Given that her role was mostly diminished from a central figure to a secondary role in Season 2, it wasn’t a total shock. During the Armchair Expert podcast in 2023, Ferreira shared: “I don’t believe there was a direction for [Kat] to evolve. I think there were potential directions she could have explored. I just don’t think it would have blended well with the show. I’m unsure if it would have done her justice, and I think both sides recognized that. I truly wanted to move away from being portrayed as the fat best friend. I don’t wish to portray that, and I believe they didn’t either. I feel like with Season 2 and specific aspects of it… I felt it was sort of a challenge for both parties. Sam, me… it was tough to find her continuation. So observing it and witnessing the fans’ disappointment was genuinely painful. I just sensed maybe I had overstayed my welcome slightly? Thus, for me, it genuinely felt a relief to be like, Okay, I get to not stress over this and we both don’t have to stress about this, because it’s tiring. Sam writes for experiences he connects with. I don’t believe he connects with Kat.”
