Euphoria Nika King goes viral for cleaning kitchen when asked about her future on the HBO show: 'A job is a job'
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The actress who played Zendaya's onscreen mother hinted that she won't appear on the upcoming third season.By Shania Russell
Published on July 22, 2025 12:45PM EDT
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Euphoria's third season is finally on the way — but Nika King doesn't expect to be part of it.
Production for the long-anticipated third season finally kicked off in February, after HBO boss Casey Bloys promised the return of the "same core cast" that led the season 2. But King, who spent two seasons playing the mother of Zendaya's Rue and Storm Reid's Gia, was not named among the returning cast members.
In a now-viral Instagram video shared last week, the actress poked fun at all the speculation by giving fans an inside peek at her life since Euphoria.
Over the video, she wrote, “When ppl ask me if I’m filming S3 of Euphoria?"
Below that, a clip showed the actress dressed in scrubs and gloves with her hair tied back, scrubbing a restaurant stove. "A job is a job," she captioned the post.
The video was a joint post with Blue Tree Cafe, a vegan soul food restaurant in Florida that King co-owns with her mother.
Representatives for King and HBO did not immediately respond to Entertainment Weekly's request for comment.
Nika King attends Los Angeles event in 2025.
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Last year, King similarly grabbed the internet's attention when a clip of her stand up routine made the rounds in March 2024, two years after the show's second season debuted.
"Don't ask me [when season 3 is coming out]. I don't f---ing know," she joked in the footage posted on her TikTok account. "People are like, 'We need season 3,' and I'm like, bitch, I need season 3! I haven’t paid my rent in six months."
She also threw in a quip about her onscreen daughter, adding, "Zendaya's over in Paris at Fashion Week, and I'm like, 'Bitch, come home! I need you! Mama needs you.'"
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King later confirmed to EW that her jokes were all in good fun, sharing, "My reference about Euphoria during my stand up tour was a lighthearted joke. Most people have seen me portray serious characters on-screen but my roots are in comedy."
King isn't the only member of Zendaya's onscreen family who won't be back for more chaos in season 3 — nor is she the only major cast member sitting out the show's return. Reid announced that she would not be back last fall, telling reporters, "Unfortunately, Gia's not returning for the third season," but adding that she is "forever grateful" to have been part of the show.
Nika King and Zendaya as Leslie and Rue on 'Euphoria'.
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Also missing from the season will be Barbie Ferreira, who played student Kat Hernandez, and Angus Cloud, who played the beloved Fezco and died July 2023 at the age of 25 from an accidental drug overdose.
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As for the direction that the series will take, creator Sam Levinson previously described season 3 as a “film noir" that, through Rue, would "explore what it means to be an individual with principles in a corrupt world." Zendaya also confirmed to EW last year that it would feature a time jump. "It's important because there's only so much high school drama you can deal with," she said.
The actress, also an executive producer on the series, continued, "It will be fascinating to see and understand these characters outside of the context of high school and how all the stuff that we saw when they were kids and they were in high school affects the adulthood they have and who they become in a much bigger world. I'll be interested to see what happens, too."
That woman got her own restaurant and was on a hit series (and producer).
Anyone hating is pathetic
Anyone hating is pathetic
the disregard and disdain people have for the working class is insane (and they be doing that just because they are middle class... or worst they just be fronting)
^^^^
She should have Chloe Cherry waiting tables there part-time
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