Sydney Sweeney has as soon as once more defined that she regrets not approaching American Eagle’s controversial ‘nice denims’ marketing campaign otherwise.
The Housemaid star was named the face of the marketing campaign in the summertime, however the clothes model instantly caught backlash and was accused of pushing eugenics, stemming from the ‘nice denims’ slogan and Sweeney being a white girl with blonde hair and blue eyes.
American Eagle defended its model in addition to having Sweeney because the face of the marketing campaign by insisting that it needed to signify the actor’s “story.”
Following the web chatter, which included enter from quite a few TikTok creators and Doja Cat, the Euphoria star spoke on the marketing campaign a number of occasions, final denying that she noticed a lot of the backlash. But in a brand new assertion to PeopleSweeney revealed that she did see the response, which she was “honestly surprised” by.
“I did it because I love the jeans and love the brand. I don’t support the views some people chose to connect to the campaign. Many have assigned motives and labels to me that just aren’t true,” she mentioned.
The actor added that she “leads with kindness” and needed to dismiss the hypothesis being hooked up to her. “Anyone who knows me knows that I’m always trying to bring people together. I’m against hate and divisiveness,” she defined.
“In the past my stance has been to never respond to negative or positive press but recently I have come to realize that my silence regarding this issue has only widened the divide, not closed it. So I hope this new year brings more focus on what connects us instead of what divides us.”
In her GQ Men of the Year interview with the publication’s options director Katherine Stoeffel, Sweeney appeared kind of unaware of detrimental reactions in the direction of the marketing campaign.
Although she known as it “surreal” to see President Donald Trump and Vice President JD Vance converse out in protection of her, Sweeney additionally teased that she’d present an extended assertion on the American Eagle debate.
“I think that when I have an issue that I want to speak about, people will hear,” Sweeney mentioned.