Republican<\/a> or that she’s styled herself a certain way. It’s that she’s trying to serve multiple audiences without committing to any of them,” Hempen said.<\/p>\nHe added that the Fox-anchor aesthetic, the Republican registration, and the American Eagle campaign are signals that don\u2019t match the indie-leaning roles she gravitates toward.<\/p>\n
Her latest movie Christy <\/em>had a disappointing box-office debut. The biopic follows the life of Christy Salters, formerly known as Martin, a pioneering female boxer whose rise in the ring was matched by turbulence in her personal life. The film traces her journey from her parents’ refusal to accept that she is gay to her abusive marriage to her former boxing coach, Jim Martin.<\/p>\n\n
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“She doesn’t need to become a MAGA spokesperson. She needs to represent a philosophy that connects,” Hempen said, suggesting themes such as independence, authenticity, traditional femininity, or small-town values\u2014not explicit partisanship.<\/p>\n
“Look at the American Eagle campaign. Sales soared not because she endorsed a political party, but because she represented something that resonated with a massive, underserved audience tired of being told what they should value. That’s not MAGA. That’s cultural positioning. Strategic ambiguity is only valuable if it’s working. Right now, it’s not,” Hempen added.<\/p>\n
Hempen added that, while leaning clearly into a values-based identity could cost her some roles, it could also give her a loyal fan base with enormous commercial potential.<\/p>\n
“What she can’t do is keep straddling both worlds and expecting neither side to notice,” he concluded.<\/p>\n
Ambiguity\u00a0Might\u00a0Be\u00a0Her\u00a0Safest\u00a0Bet\u2014for\u00a0Now<\/strong><\/h2>\nMichael Montgomery, a political scientist and former U.S. diplomat who teaches at the University of Michigan-Dearborn and Wayne State University, told Newsweek<\/em>: “Sydney Sweeney would likely benefit from adopting a MAGA-adjacent position\u2014close enough to be liked by the Red Hat brigade but not so close as to find herself caught up in the politics of that movement or canceled in the mainstream culture.”<\/p>\nHe added: “Given MAGA’s appeal for young men and weakness with young women, that movement has much more to gain from pulling her in than she stands to gain from wholeheartedly embracing MAGA.”<\/p>\n
Montgomery also emphasized that “the ambiguity itself produces a conversation around her that keeps her in the public eye.”<\/p>\n
‘She\u00a0Should\u00a0Stop\u00a0Straddling\u00a0the\u00a0Fence\u2019<\/strong><\/h2>\nShampaigne Graves, a women\u2019s consumer expert who has been tracking the rise of the “conservative female influencer,” told Newsweek<\/em> that Sweeney is resonating with a demographic hungry for representation.<\/p>\n“With an entire base of women looking for someone to legitimize their stance in Hollywood\/Social Media\u2014conservative women have welcomed Sweeney,” Graves said, noting the success of the actress\u2019s deals with American Eagle, Jimmy Choo, and Neutrogena.<\/p>\n
According to Graves, Sweeney has not done herself any favors from “straddling the fence.” Graves’ research on women’s customer profiles indicates Sweeney should lean into the conservative influencer and “come out of the political closet.”<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
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