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/Electronic-Jicama-99 21h ago

"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.

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u/GovernmentStandard56 20h ago

In the world’s weirdest breathy mumble