Maya Hawke lied to Ethan Hawke about skipping therapy to lose virginity: 'My father was very upset'

Maya Hawke is dishing some family secrets.

The "Stranger Things" actress, 24, opened up about lying to her famous father, Ethan Hawke, on "Watch What Happens Live With Andy Cohen."

Maya recalled being in the worst trouble she's ever been in when she lied to her dad.

"I lied. I said I was going to therapy and I really went to lose my virginity," Maya told Cohen and guest Bryan Cranston on Tuesday's episode. "I can't believe I just said that. My father was very upset." 

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Maya recalled Ethan giving her a "very hard time" about her whereabouts the evening she lied.

"He went, 'Where were you? Where did you go?'" Maya recalled. "And I said, 'How am I supposed to have secrets if I can't tell lies?'"

Cohen was impressed by Maya and said, "I would think, knowing your father, that he actually respected that." 

Maya confirmed Cohen's assumption saying, "He did! He was like, 'F--k this kid!' He was like, 'Oh, that's good.'"

The actress grew up with very famous parents. Ethan and Uma Thurman welcomed Maya in 1998. The couple also share son, Levon Hawke, 21. Maya and Levon grew up in New York City and when Cohen asked what her first car was, she replied, "A yellow cab."

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"I still don't have a license, but I got my learner's permit last week," the daughter of two Oscar nominees said. "Clap for me!"

Ethan previously gushed about Maya's performance as Robin Buckley in the hit Netflix series, "Stranger Things."

"I'm so proud of her 'cause I think she does a great job, but I'm most happy for her that she's surrounded by these other amazing, talented young people," he told Entertainment Tonight in July. 

"That was my experience on 'Dead Poet's Society', getting to be surrounded by other young people who were in love with the same thing that I was in love with, getting to tell a story that affects your generation."

Public school reading instruction overhaul clears Wisconsin Assembly

The way reading is taught in Wisconsin would change to a phonics-based approach under a bill passed Wednesday by the state Assembly, a Republican-authored measure that supporters say is designed to bolster flagging test scores.

Democratic Gov. Tony Evers stopped short of endorsing the legislation, but his education department worked with Republicans on it for months. Jill Underly, secretary of the Department of Public Instruction, called the deal "a big step in the right direction."

Republicans control both houses of the state Legislature.

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Backers say the education measure will address low reading scores by requiring more frequent tests, coaching and a curriculum that emphasizes phonics, the relationship between sounds and letters, over memorization.

"We are failing and this is an opportunity to change that," said Republican Rep. Joel Kitchens, a lead sponsor of the bill.

A nationwide push to embrace similar methods has gained ground as lawmakers look to address learning losses attributed to the coronavirus pandemic. Wisconsin's bill is modeled after literacy laws in Mississippi, sometimes referred to as the "Mississippi miracle," because the changes led to dramatic improvements in the state’s reading scores over the past decade.

Only about a third of Wisconsin fourth-graders scored high enough to be considered proficient readers in 2022, marking a 20-year low, according to data from the National Assessment of Educational Progress.

The Department of Public Instruction originally opposed the bill because it required low-scoring third-graders to repeat reading classes over the summer or during their fourth-grade year. That idea was changed in favor of putting those students in a remedial program with mandatory summer reading courses.

Democrats, many of whom said they generally supported the bill, said it was moving too quickly for them to fully understand.

"There’s no reason why this bill needs to be rushed in this way," Democratic Rep. Christine Sinicki said.

But Kitchens said any delay could lead to the deal falling apart.

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The Assembly passed it on a bipartisan vote of 67-27, sending the measure first to the state Senate for consideration, then on to Evers for him to either sign or veto.

The policy changes would apply to both public schools and private ones that participate in state-funded school choice programs. Students in kindergarten through third grade would have to complete three reading assessments a year, up from just one currently. Republicans already set aside $50 million for new curriculum materials, teacher training and hiring reading coaches if the bill becomes law.

Evers vetoed a similar bill last year because it did not include enough funding. Evers’ spokesperson, Britt Cudaback, said that the governor’s office was still reviewing the latest changes.

Kitchens said Wednesday that he believed the governor would sign the bill because the state education department already signed off.

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