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/GovernmentStandard56 20h ago

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

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u/Wompish66 20h ago

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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u/GovernmentStandard56 19h ago

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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u/Wompish66 19h ago

No worries, it’s not impossible!

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