It’s been said a million times at this point, but Sydney Sweeney’s cinematic fall from Hollywood It Girl to MAGA-pandering, Bezos-elbow-rubbing, Scooter-Braun-kissing Florida Republican has been nothing short of Shakespearean.
This week, Sweeney’s public image suffered at least three more blows: her latest film, Christy, was reported to have one of the worst box office debuts of all time; there are rumors of a possible beef between Sweeney and her Euphoria co-star Zendaya, reportedly due to Sweeney’s seemingly shitty politics; and Ruby Rose just KO’d Sweeney on Threads, adding more insult to more injury. This does nothing to quell my belief that nothing good ever comes from being a Florida Republican.
I’m sure Sweeney is fine and is possibly still lip-locked with Braun in Central Park, but I, personally, would never want to show my face outside of Florida ever again after reading Rose’s post.
“The original Christy Martin script was incredible. Life changing,” Rose wrote on Threads. “I was attached to play Cherry. Everyone had experience with the core material. Most of us were actually gay. It’s part of why I stayed in acting.”
Sweeney’s film is based on the rise of the champion boxer, who was also a victim of domestic violence, and was shot and stabbed by her coach-turned-husband-turned-ex-husband in 2010.
“For her PR to talk about it flopping and saying SS did it for the ‘people’. None of ‘the people’ want to see someone who hates them, parading around pretending to be us,” Rose continued. “You’re a cretin and you ruined the film. Period. Christy deserved better.” Brutal. I feel like Rose called me a cretin.
Martin has spoken about knowing she was a lesbian since the “5th or 6th grade,” and has long been an advocate for the LGBTQ+ community. But her parents never accepted her sexuality, and she was always nervous about backlash, which, in part, led to her marriage with her abusive ex, who constantly threatened to out her. As a brand new Florida Republican, Sweeney has not spoken out against or denounced the party or state that passed one of the country’s most notorious “Don’t Say Gay” bills—which feels like very cretin-esque behavior to me.
For her part, Martin has celebrated the film: “She wasn’t the beautiful, sexy Sydney. She was the tough, rugged Christy in this movie,” she told the audience at the film’s TIFF premiere in September. “And I think it’s awesome. She kicks ass!” OK, let’s not get crazy now…
On Monday, Sweeney attempted to shrug off the embarrassing box office numbers, writing on Instagram that “we don’t always just make art for numbers, we make it for impact.” Sure, but if nobody went to see your film because of your flailing public image, then you’re not really doing it for impact either.
Yet, imagine the ~impact~ she might have had if, instead of using this press tour—in which she’s promoting a film where she plays a gay female athlete—to blankly stare into the abyss when asked to denounce white supremacy, she used it to denounce the Trump administration’s ceaseless attack on the LGBTQ+ community. Unfortunately, a Florida Republican could never.
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