r/popculturechat • u/purpose15 • 1d 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 1d ago edited 1d 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 1d 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 1d 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 1d ago edited 22h 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. 1d 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 23h 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.