she is actively acting than be a background character on a big TV show.