{"id":239585,"date":"2026-05-11T13:10:22","date_gmt":"2026-05-11T13:10:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2026\/05\/11\/sydney-sweeney-licks-her-own-feet-uses-the-r-word-in-controversial-euphoria-scene\/"},"modified":"2026-05-11T13:10:22","modified_gmt":"2026-05-11T13:10:22","slug":"sydney-sweeney-licks-her-own-feet-uses-the-r-word-in-controversial-euphoria-scene","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2026\/05\/11\/sydney-sweeney-licks-her-own-feet-uses-the-r-word-in-controversial-euphoria-scene\/","title":{"rendered":"Sydney Sweeney Licks Her Own Feet, Uses the R-Word In Controversial &#8216;Euphoria&#8217; Scene"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p><span class=\"span-reading-time rt-reading-time\" style=\"display: block;\"><span class=\"rt-label rt-prefix\">Reading Time: <\/span> <span class=\"rt-time\"> 2<\/span> <span class=\"rt-label rt-postfix\">minutes<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><em>Euphoria<\/em> has been pushing the envelope since its opening scenes.<\/p>\n<p>And it makes sense that its writers would feel the need to raise the bar in its third and final season.<\/p>\n<p>But ever since the show returned to HBO for its third and final season last month, many viewers have complained that Sam Levinson and company have been going a little overboard, especially in scenes involving Sydney Sweeney\u2019s Cassie character.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><noscript><\/noscript><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"759\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2026\/05\/GettyImages-2270309701-1-1024x759.jpg\" alt=\"Sydney Sweeney attends the Los Angeles Premiere of HBO's &quot;Euphoria&quot; Season 3 at TCL Chinese Theatre on April 07, 2026 in Hollywood, California. \" class=\"wp-image-554613 lazyload\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2026\/05\/GettyImages-2270309701-1-1024x759.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2026\/05\/GettyImages-2270309701-1-300x222.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2026\/05\/GettyImages-2270309701-1-768x569.jpg 768w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2026\/05\/GettyImages-2270309701-1-2048x1517.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2026\/05\/GettyImages-2270309701-1-960x711.jpg 960w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2026\/05\/GettyImages-2270309701-1-1080x800.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2026\/05\/GettyImages-2270309701-1-1200x889.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 760px) calc(100vw - 20px), 720px\" data-pin-media=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2026\/05\/GettyImages-2270309701-1-scaled.jpg\" loading=\"lazy\" data-trellis-processed=\"1\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Sydney Sweeney attends the Los Angeles Premiere of HBO\u2019s \u201cEuphoria\u201d Season 3 at TCL Chinese Theatre on April 07, 2026 in Hollywood, California. <span class=\"image-caption-credit\"> (Photo by Monica Schipper\/Getty Images)<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Most of the controversial scenes have involved <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thehollywoodgossip.com\/2026\/04\/sydney-sweeneys-onlyfans-storyline-revealed-in-euphoria-season-3-trailer\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Sydney creating content for Cassie\u2019s OnlyFans page<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Shots of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thehollywoodgossip.com\/2026\/04\/sydney-sweeneys-euphoria-onlyfans-scene-sparks-surprising-controversy-among-viewers\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Sydney dressed like a dog or wearing a diaper <\/a>prompted allegations of misogyny.<\/p>\n<p>And then there was the now-infamous <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thehollywoodgossip.com\/2026\/05\/sydney-sweeneys-fentanyl-orgy-scene-draws-criticism-did-euphoria-finally-go-too-far\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Fentanyl orgy scene<\/a> that brought Cassie to a new level of OnlyFans fame.<\/p>\n<p>On Sunday night\u2019s episode, we see the newly estranged wife of Jacob Elordi\u2019s Nate Jacobs enjoying the fruits of her labor but also learning that fame comes with a price.<\/p>\n<p>Now that she has a massive online following, Cassie needs to keep them hooked with increasingly risque content.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"instagram-media\" data-instgrm-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/reel\/DXj1EuWiMwS\/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading\" data-instgrm-version=\"14\" style=\" background:#FFF; border:0; border-radius:3px; box-shadow:0 0 1px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.5),0 1px 10px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.15); margin: 1px; max-width:540px; min-width:326px; padding:0; width:99.375%; width:-webkit-calc(100% - 2px); width:calc(100% - 2px);\"\/>\n<p>The show has her licking her own feet, dropping the r-word, appearing on far-right podcasts (possibly as a nod to Sydney\u2019s recent political controversies), and doing some things that we can\u2019t even describe on this here family-friendly site.<\/p>\n<p>The sequence culminated in Cassie becoming literally larger than life and stomping around a cityscape like Godzilla in expensive lingerie.<\/p>\n<p>In conversations about the Cassie storyline, Levinson has mostly focused on the aesthetics of the scenes and side-stepped that the show is glorifying sex work and degrading Sweeney.<\/p>\n<p>\u201c[Cassie] has got her dog house and her little dog ears and the nose, and that has its own humor,\u201d he recently explained to <em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.hollywoodreporter.com\/tv\/tv-features\/euphoria-season-3-premiere-feature-sam-levinson-interview-1236561251\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">The Hollywood Reporter<\/a><\/em>, adding:<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBut what makes the scene is the fact that her housekeeper is the one filming it. What we wanted to always find is the other layer of absurdity that we\u2019re able to tie into it so that we\u2019re not too inside of her fantasy or illusion. The gag is to jump out, to break the wall.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Levinson went on to explain that the scenes involving Cassie\u2019s OnlyFans page are meant to offer commentary on the contrast between her real life and the one she presents to her followers.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSome of these scenes we only lit with these ring lights that she would use. When you\u2019re inside, it\u2019s a beautiful, glowing front light, but then you jump out of it and it\u2019s just a pool of light and everything surrounding it is dark. It\u2019s just gnarly and jarring,\u201d he said. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe wanted to capture what she\u2019s trying to show the audience and be inside of it. But then also pull back wider and see how depressing it is.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>That\u2019s all well and good \u2014 but we can\u2019t help but think that most <em>Euphoria<\/em> viewers are more interested in the wild content on their screens than they are in what the show has to say about modern influencer culture.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><script async defer src=\"https:\/\/platform.instagram.com\/en_US\/embeds.js\"><\/script><br \/>\n<br \/><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thehollywoodgossip.com\/2026\/05\/sydney-sweeney-licks-her-own-feet-uses-the-r-word-in-controversial-euphoria-scene\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Reading Time: 2 minutes Euphoria has been pushing the envelope since its opening scenes. And it makes sense that its writers would feel the need to raise the bar in its third and final season. But ever since the show returned to HBO for its third and final season last month, many viewers have complained [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":239586,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-239585","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-hollywood"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/239585","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=239585"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/239585\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/239586"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=239585"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=239585"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=239585"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}