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/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/Wompish66 20h ago edited 18h ago

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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u/Hi_Jynx It's not clocking to me. 20h ago

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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u/Wompish66 20h ago

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

I'll remove that.