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The Sєx Lives of College Girls has already teased how Renee Rapp’s character, Leighton, will leave the show.

During the season 3 premiere on Thursday, November 21, Leighton learned that there was no accelerated math class at EsSєx College in Vermont after she was the only one to sign up for the course. After a disastrous commute to University of Vermont for the class, her professor offered to find out if she can transfer to Boston’s Mᴀssachusetts Insтιтute of Technology.

Conveniently, Boston is where Leighton’s girlfriend Alicia (Midori Francis) was just offered a job. (The story line appeared to be a subtle reference to Rapp’s “I Hate Boston” song.)

Based on the preview for the season, Rapp, 25, is still expected to make more appearances before Leighton officially leaves for MIT. The actress rose to stardom after playing the fan-favorite character on Sєx Lives of College Girls. Rapp, who has a background in Broadway, has since shifted her focus to music after launching her debut album, Snow Angel, in 2023.

Rapp announced her departure in July 2023 after previously telling Us Weekly she had “no idea” what to expect from future episodes of the series.

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“I don’t think any of us know — at least not that I know. But to be honest, I’ve been so away,” she exclusively told Us in April 2023. “Like, I don’t even live at home right now because we’re filming Mean Girls [the musical] and I’m trying to finish this album, so I genuinely have no idea. But I do know that [season 3] is happening.”

Sєx Lives of College Girls, debuted in 2021 follows four college freshmen as they explore their Sєxualities while navigating life at the fictional EsSєx College. The Max series also stars Pauline Chalamet, Amrit Kaur and Alyah Chanelle Scott.

Before her exit was announced, Rapp said the first year filming the show was “terrible” for her.

“It sucked so bad, because at the time, I was in a heteronormative relationship. I hated going to work, because I was like, ‘I don’t think I’m, like, good enough to be here. I don’t think I can be here. I don’t think I can be doing this,’” Rapp shared on the “Call Her Daddy” podcast in March 2023. “I was like, ‘Maybe I’m just trying too hard.’ I was so freaked out by the idea of my Sєxuality, not being finite or people laughing at me or me laughing at myself that I hated first year of filming.”

Rapp is not the only cast member to leave Sєx Lives of College Girls over the years. Gavin Leatherwood shocked viewers when he exclusively confirmed to Us in March 2022 that he would not be returning as Nico, Leighton’s brother, in season 2.

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“There is a season 2, but I’m not going to go back,” he told Us at the time. “It was such an incredible experience. I think Mindy [Kaling] is brilliant and the cast, everyone’s lovely. But with so many amazing opportunities out there, we want to keep spreading our wings and leading ourselves to other projects so that’s the move.”

Leatherwood, 30, noted that although he was “happy to do the first season,” he was looking to branch off in “a different direction.” He did not appear in season 2.

New episodes of Sєx Lives of College Girls are released Thursdays on Max.