{"id":2462226,"date":"2026-06-16T15:35:55","date_gmt":"2026-06-16T15:35:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=2462226"},"modified":"2026-06-16T15:35:55","modified_gmt":"2026-06-16T15:35:55","slug":"amanda-seyfried-addresses-sydney-sweeneys-ae-backlash","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/amanda-seyfried-addresses-sydney-sweeneys-ae-backlash\/","title":{"rendered":"Amanda Seyfried Addresses Sydney Sweeney\u2019s AE Backlash"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Amanda Seyfried<\/strong> <\/a>is opening up about being by Housemaid<\/em> costar Sydney Sweeney\u2019<\/strong><\/a>s side amid controversy regarding an American Eagle ad campaign.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe had a great time on the press tour,\u201d Seyfried, 40, told GQ<\/em><\/a> in a profile published on Monday, June 15. \u201cWe worked really hard and she seemed to be having fun, but I also understood that probably it can\u2019t be f***ing easy, where she found herself\u2026 I have heard her stand up for herself, but I think she found herself between a rock and a hard place.\u201d<\/p>\n

At the time, Sweeney, 28, and Seyfried were promoting their 2025 film The Housemaid<\/em>. The movie, which is based on the book of the same name written by Freida McFadden,<\/strong> centers around Nina (Seyfried) hiring live-in housekeeper Millie (Sweeney). Millie quickly discovers that Nina\u2019s seemingly perfect house she was hired to clean isn\u2019t what she was imagining.<\/p>\n

When asked how she provided support to Sweeney amid the height of the backlash, Seyfried replied, \u201cI\u2019m just there.\u201d<\/p>\n

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\n\t\t\tSydney Sweeney is embracing her inner femme fatale. Sweeney, 28, opened up about the acting roles she accepts and being cast as one of Hollywood\u2019s leading bombshells while chatting with Variety in an interview published on Monday, October 27. \u201cI play a lot of very divisive characters, and I think that a lot of people [\u2026]\t\t<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

\u201cI don\u2019t talk to her about it unless she wants to talk about it,\u201d Seyfried continued. \u201cI don\u2019t want to be a source of anything, but whatever you need. You need some fun, you need to laugh, you need cake with me? That\u2019s fine\u2026 at the same time, I\u2019m like, \u2018We\u2019ve got to promote this movie and I can be a safe space.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n

Amid the controversy surrounding Sweeney and the campaign<\/a>, Seyfried shared that her costar still made sure to think of her on her birthday, which falls on December 3.<\/p>\n

\u201cShe brought me all these cupcakes from Magnolia Bakery and gave me this most beautiful bracelet,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n

Sweeney faced backlash in 2025 when she was featured as part of American Eagle\u2019s denim campaign that featured the tagline, \u201cSydney Sweeney Has Great Jeans.\u201d<\/a> The ad, which seemingly played on the words \u201cjean\u201d and \u201cgene,\u201d sparked outrage on social media that Sweeney and the brand were promoting eugenics. (The discredited belief aims to improve human genetics and is often associated with white supremacy.)<\/p>\n

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\n\t\t\tSydney Sweeney seems to be everywhere fans look these days \u2014 but according to the actress, not everything is what it seems. Sweeney, 28, has played glamorous roles, sexy love interests and daring TV darlings, but the complex portrayal of real-life boxer Christy Salters Martin in 2025\u2019s Christy is one that spoke most to who [\u2026]\t\t<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

A brand spokesperson responded to pushback surrounding the ad last August, noting the campaign \u201cis and always was about the jeans. Her 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

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