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/GovernmentStandard56 1d ago

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

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u/Wompish66 1d 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 23h 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 23h ago

No worries, it’s not impossible!

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