trisha paytas cited suzanne somers as the inspiration for her euphoria cameo and the replies did not know how to feel

trisha paytas is currently doing many things at once. the australia tour, the trishmas live stops, the rainbow birkin era. but a piece from back in may has been making its rounds again, and the detail buried in the headline is the one everyone is stuck on.

according to an aol.com interview from may 13th, trisha revealed that the late suzanne somers was a direct influence on how she approached her euphoria season 3 cameo. the clip of her discussing it, per the thread, involves trisha getting genuinely earnest about it. no bit. just trisha paytas citing a television icon as a creative touchstone for her hbo appearance.

the internet's reaction has been, charitably, nonlinear.

a portion of replies, per the thread, landed somewhere between moved and bewildered. suzanne somers passing in 2023 is still a raw nerve for a specific demographic, and the idea that trisha carried that into a euphoria set was not something people had on their bingo cards. several people in the replies apparently said some version of "why does this make sense" which is the highest compliment trisha's lore tends to generate.

another camp, also per the thread, was less interested in the emotional throughline and more interested in the sheer structural absurdity of the sentence "suzanne somers influenced my euphoria cameo" existing in the english language. this is fair.

some longtime followers noted that trisha has referenced somers before in the context of body image and wellness content, so the connection isn't entirely from nowhere, allegedly. the replies calling it calculated are outnumbered by the replies calling it completely sincere, and honestly both readings make the story more interesting.

a smaller contingent was focused entirely on the euphoria angle, specifically that trisha paytas was on euphoria at all, and that this interview assumes the audience has already metabolized that fact. they have not.

the interview piece itself, per aol.com, appears to frame it as trisha reflecting on what prepared her for the role rather than a stunt or a punchline. which is, again, a sentence that exists now.

anyway. suzanne somers would have had thoughts and we will never know what they were.