Dominic Fike Admits To Drug Abuse While Filming ‘Euphoria’ Season 2: “I Was So F***ed Up During a Lot of That Show”

Euphoria actor Dominic Fike, who played Elliot in Season 2, has revealed that he was almost “kicked off” the HBO series.

Speaking to Apple Music’s Zane Lowe, the singer-actor shared about his struggle with drug addiction and how it impacted his time on set of Sam Levinson’s hit show.

“I mean I was a drug addict and coming onto a show mainly about drugs was very difficult,” said Fike. “Sam, the director and writer, he got me a sober coach, somebody to be there you know all the time. Did not work. I was so f**ked up during a lot of that show. It was really bad.”

He said that he would frequently show up to set high and was reprimanded. “I almost you know got kicked off the show,” he added. “They were like, ‘Bro you cannot be doing this.’”

Lowe asked Fike if HBO ended up using any of the scenes he was high in and the actor said yes, which Lowe pointed out was a bit of a double standard.

“That’s entertainment dude,” Fike said. “They give you a bunch of money, and they’re just like, ‘Yeah figure it out, bud. Sink or swim.’”

Now sober, Fike shared that he was looking forward to returning to the Euphoria set as he feels he’ll get along with everyone better. Fike did, however, date his co-star Hunter Schafer in early 2022 but thinks they’ll still be able to get along fine since they’re adults.

Fike says he’s taking a break from relationships because he always ends up dating public figures, which makes it hard to move past them once they end things.

“It’s not that hard to like not date another famous person,” Fike said. “Every time I go through a breakup now it’s like I gotta see somebody on a damn billboard, or like God, it’s a bitch, brother.”

He then explained how his romance with Schafer came to be.

“You’re in this very sped-up form of intimacy like, just things move so much faster,” said Fike. “I was saying it’s like getting naked in front of somebody, acting. You know you’re just doing this very silly thing, and you’re just forced to be like your silliest and like most vulnerable in front of somebody, and obviously that accelerates any sort of intimacy that there might already be and so relationships or flings are put on a fast track.”

He continued, “Whenever that slows down, or the show’s not happening, you’re like, what the fuck do we talk about actually? Do you actually know who I am?”