Sharon Stone is on Team Sidney Sweeney following her controversial American Eagle ad.
“It’s okay to use what momma gave me. It’s really okay. Look, the heat is hard. I think we all know that,” Stone, 67, said Wednesday on the red carpet at Variety’s “Power of Women” LA event. There, Sweeney, 28, was recognized as one of this year’s recipients.
“And it’s really okay to try anything with all the enthusiasm that I have here right now.”
Stone, a prominent sex symbol in the ’90s, continued: “Because everyone has their own charm, their own charm, and you should go for it. Because who isn’t beautiful? Who you are is not a coincidence.”
“Basic Instinct” star Sweeney, who became a sex symbol after her breakthrough to fame in “Euphoria,” says she “understands herself” and is “comfortable” and “focused and safe within herself.”
Earlier this year, the blonde, blue-eyed actress faced backlash for her AE Denim campaign, which many felt promoted eugenics and “Nazi propaganda” by playing on the words “genes” and “jeans.”
“I had a really interesting conversation with her one day at work,” Stone told Variety, referring to her role in the third season of Euphoria, which is currently in production.
“I was talking to her about the reaction to the jeans campaign.”
Stone recalled the late conservationist Jane Goodall, who was featured on the cover of Life magazine for her work with gorillas.
“She was wearing safari pants and a shirt and was sitting with one of the animals she worked with,” Stone told Sweeney.
“And the other scientists said, ‘She just got on the cover of Life magazine because she had good legs.'” And Jane said, “Well, that will help you get more money for your research.”
According to Stone, Sweeney replied, “Well, I must have made a billion dollars at the jeans company. That’s fine, because I’ll get another job.”
