Hunter Schafer reveals infidelity behind Dominic Fike breakup

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Hunter Schafer has opened up about the infidelity in her relationship with Dominic Fike that led to their breakup.

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Over a year after Schafer and her Euphoria co-star Fike broke up in April 23, Schafer claimed it was his infidelity during their relationship that led to them parting ways.

Speaking on the August 7 episode of Call Her Daddy, Schafer said: “Part of why the relationship ended is because I got cheated on for the first time. It’s part of my truth, but that fundamentally changed me as a person.”

Schafer explained that Dominic was the first cis, straight-identifying man she’d ever dated and admitted to blaming herself for the relationship’s demise at first.

“As a trans woman, with a man who has never dated that [type of person] before…Because of the way I’ve been socialised as a trans woman, it’s been this crux in my life of what life has been so hard sometimes, I was like, ‘Oh, god is this it? Can I just not?’”

“It has everything to do with that person…and whatever kind of pain they’re in or whatever they’re dealing with.”

“You always know,” she continued, admitting she looked through his phone for confirmation. “Because I knew, I went to the phone—which I’m not proud of.”

Despite this, she admitted: “It was one of the cleaner breakups I’ve had. We both recognised that ‘This is not working and we can’t do this. We gotta go our own separate ways.’ It was so hard. We loved each other. He was a really special person.

“He saw me exactly as who I was, which was amazing.”

NME has reached out to representatives of Fike for comment.

Meanwhile, the reviews for new horror-thriller film Cuckoo are in, with critics praising Schafer’s performance as “absolutely sensational”.

Schafer plays Gretchen, who moves to the German Alps to live with her father, but becomes disturbed when her father’s boss embroils the family in a sinister plot.

The film, which also stars Dan Stevens, premiered at the Berlin International Film Festival in February and will be in cinemas from Friday (August 9).

With reviews now out, the film sits at a strong 79 per cent on the aggregator site Rotten Tomatoes, with critics praising director Tilman Singer’s “inventive flair”, and singling out Schafer for particular praise.

Meanwhile, back in April, Schafer said she no longer wants to play transgender roles. After breaking through with her performance as transgender high schooler Jules Vaughn in hit HBO series Euphoria, but said she now wants to refocus her career.

“I worked so hard to get to where I am, past these really hard points in my transition, and now I just want to be a girl and finally move on,” she said.

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