Sharon Stone tells Sydney Sweeney to 'take responsibility' for provocative sports ad
Actress Sydney Sweeney is taking heat from one of her newest co-stars on HBO’s "Euphoria" over her latest ad for sports prediction platform Novig that leaves little to the imagination.Speaking with People at Variety’s 2026 Power of Women: Los Angeles event on Wednesday, Sharon Stone, 68, critiqued Sweeney, 29, over her viral ad for the platform, suggesting the actress needs to "take responsibility" for her actions after the raunchy video sparked backlash from female athletes."I think that it’s up to her to take responsibility for her actions, not up to me to judge her for her actions.It is up to me to be a cheerleader for the women who have made it through and become champions in women’s sports," Stone told the outlet.SYDNEY SWEENEY LEAVES LITTLE TO THE IMAGINATION IN PROVOCATIVE NEW CAMPAIGNSharon Stone speaks onstage at Variety Power of Women LA 2026 Presented by Lifetime held at The Beverly Hills Hotel on Sept.
23, 2026, in Beverly Hills, Calif.(Variety via Getty Images)"We can’t denigrate women’s sports to get men’s attention so they can gamble," she continued.The ad depicts a nearly nude Sweeney posing in various provocative positions while holding sports equipment, with the actress telling viewers the platform lets them to bet on "just sports."SYDNEY SWEENEY’S PROVOCATIVE SPORTS AD 'REINFORCES THE IMAGE SHE HAS ALREADY BUILT' DESPITE BACKLASH: EXPERTActress Sydney Sweeney poses nude in a promotional billboard ad for the sports-prediction market app Novig in Times Square, New York, on Sept.
16, 2026.Sweeney has received online backlash for the ads featuring her nude with strategically placed sporting equipment in Novig's first national ad campaign.
(Anthony Behar/Sipa USA via Reuters Connect)The controversial video struck a chord with Stone, who told the outlet that while in high school, she threatened to sue administrators if she was not permitted to try out for the boys’ golf team, because her school did not have girls’ sports teams at ...