The actor will return for the third season of the HBO drama, premiering April 12.

Euphoria star Dominic Fike confirms he’s a dad, says son ‘motivates me to be stable and sober’

The actor will return for the third season of the HBO drama, premiering April 12.

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Dominic Fike in Paris in June 2025. Credit:

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- Dominic Fike has confirmed that he's a dad.

- In rare comments about fatherhood, the *Euphoria *star said he wants to be "stable and sober" for his son, who is almost 2 years old.

- *Euphoria *season 3 premieres on Sunday, April 12.

Dominic Fike is opening up about fatherhood.

The *Euphoria* star addressed how being a parent affects his decisions in a new interview, saying that since becoming a dad, he has made changes to his lifestyle to become more present for his son.

"I just don't party like that right now. I got a son, Rocket — he's almost 2," he told Pigeons & Planes at New York City's Electric Lady Studio. "He motivates me to be stable and sober, for one, and better about that about my debauchery and stuff."

Fike, who is also a musician, added that Rocket makes him "want to write songs for people his age."**

Dominic Fike as Elliot on 'Euphoria' season 2. Eddy Chen/HBO

The "Babydoll" singer also spoke about how being a parent has made him think more long-term. "He makes me want to acquire property for him to grow up in," he said of Rocket. "Also, stay close to my friends, so he has friends to grow up with. He makes me want to, like, make sure my reputation's okay so I can still go into school meetings and not have to be shunned from the PTA thingy because I'm a psycho."

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Fike discussed his sobriety in a July 2023 interview with Apple Music's Zane Lowe. The actor, who plays Elliot in *Euphoria*, recalled how he was almost fired from the HBO series for his drug use and for being high while filming. "I was a drug addict," he admitted, "and coming onto a show, you know, mainly about drugs was very difficult."

The show's creator, Sam Levinson, hired a "sober coach" to be on set with Fike, but it "did not work" because he was under the influence at the time.****

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"I was so f---ed up during a lot of that show. It was really bad," Fike recalled. "I was reprimanded for it. I almost got kicked off the show ... They were like, 'Bro, you cannot be doing this.'"

Fike also admitted that he was using drugs during some of the scenes he shot that made the final cut. "That's entertainment, dude," he said. "They give you a bunch of money and they're like, 'Yeah, figure it out, bud. Sink or swim.'"

Dominic Fike in Chicago in August 2025.

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*Euphoria *season 3 premieres Sunday, April 12, at 9 p.m. ET/6 p.m. PT on HBO.

Watch Dominic Fike's full interview with Pigeons & Planes below.

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