{"id":31670,"date":"2023-04-02T20:20:08","date_gmt":"2023-04-02T18:20:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/?p=1809789"},"modified":"2023-04-03T02:42:47","modified_gmt":"2023-04-03T00:42:47","slug":"ncuti-gatwa-reflects-on-sex-education-exit-i-made-some-of-my-best-friends","status":"publish","type":"rss_feed","link":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/rss_feed\/ncuti-gatwa-reflects-on-sex-education-exit-i-made-some-of-my-best-friends\/","title":{"rendered":"Ncuti Gatwa reflects on Sex Education exit: \u201cI made some of my best friends\u201d"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"rssexcerpt\"> Gatwa recently announced his departure from the series. <\/p><p class=\"rssauthor\">By Helen Daly\n                \t\t<\/p><p class=\"rssbyline\">Published: Sunday, 02 April 2023 at 12:00 am<\/p><hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/><?xml version=\"1.0\" encoding=\"UTF-8\" standalone=\"yes\"?>\n<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\">\n<html><body> <p>Ncuti Gatwa has opened up exclusively to <a href=\"\/\/radiotimes.com&quot;\" target=\"&quot;_blank&quot;\" rel=\"&quot;noopener&quot; noopener noreferrer\">RadioTimes.com<\/a> about leaving behind Eric on <a href=\"\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/tv\/comedy\/sex-education-season-4-release-date\/&quot;\" target=\"&quot;_blank&quot;\" rel=\"&quot;noopener&quot; noopener noreferrer\">Sex Education<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The actor, 30, announced in February 2023 that he would be <a href=\"\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/tv\/drama\/ncuti-gatwa-sex-education-exit-newsupdate\/&quot;\" target=\"&quot;_blank&quot;\" rel=\"&quot;noopener&quot; noopener noreferrer\">leaving the Netflix comedy series after the fourth season<\/a>, which is expected to air on the streaming giant later this year.<\/p>\n<p>Following his recent <a href=\"\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/tv\/entertainment\/tv-100-2022-full-list\/&quot;\" target=\"&quot;_blank&quot;\" rel=\"&quot;noopener&quot; noopener noreferrer\">RadioTimes.com TV 100 win<\/a>, Gatwa reflected on his time on Sex Education, describing it as \u201cspecial\u201d.<\/p> <p>\u201cBeing a part of that ensemble for four years was so special. I made some of my best friends and worked on a project that meant something special to people,\u201d Gatwa admitted.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHopefully it aided and accompanied a larger cultural conversation we\u2019re having at the moment of inclusion, acceptance and love. Shout out to Ben Taylor for making that show what it was and being the funnest boss to work with.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong>Read more:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul><li><a href=\"\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/tv\/entertainment\/ncuti-gatwa-doctor-who-tv-100-exclusive-newsupdate\/&quot;\" target=\"&quot;_blank&quot;\" rel=\"&quot;noopener&quot; noopener noreferrer\">Ncuti Gatwa on topping TV 100 2022 list as he reflects on career<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/tv\/sci-fi\/doctor-who-ncuti-gatwa-sex-education-tv-100-exclusive-newsupdate\/&quot;\" target=\"&quot;_blank&quot;\" rel=\"&quot;noopener&quot; noopener noreferrer\">Ncuti Gatwa on \u201ctough\u201d time filming Doctor Who and Sex Education<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/tv\/sci-fi\/russell-t-davies-ncuti-gatwa-tv-100-exclusive-newsupdate\/&quot;\" target=\"&quot;_blank&quot;\" rel=\"&quot;noopener&quot; noopener noreferrer\">Russell T Davies praises Ncuti Gatwa\u2019s \u2018new but faithful\u2019 Doctor after TV 100 win<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>As for what fans can expect from flamboyant Eric Effiong in his final season, Gatwa teased: \u201cSome exceptional eye make-up!\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Gatwa initially shared the news of his exit via his <a href=\"\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/CoalRYsojeg\/?hl=en&quot;\" target=\"&quot;_blank&quot;\" rel=\"&quot;noopener&quot; noopener noreferrer\">Instagram<\/a>, sharing a picture of his dressing room door saying: \u201cLast day. Last time. Bye bubs, thank you for all the lessons and for all the strength.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>His role of Eric, was without a doubt one of the stand-out performances in the series, earning him a Scottish BAFTA among countless other industry award nominations.<\/p> <div class=\"&quot;brightcove\" embed=\"\"> <div class=\"&quot;embed__intrinsic&quot;\"> <div class=\"&quot;brightcove__player\" vjs-playlist-player-container=\"\"> <video data-video-id=\"6323598648112\" data-account=\"69912529001\" data-player=\"ByeOf0VZEl\" data-embed=\"&quot;default&quot;\" data-application-id=\"\" controls=\"\" class=\"&quot;video-js&quot;\"> <\/video> <\/div> <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<script src=\"&quot;\/\/players.brightcove.net\/69912529001\/ByeOf0VZEl_default\/index.min.js&quot;\"\/> <p>Speaking to <a href=\"\/\/www.gaytimes.co.uk\/culture\/ncuti-gatwa-reveals-hes-leaving-sex-education-thank-you-for-all-the-lessons\/&quot;\" target=\"&quot;_blank&quot;\" rel=\"&quot;noopener&quot; noopener noreferrer\">Gay Times<\/a> around the time of his departure, Gatwa said of the cultural impact Eric and Sex Education had: \u201cI was at UK Black Pride and the amount of people who were coming up to me specifically about the relationship between Eric and his dad was constant.<\/p>\n<div class=\"&quot;editor-content\" mb-lg=\"\" hidden-print=\"\" js-piano-locked-content=\"\" data-placement=\"&quot;Body&quot;\">\n<p>\u201cAnd I think it really touched people to see this portrayal of this Black man, this strong big Black man loving his gay son. It was quite beautiful, and it\u2019s something that we don\u2019t see often and I think that\u2019s why it impacted people.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><strong>Sex Education is available to stream on\u00a0<a href=\"\/\/www.netflix.com\/gb\/title\/80197526&quot;\" target=\"&quot;_blank&quot;\" rel=\"&quot;noopener&quot; noopener noreferrer\">Netflix<\/a>. 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For more from the biggest stars in TV, listen to the\u00a0<\/strong><a title=\"&quot;https:\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/audio\/podcasts\/&quot;\" href=\"\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/audio\/podcasts\/&quot;\" target=\"&quot;_blank&quot;\" rel=\"&quot;noopener&quot; noopener noreferrer\"><strong>Radio Times Podcast<\/strong><\/a><strong>.<\/strong><\/p> <\/body><\/html>\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p> Gatwa recently announced his departure from the series. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":24,"featured_media":31671,"template":"","categories":[1,5],"acf":[],"uagb_featured_image_src":{"full":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2023\/04\/ncuti-gatwa-reflects-on-sex-education-exit-i-made-some-of-my-best-friends-scaled.jpg",2560,1705,false],"thumbnail":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2023\/04\/ncuti-gatwa-reflects-on-sex-education-exit-i-made-some-of-my-best-friends-150x150.jpg",150,150,true],"medium":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2023\/04\/ncuti-gatwa-reflects-on-sex-education-exit-i-made-some-of-my-best-friends-300x200.jpg",300,200,true],"medium_large":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2023\/04\/ncuti-gatwa-reflects-on-sex-education-exit-i-made-some-of-my-best-friends-768x511.jpg",768,511,true],"large":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2023\/04\/ncuti-gatwa-reflects-on-sex-education-exit-i-made-some-of-my-best-friends-1024x682.jpg",800,533,true],"1536x1536":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2023\/04\/ncuti-gatwa-reflects-on-sex-education-exit-i-made-some-of-my-best-friends-1536x1023.jpg",1536,1023,true],"2048x2048":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2023\/04\/ncuti-gatwa-reflects-on-sex-education-exit-i-made-some-of-my-best-friends-2048x1364.jpg",2048,1364,true]},"uagb_author_info":{"display_name":"importmanagerhub@sprylab.com","author_link":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/author\/importmanagerhubsprylab-com\/"},"uagb_comment_info":0,"uagb_excerpt":"Gatwa recently announced his departure from the series.","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/rss_feed\/31670"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/rss_feed"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/rss_feed"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/24"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/31671"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=31670"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=31670"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}