4 November 2025<\/time>\n <\/p>\nSydney Sweeney wasn’t affected by the American Eagle jeans controversy.<\/p>\n
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Sydney Sweeney caused controversy with her American Eagle jeans advertising campaign<\/p>\n
The Euphoria actress was at the centre of a furore earlier this year after starring in the brand’s ‘Great Jeans’ advertisements – which were accused of glorifying her white heritage and physique – and she admits that the response caught her by “surprise” as she felt the campaign was innocuous.<\/p>\n
Sydney told GQ magazine: “I did a jean ad. I mean, the reaction definitely was a surprise, but I love jeans. All I wear are jeans. I’m literally in jeans and a T-shirt every day of my life… I knew at the end of the day what that ad was for, and it was great jeans, it didn’t affect me one way or the other.”<\/p>\n
The 28-year-old star explained that she never considered addressing the backlash as she doesn’t want others to “define” her.<\/p>\n
Sydney said: “I’ve always believed that I’m not here to tell people what to think.<\/p>\n
\n“I know who I am. I know what I value. I know that I’m a kind person. I know that I love a lot, and I know that I’m just excited to see what happens next. And so I don’t really let other people define who I am.”<\/p>\n
\nThe Anyone but You actress did find it “surreal” when US President Donald Trump and Vice President JD Vance waded into the debate \u2013 although she ignored the controversy for the most part.<\/p>\n
\nSweeney recalled: “I kind of just put my phone away. I was filming every day. I’m filming Euphoria, so I’m working 16-hour days and I don’t really bring my phone on set, so I work and then I go home and I go to sleep. So I didn’t really see a lot of it.”<\/p>\n
\nSydney has been promoting Christy \u2013 her new biopic about the female boxing trailblazer Christy Martin \u2013 and would be disappointed if people refused to watch the movie because of her involvement in the American Eagle campaign.<\/p>\n
\nShe said: “I think that if somebody is closed off because of something they read online to a powerful story like Christy, then I hope that something else can open their eyes to being open to art and being open to learning, and I’m not going to be affected by that.”<\/p>\n
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