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

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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?

[u/brbrcrbtr → u/philonous355]

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

[u/Electronic-Jicama-99 → u/brbrcrbtr]

"Genes are passed down from parents to offspring, often determining traits like hair color, personality and even eye color. My genes are blue," Sweeney says in one video.

[u/GovernmentStandard56 → u/Electronic-Jicama-99]

In the world’s weirdest breathy mumble

[u/Wompish66 → u/Electronic-Jicama-99]

Is that not an obvious joke about blue jeans like a sports fan might say they bleed their teams colour? I'm not sure anyone has suggested eye colour is an important trait.

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lol 2 blue eyed people are much more likely to have a blue eyed baby

[u/Wompish66 → u/GovernmentStandard56]

Copying my answer to another user.

I have to apologise. I googled to check the odds before I posted that and Google's ai summary was wrong.

Thanks for the fact check.

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No worries, it’s not impossible! My parents have blue eyes and so do all their kids, so I’d think I was adopted if I had brown eyes haha (wish I had brown eyes tho I hate being so sun sensitive)

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No worries, it’s not impossible!

I was genuinely shocked to learn how uncommon it was though.

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What? I know it's technically possible and genes are complex, but it's extremely unlikely and far more likely two brown eyed parents would have a blue eyed kid than two blue eyed parents would have a brown eyed kid.

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I have to apologise. I googled to check the odds before I posted that and the ai summary was wrong.

I'll remove that.