{"id":1971333,"date":"2025-08-20T23:21:08","date_gmt":"2025-08-20T23:21:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=1971333"},"modified":"2025-08-20T23:21:08","modified_gmt":"2025-08-20T23:21:08","slug":"sydney-sweeney-reacts-to-online-fodder-after-american-eagle-ad-backlash","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/sydney-sweeney-reacts-to-online-fodder-after-american-eagle-ad-backlash\/","title":{"rendered":"Sydney Sweeney reacts to online fodder after American Eagle ad backlash"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content%2Fuploads%2Fsites%2F2%2F2025%2F08%2F109846001-1.jpg?quality%3D90%26strip%3Dall\" \/><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>The internet may not always be a euphoric place for Sydney Sweeney, but the 27-year-old star knows that keeping up on the online chatter is sometimes necessary.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI think it\u2019s important to have a finger on the pulse of what people are saying, because everything is a conversation with the audience,\u201d Sweeney told\u00a0<a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.wsj.com\/style\/sydney-sweeney-career-path-5d615d43?mod=style_lead_story\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The Wall Street Journal<\/a>\u00a0about navigating internet feedback in an interview published Wednesday, Aug. 20.<\/p>\n<p>In June, the \u201cAnyone But You\u201d actress faced backlash for her partnership with Dr. Squatch. At the time, Sweeney released<a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2025\/06\/07\/lifestyle\/the-post-tests-sydney-sweeneys-soap-made-with-her-bathwater\/\"> a limited-edition line of bar soaps<\/a> made from her bathwater.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>Sydney Sweeney for the Wall Street Journal. <span class=\"credit\">Photography by Elizaveta Porodina for WSJ. Magazine<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cIt was mainly the girls making comments about it, which I thought was really interesting,\u201d she explained to the publication. \u201cThey all loved the idea of\u00a0Jacob Elordi\u2019s bathwater.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The \u201cEuphoria\u201d actor, 28, starred in \u201cSaltburn\u201d opposite\u00a0Barry Keoghan in 2023. In one scene, the Irish actor\u2019s character Oliver drinks bathwater after Elordi\u2019s Felix had pleasured himself in the tub.<\/p>\n<aside class=\"single__inline-module aligncenter wp-block-nypost-editor-primary-tag\">\n<\/aside>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>Sydney Sweeney sports a black dress with a giant, red rose while on vacation. <span class=\"credit\">Sydney Sweeney \/ Instagram<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>Sydney Sweeney poses in her new American Eagle ad. <span class=\"credit\">American Eagle<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Fans ended up creating a \u201cBathwater Candle\u201d inspired by the moment.<\/p>\n<p>Sweeney\u2019s bathwater, however, didn\u2019t garner the same kind of response.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI think it\u2019s more fun to see everyone else talk about it,\u201d she told\u00a0<a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.eonline.com\/news\/1418357\/sydney-sweeney-reacts-to-dr-squatch-bathwater-buzz?query=sydney%20sweeney\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">E! News<\/a>\u00a0at the time, noting that the product came to be because \u201cI pitched it.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>Sydney Sweeney\u2019s American Eagle ad. <span class=\"credit\">American Eagle<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Last month, Sweeney found herself enthralled in another controversial moment <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2025\/07\/31\/lifestyle\/american-eagles-ad-with-sydney-sweeney-spark-debate-race-and-beauty-standards\/\">following\u00a0an American Eagle partnership<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The \u201cEcho Valley\u201d vet\u2019s \u201cSydney Sweeney has great jeans\u201d campaign <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2025\/08\/02\/lifestyle\/sydney-sweeney-jeans-ad-especially-off-putting-nj-influencer-says\/\">sparked a debate about race<\/a> and beauty standards.<\/p>\n<p>Critics focused on the use of the word \u201cgenes\u201d instead of \u201cjeans\u201d when discussing the blonde-haired, blue-eyed star.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>Sydney Sweeney. <span class=\"credit\">American Eagle<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Many social media users <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/video\/why-liberals-hate-the-sydney-sweeney-ad-red-hot-takes\/\">felt the ad promoted eugenics<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cGenes are passed down from parents to offspring, often determining traits like hair color, personality and even eye color,\u201d Sweeney said in the American Eagle video. \u201cMy jeans are blue.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Marcus Collins, an assistant professor of marketing at the University of Michigan\u2019s Ross School of Business, revealed how the controversy should have been handled.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>Sydney Sweeney poses as the face of American Eagle\u2019s new denim campaign.  <span class=\"credit\">American Eagle<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>Sydney Sweeney\u2019s American Eagle campaign.  <span class=\"credit\">APEX \/ MEGA<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cYou can either say this was ignorance, or this was laziness, or say that this is intentional. Either one of the three aren\u2019t good,\u201d he told the Associated Press.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI love how\u00a0the leftist meltdown over the Sydney Sweeney ad\u00a0has only resulted in a beautiful white blonde girl with blue eyes getting 1000x the exposure for her \u2018good genes,\u2019\u201d Megyn Kelly wrote on X of the controversy. <\/p>\n<p>American Eagle quickly <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2025\/08\/01\/entertainment\/american-eagle-breaks-silence-on-sydney-sweeney-ad-controversy\/\">defended the company\u2019s campaign<\/a>.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>\u201cSydney Sweeney Has Great Jeans\u201d ad. <span class=\"credit\">American Eagle<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\u201c\u2018Sydney Sweeney has great jeans\u2019 is and always was about the jeans,\u201d the clothing brand wrote in an\u00a0Instagram\u00a0statement on Aug. 1. \u201cHer jeans. Her story. We\u2019ll continue to celebrate how everyone wears their AE jeans with confidence, their way. Great jeans look good on everyone.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>While the young starlet has yet to address the drama, Sweeney did talk about her partnership with the brand.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI am a sweats girl,\u201d she <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/people.com\/sydney-sweeney-stars-american-eagle-denim-campaign-exclusive-11775819\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">confessed to People<\/a> in July. \u201cBut yesterday I wore a pair of American Eagle jeans on a plane, and I was like, \u2018Oh, this is great. They\u2019re so comfy.&#8217;\u201d<\/p>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>Sydney Sweeney for American Eagle. <span class=\"credit\">American Eagle<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Finding out she was the new face of American Eagle\u2019s latest denim campaign was a surreal moment for Sweeney.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI was freaking out because I was like, \u2018This is perfect,\u2019 and I was so excited,\u201d Sweeney gushed, adding that she\u2019s been a lifelong fan of their jeans. \u201cWhen they were like, \u2018We want it to be a denim campaign,\u2019 I was through the roof. I was like, \u2018This is it. This is Syd. I will be able to bring this to life. You have no idea.&#8217;\u201d<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><em> \u2018 The preceding article may include information circulated by third parties \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n<p><em> \u2018 Some details of this article were extracted from the following source celebrity.land \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The internet may not always be a euphoric place for Sydney Sweeney, but the 27-year-old star knows that keeping up on the online chatter is sometimes necessary. \u201cI think it\u2019s important to have a finger on the pulse of what people are saying, because everything is a conversation with the audience,\u201d Sweeney told\u00a0The Wall Street [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":1971334,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"jnews-multi-image_gallery":[],"jnews_single_post":[],"jnews_primary_category":[],"jnews_social_meta":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[25174],"tags":[25538,339107,345562,21751,21741,309386,350732],"class_list":["post-1971333","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-gossip","tag-actors","tag-american-eagle-outfitters","tag-campaigns","tag-celebrities","tag-entertainment","tag-sydney-sweeney","tag-womens-fashion"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Sydney-Sweeney-reacts-to-online-fodder-after-American-Eagle-ad.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1971333","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1971333"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1971333\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1971334"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1971333"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1971333"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1971333"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}