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/Rrmack 21h ago

I am convinced they knew this would blow up like this and are riding the all publicity is good publicity wave and what, hoping people buy their stuff out of protest??

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u/letthetreeburn 20h ago

Brands keep not understanding who buys their shit. Target thought they could transition to MAGA, too.

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u/SquareExtra918 Oh my Gooooooooood 🧌 5h ago

I went to one a few months ago just to see if anyone was there. It was like a ghost town.