“Rue def not getting sober”: Fans react hilariously to Nika King not returning for Euphoria Season 3

Finally, we have some news about Euphoria Season 3, but no, it's not about its release date. It's just more bad news. After Barbie Ferreira and Storm Reid, Nika King, who played Rue Bennett's mom, Leslie Bennett, decided to leave the show.

Fans were just getting excited to know some great artists like Rosalie, Marshawn Lynch, and Kadeem Hardison had joined the cast of Euphoria Season 3 when they were bombarded with the news of Nika King exiting the show. Guess it's true: to win some, you need to lose some.

Other new cast members include Anna Van Patten, James Landry Hebert, Priscilla Delgado, Darrell Britt-Gibson, Toby Wallace, and Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje.

This is what happens when three main characters leave the show: you need to bring an entire brigade of actors and rewrite new angles to keep the story interesting without losing the plot.

The only person happy with Leslie Bennett not being a part of Euphoria Season 3 is Rue Bennett herself. With her mom out of sight, there is no one to take her spontaneous drug tests to keep her in check. The fans of the show are having a complete meltdown.

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Fan reaction to Nika King not returning for Euphoria Season 3

The pain of the delay in Euphoria Season 3 release is hard enough for the fans and they are being hit with one bad news after the other. When they were still recovering from the news of Barbie Ferreira leaving the show, sometime later, Storm Reid (Gia Bennett) announced her departure, and now Nika King has left the fans sad with the news.

Here is how they expressed their emotions.

It's like she can't catch a break. ( Post via X/@tr00pee)

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WHAT??! Zendaya's leaving? Oh you mean Nika. (Post via X/@montijuni)

She took Gia's thunder.

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It's not a job when you wait 3 years for the season to start. (Post via X/@_currentguy)

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How is she gonna cope? (Post via X/@_currentguy)

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That's a lot of pressure on Zendaya and Sydney Sweeney. (Post via X/@beyswede)

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Groceries control the job market now. (Post via X/@PromptlyAI_YT)

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That's one way of letting your kid know who is the favorite. (Post via X/@michaeloleb7789)

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Oh! My Shayla. (Post via X/@ssssantos)

That's a lot of heartbreak from one show.

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That's Rue's Christmas. (Post via X/@shailajulienne)

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That's the least of Rue's worries. Martha is looking for her. (Post via X/@katonriski)

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The fights were still entertaining. (Post via X/@gdbell10)

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One word. Too many emotions. (Post via X/@anamariaaaaa)

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First, Barbie, then Storm, and now Nika? (Post via X/@masonBlonde)

Who's next? Zendaya?

With Nika King gone, fans are wondering what will happen to Rue now that she doesn't have a family. Will her substance abuse get to her, or will there be someone who will pull her out of the trance? The fans have to wait and see.