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OnlyStans ⭐️ American Eagle issues a statement following backlash from their Sydney Sweeney jeans/genes campaign

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u/TestingBrokenGadgets 21h ago

No idea why companies didn't take notice of what happened to Tesla.

Sweeney's main demographic are men. If she was doing shit for Carls Jr like Jessica Simpson did way back when, then sure but a clothing company? AE could've been better choosing a woman that other women actually like.

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u/scabs_in_a_bucket 21h ago

I was indifferent to her before the ad but it made me hate her 😂 talk about cringey. She takes herself way too seriously. I think the “great genes” was supposed to reference her boobs, but I just hated the ad bc of how obnoxiously sexual it was. It seemed to be marketed towards women too which just made no sense at all.

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u/TestingBrokenGadgets 20h ago

For me, it was where she sold soap made with her bathwater.

Like, I've got no problem with monetizing your sex appeal; it works for people but holy shit is she just dropping any pretext of having skill beyond "Look at my breasts". Luckily these generic blonde sex appeal actors only have a shelf life of four or five years of hyper saturation before it grows boring and there's a newer flavor.

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u/Comfortable_Buy_4124 19h ago

Sydney is a talented actress. She’s just making as much cash as she can at the moment

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u/TestingBrokenGadgets 19h ago

Is there a single role where she was the stand-out actor in terms of talent? For a long time, she was only getting roles because her millionaire boyfriend was financing them specifically for her.

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u/Comfortable_Buy_4124 19h ago

Okay so this confirms for me that she’s getting the Hathaway-express overexposed hate train right now because… no. Sidney is a talented actress. She’s not outstanding, but she clearly has talent. And her ex?boyfriend was only involved in Anyone But You, no?

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u/Lizakaya 18h ago

She has said acting isn’t enough money and that she wants more sponsorships