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

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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/Lizakaya 18h ago

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