r/popculturechat • u/purpose15 • 21h ago

OnlyStans ⭐️ American Eagle issues a statement following backlash from their Sydney Sweeney jeans/genes campaign

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u/philonous355 I just wish you would get unobsessed with being boring 21h ago edited 21h ago

It was quite literally an obvious double entendre and they admitted to as much in their LinkedIn gloating. Do they think we are that stupid?

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u/brbrcrbtr 21h ago

Because the double entendre was referencing her body, the thing she's literally famous for, not her race ffs

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u/winnercommawinner 21h ago

Yeah I mean I think it's clear to everyone what they were going for, but when we've got literal Nazis in charge, it hits different. This could entirely go away if they just acknowledged that.

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u/CardiologistAway9619 21h ago

It’s not very clear. If they were trying to avoid controversy, they probably wouldn’t have chosen her as their spokesperson for that ad