Sharon Stone Defends Sydney Sweeney After Jeans Ad Controversy: ‘It’s Okay to Use What Your Mama Gave You’

Sharon Stone was on hand for Variety’s Power of Women LA event on Wednesday, set to present honors to Sydney Sweeney as one of the evening’s honorees. The two actresses have been working on “Euphoria” Season 3 for several months now, including after Sweeney faced controversy for featuring in an American Eagle ad campaign in July. The commercials centered on the slogan “Sydney Sweeney Has Great Jeans,” a pun on “great genes”; it drew backlash from critics that alleged the ads glorified Sweeney’s white heritage and physique.

“It’s okay to use what mama gave you. It’s really fine,…