{"id":51236,"date":"2026-06-10T12:45:48","date_gmt":"2026-06-10T16:45:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/idolchatter\/?p=51236"},"modified":"2026-06-10T12:45:48","modified_gmt":"2026-06-10T16:45:48","slug":"sharon-stone-says-euphoria-should-be-shown-in-high-schools-sparking-backlash","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/idolchatter\/2026\/06\/sharon-stone-says-euphoria-should-be-shown-in-high-schools-sparking-backlash.html","title":{"rendered":"Sharon Stone Says \u2018Euphoria\u2019 Should Be Shown in High Schools, Sparking Backlash"},"content":{"rendered":"
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The explicit, nihilistic show \u201cEuphoria\u201d has come to an end and one of the show\u2019s new faces for its final season is giving it her ringing endorsement. Sharon Stone joined the cast for the show\u2019s third and final season, which aired its divisive last episode May 31. Speaking to Keke Palmer on Variety<\/em>‘s “Actors on Actors” series<\/a>, Stone called it \u201cthe greatest show on television.\u201d \u201cWe\u2019ve met these kids. We\u2019ve seen them turn into young adults. We\u2019ve seen them turn into full-on drug dealers. And I\u2019ve gone through it in my family….\u201d Stone went on to call the show \u201cso relevant.\u201d \u201cI believe it should be shown in every high school, and I think all the parents should have to see it. As a mom, I love it.\u201d<\/p>\n

It\u2019s a strange endorsement given the show\u2019s explicit scenes of drug use and sex. The show began in 2019 when its main characters were still in high school. The final season focused on them as young adults, creating even more sexually bizarre situations for the characters. Palmer noted how parents might focus on the surface level use of \u201ctoo much sex\u201d on the show. Stone warned that too many parents are na\u00efve about what their children are doing. \u201c\u2018My kid wouldn\u2019t do that.’ It\u2019s like, really? Do you know? And does your kid tell you who\u2019s next to them?\u201d<\/p>\n

The exploration of adult content while its main characters are still minors has been one of the many controversies of the show. The series showrunner, Sam Levinson, has stated he did not intend the show for people under 17 and the show\u2019s lead actress, Zendaya, has called it a show \u201cabout teenagers and not necessarily for teenagers.\u201d Both have stated it was intended to stir up conversation amongst parents and to make them more aware of the very adult situations their teenagers can find themselves in, when sex and drugs are just a click away. The final season sees Zendaya\u2019s character, Rue, working as a drug mule for a strip club owner while another character, Cassie (played by Sydney Sweeney) starts an OnlyFans career that devolves into acting out weirder and weirder sexual fetishes for money.<\/p>\n

The show ultimately ends with Rue\u2019s death after taking pain pills laced with fentanyl. Levinson stated he had planned a more uplifting end for Zendaya\u2019 character but the death of actor Angus Cloud, who played Fezco \u201cFez\u201d O\u2019Neill on the show, of an accidental overdose from painkillers in 2023 changed that trajectory. The show experienced a hiatus from the writer\u2019s strike, which gave Levinson time to rethink the ending for Zendaya\u2019s character. \u201cI had written a different trajectory for Rue during the writers’ strike in 2023. But Angus’s death had a profound impact on my creative decisions. You can’t tell a story about addiction without addressing its very real consequences,\u201d he said in an interview<\/a>. \u201cMany people don’t get a second chance. Fentanyl can kill you in an instant. It seemed like the responsible thing to do.\u201d<\/p>\n

Social media users pushed back on Stone\u2019s suggestion of sharing the show with high schoolers. \u201cThis show is for Pedos…her advice shows where her head is,\u201d wrote one user<\/a>. \u201cMy advice to all parents is 100% the opposite.\u201d \u201cThere’s nothing realistic about Euphoria,\u201d wrote another.<\/a> \u201cHow about we give kids in school a proper education? Liberal white women have gotten so nutty.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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