{"id":2547,"date":"2026-05-18T16:30:31","date_gmt":"2026-05-18T16:30:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/euphoria-actress-cant-believe-she-was-cut-almost-entirely-from-episode\/"},"modified":"2026-05-18T16:30:31","modified_gmt":"2026-05-18T16:30:31","slug":"euphoria-actress-cant-believe-she-was-cut-almost-entirely-from-episode","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/euphoria-actress-cant-believe-she-was-cut-almost-entirely-from-episode\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8216;Euphoria&#8217; actress can&#8217;t believe she was cut almost entirely from episode"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2026\/05\/nika-king-euphoria-episode-6.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>Mother knows best.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Nika King, the actress who plays Zendaya\u2019s mom in \u201cEuphoria,\u201d seemed to find the humor in her one-line appearance in the most recent episode of the show\u2019s Season 3. <\/p>\n<p>The actress, 47, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/reel\/DYdpz5-pnyh\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">took to Instagram on Sunday night<\/a> to claim most of her dialogue had been cut out entirely.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI just watched the episode that I\u2019ve been promoting all week \u2013 and my mom over here is clowning me!\u201d she told the camera while laughing. <\/p>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>Nika King (pictured in \u201cEuphoria\u201d Season 3) made her first appearance of the season.  <span class=\"credit\">HBO<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>King (pictured in her Instagram video) later posted a video laughing about how she\u2019d been \u201cpromoting\u201d it all week, only to have 1 line.  <span class=\"credit\">Instagram\/iamnikaking<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<aside class=\"single__inline-module aligncenter wp-block-nypost-editor-primary-tag\">\n<\/aside>\n<p>King revealed her mother was also laughing at her because \u201cthe internet waited all this time for [her] to just say one line.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Her mom then inaccurately corrected herself and added, \u201cThree years!\u201d <\/p>\n<p>(Fans actually had to wait four years for Season 3, as Season 2 aired in 2022.)<\/p>\n<p>In King\u2019s video, she also turned to talk to her mother, who remained off-screen,\u00a0\u201cYou better be glad I have a sense of humor, you better be glad I\u2019ve got thick skin.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>King (pictured in her Instagram video) said be glad she has \u201cthink skin.\u201d  <span class=\"credit\">Instagram\/iamnikaking<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>King (pictured with Zendaya) plays Zendaya\u2019s mom on \u201cEuphoria.\u201d  <span class=\"credit\">Nika King\/Twitter<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>During the episode titled \u201cStand Still and See,\u201d Rue (Zendaya) has a near-death experience as she narrowly avoids a head-on collision with a truck.<\/p>\n<p>Afterwards, she seeks comfort in a church and calls her mom, Leslie (King), and\u00a0in a long emotional monologue, tells her that she\u2019s searching for redemption.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>However, as King claimed, the camera only shows Rue\u2019s end of the phone conversation until the camera cuts to her mother on the other end. <\/p>\n<p>Leslie simply tells Rue that she loves her before the conversation ends.\u00a0<\/p>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>Zendaya\u2019s Rue (pictured in \u201cEuphoria\u201d) has an emotional call with her mom.  <span class=\"credit\">HBO<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>King (pictured in \u201cEuphoria\u201d Season 3) is barely shown.  <span class=\"credit\">HBO<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>This short scene is King\u2019s first time onscreen in \u201cEuphoria\u201d since 2022 \u2014 with fans slamming the situation.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI thought it was so weird to have that conversation be totally one-sided without us able to hear her lines,\u201d one viewer wrote <a href=\"https:\/\/www.reddit.com\/r\/euphoria\/comments\/1tgk9w6\/nika_king_reacting_to_her_lines_being_cut_from\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">on Reddit,<\/a> adding that it would have been nice to see Rue\u2019s mom \u201cafter not seeing her [\u2026] at all this whole season.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Another fan commented, \u201cI had no idea they filmed the whole conversation, why not keep that in?\u201d <\/p>\n<p>The fan remarked that the episode was \u201cboring\u201d with a lot of \u201cunnecessary scenes they could have cut\u201d if the show needed more room to show Rue\u2019s mother.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>Rue and her mom (pictured in \u201cEuphoria\u201d Season 1) have an emotional call in Season 3.  <span class=\"credit\">Eddy Chen\/HBO<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>King (pictured in her Instagram video) said she has a \u201csense of humor\u201d about getting cut.  <span class=\"credit\">Instagram\/iamnikaking<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Another viewer slammed the show for including other scenes in the episode that seemed pointless, such as \u201c4 minutes of Faye being a Nazi apologist. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe [definitely] couldn\u2019t have spent any of that time hearing what the main characters mom had to say,\u201d they noted.<\/p>\n<p>King appeared throughout Season 1 and Season 2 of the show, playing a struggling single mom trying to parent her drug-addicted teen daughter.\u00a0<\/p>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>King (pictured in her Instagram video) said her own mother was \u201cclowning\u201d her over this.  <span class=\"credit\">Instagram\/iamnikaking<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>King (pictured in \u201cEuphoria\u201d Season 1) was in previous seasons of the show.  <span class=\"credit\">Eddy Chen\/HBO<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>King previously made headlines for speaking out about her \u201cEuphoria\u201d paycheck during a stand-up comedy set in 2024.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSeason 3 is coming out \u2014 I don\u2019t f\u2013king know. Don\u2019t ask me, I don\u2019t know. \u2026 \u2018We need Season 3!\u2019 Bitch, I need Season 3! I haven\u2019t paid my rent in six months,\u201d she said onstage during an appearance at Hollywood Improv.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>She also claimed that she hasn\u2019t booked any roles since \u201cEuphoria\u201d and joked, \u201cAnd Zendaya\u2019s over in Paris at Fashion Week. I\u2019m like, bitch, come home! I need you! Mama needs you!\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>After the clip went viral, King <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hollywoodreporter.com\/tv\/tv-news\/euphoria-nika-king-viral-stand-up-clip-1235845654\/\">told the Hollywood Reporter<\/a> that her comments were intended as \u201ca lighthearted joke.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>King (pictured with Zendaya) once said she needed Season 3 to pay her rent.  <span class=\"credit\">Nika King\/Twitter<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>King (pictured) later said her comments were a \u201cjoke.\u201d  <span class=\"credit\">iamnikaking\/Instagram<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>This is just the latest point of controversy in the third season of \u201cEuphoria.\u201d <\/p>\n<p>Previously, fans and critics had slammed the show for the writing on <a href=\"https:\/\/pagesix.com\/2026\/04\/13\/entertainment\/jacob-elordis-nate-in-euphoria-season-3-gets-major-blowback-they-gave-him-a-lobotomy\/\">Jacob Elordi\u2019s Nate, who is wildly out of character<\/a> in Season 3, and for <a href=\"https:\/\/pagesix.com\/2026\/05\/11\/entertainment\/sydney-sweeneys-euphoria-storyline-is-angering-onlyfans-models\/\">Sydney Sweeney\u2019s OnlyFans plot.\u00a0<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The artist Labrinth, who was part of the show\u2019s music in its first two seasons, also <a href=\"https:\/\/pagesix.com\/2026\/04\/11\/entertainment\/all-the-euphoria-controversies-zendaya-and-sydney-sweeneys-alleged-feud-cast-deaths-and-more\/\">left the show under unclear circumstances and blasted it,<\/a> writing, \u201cF\u2013K EUPHORIA\u201d in a since-deleted Instagram post. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cEuphoria\u201d airs Sundays at 9 p.m. on HBO.\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/www.instagram.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/pagesix.com\/2026\/05\/18\/entertainment\/euphoria-actress-cant-believe-she-was-cut-almost-entirely-from-episode\/\" target=\"_blank\">Source link<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Mother knows best.\u00a0 Nika King, the actress who plays Zendaya\u2019s mom in \u201cEuphoria,\u201d seemed to<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2548,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2547","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-entertainment"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/nika-king-euphoria-episode-6.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2547","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2547"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2547\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2548"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2547"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2547"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2547"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}