Euphoria’s Dominic Fike Confirms Hunter Schafer Split: Details

Dominic Fike confirmed his break up from Euphoria costar Hunter Schafer one yr after the duo went public with their romance.

“I might make music round her, which was loopy. I used to be wanting by means of songs the opposite day and located one which I made along with her,” Fike, 27, informed the Los Angeles Instances in an interview printed on Thursday, July 6. “I used to be like, ‘Man, that was so cool.’ However the reality of me saying that — of being uncomfortable being alone — that’s a nasty factor. So I made a decision to only be alone for some time.”

Fike referred to himself as a “relationship individual” however famous that “informal intercourse” is commonly simpler. “However I hate that s—t. You shouldn’t f—ok anybody that you simply wouldn’t wish to be with,” he continued. “I went by means of a interval once I didn’t really feel that approach, and I overdid it. Tremendous-healthy intercourse life. However now I’m making an attempt to be abstinent, which is very nice.”

Throughout a dialog with Zane Lowe for Apple Music on Thursday, Fike mentioned he was excited to return to movie season 3 of Euphoria — even when it meant working together with his ex. “I’ve a greater dynamic with everyone. I imply, properly, I don’t know. Virtually everyone,” he shared, seemingly referring to Schafer, 24. “I feel it’ll be high quality. We’re all adults, type of. I’m making an attempt.”

The previous couple beforehand sparked break up rumors in Might 2022 after Fike was noticed on outings with different ladies. Two months prior, Fike and Schafer made their purple carpet debut on the Vainness Truthful afterparty for the 2022 Oscars. The pair had been joined on the occasion by their solid members together with Zendaya, Barbie Ferreira, Sydney Sweeney, Maude Apatow and Angus Cloud.

Fike, who beforehand dated Diana Silvers in 2021, moved on with Schafer after they began working collectively on season 2 of the hit HBO sequence. Schafer, for her half, was beforehand linked to Massima Need.

Earlier than confirming her relationship with Fike, Schafer and Zendaya, 26, each revealed that they had been apprehensive concerning the new solid member. “There have been lots of conversations over time about the place the present was going to go and what it was going to evolve into, and I bear in mind when Yana Grebenyuk Sam [Levinson] first type of talked concerning the concept of this Elliot character, I wasn’t feeling it — as somebody who ships ‘Guidelines’ to the bitter finish,” the Disney alum informed Selection in January 2022.

For Schafer, it wasn’t till she correctly met Fike that she modified her thoughts. “I feel I used to be in the same boat to Z once I first heard about this Elliot boy,” she added. “However, you realize, as we noticed extra of what it introduced into the story and the script, it turned a extra attention-grabbing and thrilling prospect, and as soon as Dom got here on board, he made it lots of enjoyable.”

Later that month, Fike and Schafer had been noticed on a number of outings in Los Angeles. In addition they took to social media to share a photograph of themselves kissing, which seemingly confirmed their romance.

On the time, the connection between Fike and Schafer’s characters additionally turned a subject of debate after Elliot and Jules’ hookup. Some followers weren’t thrilled concerning the messy love triangle that concerned Rue, particularly after Jules beforehand got here out as homosexual.

Whereas Rue and Jules addressed their breakup previous to the season 2 finale, which aired in February 2022, the polarizing love triangle may proceed to be on the middle of the characters’ tales when Euphoria returns for season 3.