{"id":839408,"date":"2026-06-02T15:42:20","date_gmt":"2026-06-02T15:42:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/839408\/"},"modified":"2026-06-02T15:42:20","modified_gmt":"2026-06-02T15:42:20","slug":"zendayas-mom-reacts-to-euphoria-finale-with-cryptic-post-im-gonna-keep-my-thoughts-to-myself","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/839408\/","title":{"rendered":"Zendaya&#8217;s Mom Reacts to \u201cEuphoria \u201dFinale with Cryptic Post: &#8216;I&#8217;m Gonna Keep My Thoughts to Myself&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\"><strong>Warning: This article contains spoilers for Euphoria&#8217;s season 3 finale, now streaming on HBO Max.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>NEED TO KNOW<\/p>\n<ul class=\"mb-4\">\n<li class=\"ml-4 list-disc\">\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Zendaya&#8217;s mom reacted to Euphoria&#8217;s season 3 finale<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"ml-4 list-disc\">\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">The final episode revealed the fate of her daughter&#8217;s character, Rue Bennett<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"ml-4 list-disc\">\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">&#8220;Lots of messages in my DM&#8217;s from people about last night&#8217;s episode,&#8221; Claire Stoermer wrote on Instagram<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\"><a href=\"https:\/\/people.com\/tag\/zendaya-coleman\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"elm:link;elmt:article_link;slk:Zendaya;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;Zendaya&quot;}\" class=\"link \">Zendaya<\/a>&#8216;s mom is sounding off on the end of Euphoria.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">On Monday, June 1, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/claire_maree64\/?hl=en\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"elm:link;elmt:article_link;slk:Claire Stoermer;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;Claire Stoermer&quot;}\" class=\"link \">Claire Stoermer<\/a> shared a message with fans on her Instagram Stories after the drama&#8217;s season 3 finale aired on HBO Sunday, May 31.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">The season wrapped with the heartbreaking death of Zendaya&#8217;s Rue Bennett, who overdoses on laced painkillers given to her by Alamo Brown (Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje). Series creator <a href=\"https:\/\/people.com\/euphoria-creator-sam-levinson-says-sydney-sweeney-wanted-keep-nsfw-scenes-11988723\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"elm:link;elmt:article_link;slk:Sam Levinson;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;Sam Levinson&quot;}\" class=\"link \">Sam Levinson<\/a> has since confirmed season 3 will mark the show&#8217;s last, and he said <a href=\"https:\/\/people.com\/euphoria-creator-explains-rue-fate-finale-11987102\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"elm:link;elmt:article_link;slk:Rue&#039;s fate &quot;felt like the honest ending.;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;Rue&#039;&quot;}\" class=\"link \">Rue&#8217;s fate &#8220;felt like the honest ending.<\/a>&#8220;<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">&#8220;Lots of messages in my DM&#8217;s from people about last night&#8217;s episode,&#8221; Stoermer wrote on her Instagram Stories. &#8220;I&#8217;m gonna keep my thoughts to myself. Definitely made me sad&#8230;.and other emotions as well. But just gonna leave it right there&#8230;&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\"><strong>Never miss a story \u2014 sign up for<\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/people.com\/people-news-daily-newsletter-sign-up-8692701\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"elm:link;elmt:article_link;slk:PEOPLE&#039;s free daily newsletter;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;PEOPLE&#039;&quot;}\" class=\"link \"><strong> PEOPLE&#8217;s free daily newsletter<\/strong><\/a><strong> to stay up-to-date on the best of what PEOPLE has to offer, from celebrity news to compelling human interest stories.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><img alt=\"Claire Stoermer shares reaction to 'Euphoria' season 3Credit: Claire Stoermer\/Instagram\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"703\" height=\"960\" decoding=\"async\" data-nimg=\"1\" class=\"rounded-lg\" style=\"color:transparent\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/82dfef7563c97a6c85a03f13782b0873.jpeg\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Claire Stoermer shares reaction to &#8216;Euphoria&#8217; season 3<br \/>Credit: Claire Stoermer\/Instagram<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Zendaya&#8217;s work as Rue has earned her two Emmys since the series premiered in 2019. The actress, 29, scored the trophy for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series in both 2020 and 2022, becoming the youngest person ever to win the award after her initial win.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">In a post-episode behind-the-scenes breakdown, Levinson, 41, explained his decision to kill off Rue in the finale.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">&#8220;The honest ending is that people like Rue don&#8217;t make it,&#8221; Levinson said. &#8220;People relapse. They f&#8212; up. They&#8217;re not ready to get clean. And they weren&#8217;t dying like they are now, with the influx of fentanyl into this country,.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">&#8220;I can say with absolute certainly that if I was going through <a href=\"https:\/\/people.com\/euphoria-true-story-11949582\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"elm:link;elmt:article_link;slk:what I went through when I was younger;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;what I went through when I was younger&quot;}\" class=\"link \">what I went through when I was younger<\/a> now, I wouldn&#8217;t be here either. There&#8217;s no reason to sugarcoat it. I wanted to tell this story for <a href=\"https:\/\/people.com\/angus-cloud-death-everything-to-know-11946732\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"elm:link;elmt:article_link;slk:Angus [Cloud];itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;Angus [Cloud]&quot;}\" class=\"link \">Angus [Cloud]<\/a> and for people who weren&#8217;t granted a second chance,&#8221; he added, referring to the fellow series star who <a href=\"https:\/\/people.com\/angus-cloud-dead-at-25-7567994\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"elm:link;elmt:article_link;slk:died of an accidental overdose;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;died of an accidental overdose&quot;}\" class=\"link \">died of an accidental overdose<\/a> on July 31, 2023, at age 25.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Levinson also discussed the show&#8217;s ending in his <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2026\/06\/01\/arts\/television\/popcast-euphoria-sam-levinson-interview.html\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"elm:link;elmt:article_link;slk:Popcast;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;Popcast&quot;}\" class=\"link \">Popcast<\/a> interview on Monday, June 1, calling it &#8220;a tragic one in the end \u2014 but it\u2019s also the truth.&#8221; He also called it a tribute to Cloud, who makes a brief appearance in the finale with never-before-seen footage. \u201cIt was a way of honoring Angus and saying a prayer for the future,\u201d Levinson said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">\u201cIn terms of the story that we set out to tell, which is a story about addiction and its consequences, this feels like the end to me,\u201d he added in the interview.<\/p>\n<p><img alt=\"Zendaya and Claire StoermerCredit: Claire Stoermer\/Instagram\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"960\" height=\"640\" decoding=\"async\" data-nimg=\"1\" class=\"rounded-lg\" style=\"color:transparent\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/cbe2e9161a7fcc60135a38429311cd55.jpeg\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Zendaya and Claire Stoermer<br \/>Credit: Claire Stoermer\/Instagram<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">In the third season&#8217;s behind-the-scenes breakdown, Zendaya offered an emotional goodbye to her colleagues on set. &#8220;I just want to say thank you,&#8221; she said. &#8220;I&#8217;m incredibly grateful for every single one of you. Many of you have been here since the beginning and watched me grow up. It&#8217;s been such a pleasure and an honor. Thank you so much.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Rue wasn&#8217;t the only character who learned her fate during Euphoria&#8217;s third season. The show also said goodbye to <a href=\"https:\/\/people.com\/jacob-elordi-8742141\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"elm:link;elmt:article_link;slk:Jacob Elordi;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;Jacob Elordi&quot;}\" class=\"link \">Jacob Elordi<\/a>&#8216;s Nate Jacobs, whose money troubles found him buried alive in a coffin and coming face-to-face with a rattlesnake. &#8220;I had to go into this coffin. My shoulders were touching the side, and I couldn&#8217;t move my arms, and then they would drill the lid on, and it would get dark,&#8221; Elordi, 28, said during a post-show segment that aired May 24 on HBO. &#8220;It was really nice, actually. It was quite peaceful in there.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Ultimately, Elordi called it a &#8220;cool way to go.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">&#8220;Nate is someone who&#8217;s made so many mistakes and made so many dark choices. It&#8217;s cool to see it all come to what it&#8217;s come to,&#8221; Elordi said of the character.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">All three seasons of Euphoria are available to stream on HBO Max.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Read the original article on <a href=\"https:\/\/people.com\/zendaya-mom-reacts-euphoria-finale-11988848\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"elm:link;elmt:article_link;slk:People;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;People&quot;}\" class=\"link \">People<\/a><\/p>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/www.instagram.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Warning: This article contains spoilers for Euphoria&#8217;s season 3 finale, now streaming on HBO Max. 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