Sidney Sweeney could face legal trouble over Hollywood sign stunt
Euphoria actress Sidney Sweeney posted a video of her and her production team throwing hundreds of bras into the Hollywood sign.
Sydney Sweeney is responding to an online discussion calling her a “MAGA Barbie” in the wake of a controversial denim ad.
In a new interview with Cosmopolitan, the “Housemaid” star, 28, hit back at a commenter who said she made assumptions about her political leanings.
“I’ve never been here to talk about politics. I’ve always been here to make art. So this is not a conversation I want to be at the forefront of,” Sweeney told the outlet. Many are casting her as a conservative, especially after a jeans ad she shot for American Eagle drew harsh criticism from some quarters and was fiercely defended by President Trump, Vice President J.D. Vance, and others. The ad was characterized by some as promoting white supremacist ideology in order to exalt her “good genes” (and play on words “good jeans”) as a blue-eyed, blonde woman.
“People want to take it further and use me as their pawn,” Sweeney told Cosmo. “But it’s someone else assigning something to me, so I can’t control that.”
As for why she doesn’t go on record about what she believes, Sweeney said she simply doesn’t want to be involved in the conversation at all.
“I don’t get it. I’m not an asshole. If I say, ‘That’s not true,’ they’ll come at me like, ‘You’re just saying that to look good.'” There’s no winning. You never win,” she said.
“I have to continue to be who I am, because I know who I am,” Sweeney continued. “I can’t make everyone love me. I know what I stand for.”
Sweeney’s interview took place as she launched her new lingerie brand Syrn, the latest in a string of commercial successes. With 2,025 film appearances under her belt, including both the box office failure Christie and the thriller The Housemaid, she remained booked and busy.
An ad for American Eagle jeans, which critics accused of toying with “good genes,” and a campaign for Dr. Scutch soap, which reportedly contained her real bath water, both frequently sparked debate over the use of her celebrity as a branding opportunity.
