Zendaya said Euphoria season 3 may be the show's last when she appeared on The Drew Barrymore Show to promote both the new season and The Drama. Asked directly whether the HBO series would end with the upcoming run, she answered, "I think so, yeah."
Barrymore suggested viewers should treat the new episodes like a final ride, and Zendaya agreed. "Closure is coming," she said.
That comment carries unusual weight because Euphoria has been off the air for nearly a half decade, with new episodes last airing on HBO four years ago. The show premiered in 2019, then season 2 took over pop culture in early 2022, turning Zendaya's Rue into one of TV's defining characters and pushing much of the cast further into demand.
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Zendaya spoke about that impact in personal terms. "Euphoria, it cracked my heart open," she said. "Rue taught me so much about life." She added, "That crew has also seen me grow up," and "I owe so much to that show." In her words, Rue also taught her "so much about empathy and about redemption."
The question of whether season 3 is the end has been hanging over the production for months. HBO's head of drama, Francesca Orsi, said last February that "it's been discussed that this is the end," but the network's marketing has not explicitly called the new season the final one before it premieres.
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Season 3 is set to debut on April 12, with the finale scheduled for May 31. Zendaya's answer does not leave much room for doubt: the next chapter is arriving as a sendoff, and the only real mystery now is whether Euphoria closes the way its star says it should — with closure, not continuation.
