Chloe Cherry isn't one to dwell on regrets. The Euphoria actress and OnlyFans sensation believes it's a pointless emotion. "It's a genuinely pointless emotion for a human to feel," she candidly shares with Rolling Stone, capturing her confident spirit.
Her breakout role as Faye in Sam Levinson's teen drama, Euphoria, catapulted her into Hollywood's limelight in 2022. But while audiences may feel they know her on-screen persona, Cherry is convinced they don't know the real her. Now, she's pulling back the curtain with her heartfelt memoir.
“Going about my life that first year in [Los Angeles], I just kept thinking, ‘This has been such a crazy experience,’” Cherry reflects. “I need so badly to live to tell this tale.”
Set to hit shelves on February 23, 2027, "Somewhere Dark and Hot" is more than just a Hollywood tell-all. Cherry's memoir promises a raw look at her journey – from an 18-year-old runway model to a rising star in the adult film industry, and finally, a beloved Euphoria cast member. Through memories of model homes, adult film sets, and personal battles with mental health and addiction, Cherry lays her life bare.
Raised in a small, religious Pennsylvania town, Cherry longed for the warmth and excitement of L.A. "My whole childhood, I spent my time wishing I was somewhere warmer and with more excitement, more action," she admits. Her journey is a testament to her resilience and desire for something more.
Inspired by authors like David Sedaris and Hunter S. Thompson, Cherry found writing her memoir therapeutic. "It’s been extremely therapeutic for me to use my own experiences, even if they were negative, to entertain people," she reveals. "I get to take these bad experiences and turn them into something that I can gain."
In a world where sex work is becoming more accepted, Cherry still faces frustrating stereotypes. She questions why sex workers aren’t afforded the same opportunities for reinvention as others in Hollywood. "I don’t understand why, whenever any character or real-life human is a sex worker, that suddenly becomes just all they are to people," she laments.
With "Somewhere Dark and Hot," Cherry invites readers to see her beyond the headlines – to understand her true story and the lengths she's gone to reclaim her narrative. As she provocatively states, "The book is [asking] how far are you willing to go to get what you want. How far are you willing to go to start over?"