A new update regarding Netflix has subscribers quite upset. In fact, many subscribers have threatened to cancel their subscriptions if they haven’t done so already.
These sentiments can be shared in some of the tweets below, taken from X, which were written in response to news regarding one of the streaming platform’s biggest shows. The series is set to return for a fourth season in 2026, and while fans are usually happy about such news, there’s something missing that has them in an uproar.
Specifically, one of the show’s most beloved cast members hasn’t yet been confirmed for the upcoming season. Their character, featured in the second and third seasons of the series, has become so popular that their potential absence has left subscribers prepared to cancel their subscriptions.
Simone Ashley, known for playing Kate Bridgerton in Bridgerton Season 2 and Season 3, quickly left an impression on the show’s fans. As such, it’s her exclusion from recent cast announcements for Bridgerton Season 4 that motivated social media to share their thoughts.
Here are some of the tweets left by fans that are willing to cancel their subscriptions if Simone Ashley doesn’t return as Kate Bridgerton in Bridgerton Season 4:
I canceled my Netflix. I haven’t watched anything on it in months, and while I was looking forward to Benophie, I’ll enjoy all their edits on SM now instead. Bridgerton has treated Simone Ashley like garbage, and that was really the last straw for me.
— SophieSays (@SophieSays18) September 19, 2024
@netflix I have cancelled my subscription after this People mag article that Simone won’t be back. @bridgerton you can write a script for complete randos but can’t be bothered writing for the VISCOUNTESS Bridgerton in a show called Bridgerton. I’m done.https://t.co/RLvz6Dey6x
— PBat (@SM19781978) September 19, 2024
Simone Ashley has voiced on numerous occasions that she wants to return and they wrote her out of the show? Somebody say sike because there are so many side characters whose stories are not adding much to the plot that they could’ve written off instead….. #BridgertonNetflix pic.twitter.com/azeFYUFS6a
— Kat💜 (@linsteadislove) September 17, 2024
Okay but seriously, how can you not have Simone Ashley return as Kate for season 4?!? Preposterous @bridgerton @shondarhimes @shondaland @netflix #BridgertonS4 pic.twitter.com/GA0bjhU3jf
— kristina victoria (@krismaheral) September 17, 2024
“Simone Ashley will not be reprising her role in Bridgerton season four.” pic.twitter.com/9srGYWrzCU
— nell | #ceasefirenow 🍉 (@shipsandfanfics) September 19, 2024
I have yet to finish Bridgerton Season 3 and can’t imagine returning if Simone Ashley isn’t in Season 4.
— jacob anderson’s bodyguard (@N0ChoiceToMake) September 18, 2024
While it would certainly be disappointing if she’s unavailable to return for the next season, it does prove just how much of a mark she’s left behind on the show. As such, it’s bittersweet to know how much fans care about Simone Ashley and her contributions to Bridgerton after first appearing in the show’s second season.
Stay tuned to ScreenGeek for any additional updates regarding Bridgerton and any other upcoming Netflix projects as we have them. Though her departure hasn’t been confirmed, it does seem unlikely that Ashley will be returning for the show’s fourth season – at least not unless an official cast update for the Netflix series reveals as much in the near future.