Barbie Ferreira’s Euphoria character Kat Hernandez is defying expectations one fatphobic TV trope at a time.
In the latest episode of HBOsEuphoria, the focus of the episode was resident HBIC, Maddy Perez.
That said, for some viewers, she strangely wasnt the most interesting part of the episode.
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It was a moment that prompted many fans to call out Kat for being a terrible friend.
But it was also a moment that made me, a fat woman, laugh hysterically.
Well, its simple.
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Kat is not your typicalfat friend.
Shes smart, cunning, kinda rude, and has her own rich life away from any skinny character.
Often at the drop of a hat.
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And often at the expense of your own character development.
Or people who like you even justa little bit.
You should be grateful, and thus nigh-subservient to said friend, lover, or person as a result.
Fran (played by Lolly Adefope) fromShrillis another example.
But, it really hasnt.
Does that make her a terrible person and friend?
But its interesting that Kat has even been written to embody those personality traits.
Including being fairly sexual.
Or being a middling-to-okay friend to Maddie.
Kate, for all intents and purposes, has zero sense ofself.
And that she hated that she was fat.
And would do anything to not be fat.
She has only one friend outside of her family (Madison), but her appearances are sporadic.
