Cassie’s OnlyFans storyline is moving fast, and the latest episode has sparked even more backlash
Another episode of Euphoria has aired, and once again, viewers are talking about Cassie’s OnlyFans storyline.
This time, Sydney Sweeney’s character is at the center of a scene that has been described as deeply strange. It was also apparently a huge production job, as the sequence took an entire year to bring together.
Viewers have already seen Cassie pose nude in baseball gear and take part in “sploshing,” a fetish scene where she dripped ice cream over her naked body.
Cassie’s adult content arc has already drawn criticism from viewers and from some real-life OnlyFans creators. But the latest episode took things in a much bigger direction, and yes, bigger is very much the point here.
In last night’s episode, which aired on May 10, the 28-year-old actor appeared topless in a sequence that some fans have called “full-on insane.”
In the show, Cassie’s OnlyFans career is growing quickly with help from her new manager Maddie, played by Alexa Demie. That has led to sexual chats with subscribers, scenes involving sex toys, masturbation on screen, and several moments where Cassie appears fully nude.
The latest episode of Euphoria pushed more boundariesHBO
Cassie has also been shown selling used underwear and agreeing to a request involving a “fart in a jar,” which is not far removed from some real things internet personalities have tried to sell.
It also seems like a knowing nod to Sweeney’s own viral business moment, when she made money selling soap that she claimed was made using her used bathwater.
But the oddest moment so far came during one of Cassie’s dream-like scenes. She appears in a leopard-print outfit before bursting out of it and growing until she towers over buildings, like a sexualized version of King Kong.
There was a frankly bizarre dream sequenceHBO
Euphoria creator Sam Levinson said in a behind-the-scenes video that the miniature set used for the scene took a full year to make.
In the sequence, Cassie stomps through a city and sends a helicopter spinning out of control with her ponytail. She then notices a tiny man in an office building watching one of her OnlyFans videos.
The scene ends with Cassie exposing her breasts to the man, which causes the office window to shatter. It is a lot to take in, even by Euphoria standards.
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Rue, played by Zendaya, says in a voiceover: “She knew this was her destiny – to triumph, to conquer, to win. The world was hers. She had finally been unleashed.”
Later, Cassie appears at normal size again while acting out a giantess scene for a client. Speaking to a tiny figurine of a man, she says: “You’re so small, I could fit you in my pocket. I wonder where else I could fit you?”
The moment makes it clear that the fantasy is not just part of Cassie’s dream world. It has also become part of the content she is creating for paying subscribers.
Cassie’s giantess scene is linked to a real-life kink
The scene may look bizarre to some viewers, but it is linked to a real fetish known as macrophilia.
Videos using the search term “giantess,” where performers use camera angles and scale tricks to appear huge, are apparently popular on some porn sites. Kink site Clips4Sale even named it Fetish of the Year in 2024.
Pam Shaffer, a marriage and family therapist, told Cosmopolitan the fantasy “centres around the erotic feeling of being ‘helpless’ as the giantess dominates those beneath her, forcing them into sexual slavery or crushing them with her strength”.
Cassie’s scenes grow increasingly oddHBO
Sex coach Celina Criss also spoke to the publication about why the fantasy appeals to some people.
She said people interested in macrophilia may fantasize about “being used sexually, eaten, engulfed, or crushed by giants or giantesses”.
That context helps explain why the Euphoria scene felt so extreme. The show is not just inventing a random strange image, but pulling from a real corner of fetish culture and pushing it into Cassie’s storyline.
What has Sydney Sweeney said about the backlash to her Euphoria sex scenes?
Some viewers may argue that sexualizing Sweeney’s body is an easy way to grab attention, especially in a show already known for shock value. But the actor has spoken before about the criticism she receives for nude scenes.
She told Grazia: “When I saw The Voyeurs [Sweeney’s 2021 film] for the first time, I wondered if I’d done too much. I researched celebrities who have done nude scenes, trying to make myself feel better.”
“There are hour-long compilations of world-famous male actors with nude scenes who win Oscars and get praised for that work. But the moment a woman does it, it degrades them. They’re not actresses. They just take off their tops so they can get a role.”
The fantasy sequence is linked to macrophiliaHBO
“I don’t think as many people took me seriously in Euphoria because I took my shirt off.”
“There’s such a double standard. I really hope I can have a little part in changing that.”
Sam Levinson has also defended the season three storyline, saying he wanted to explore and push the conversation around online sex work in the modern world.
Cassie is now an OnlyFans star and is leaving very little to the imaginationHBO
“[Cassie] has got her dog house and her little dog ears and the nose, and that has its own humor,” Levinson explained to The Hollywood Reporter in April.
“But what makes the scene is the fact that her housekeeper is the one filming it.”
He continued: “What we wanted to always find is the other layer of absurdity that we’re able to tie into it so that we’re not too inside of her fantasy or illusion,” the 41-year-old added.
“The gag is to jump out, to break the wall.”
Whether viewers see the scene as satire, shock value, or another example of Cassie being pushed into darker territory, it has clearly done what Euphoria often does best: get people arguing.
And with Cassie’s OnlyFans storyline still moving forward, it seems unlikely this will be the last moment from the season to spark a strong reaction online.