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Sydney Sweeney was recently listed as one GQ Magazine’s “Men of the Year” and sat down for a lengthy feature interview that sounded largely like every other interview she does, wherein she talks about her body, being famous, and wanting to be seen for something other than those two things.
During the interview, Sydney Sweeney was asked about her recent jeans campaign for American Eagle, which stirred up largely one-sided controversy after right-wing outlets amplified complaints about the ad promoting “eugenics” from a vocal minority of social media accounts.
In the most viral of the America Eagle ads, Sweeney says: “Genes are passed down from parents to offspring, often determining traits like hair color, personality and even eye color. My jeans are blue.”
Sydney Sweeney says getting attention from Donald Trump was ‘surreal’ but was otherwise ‘not affected’ by the American Eagle controversy
“I was aware of the numbers [American Eagle’s stock] as it was going. So when I saw all the headlines of in-store visits were down a certain percentage, none of it was true. It was all made up, but nobody could say anything because [the company was] in their quiet period. So it was all just a lot of talk. And because I knew at the end of the day what that ad was for, and it was great jeans, it didn’t affect me one way or the other,” Sweeney told GQ.
As for Donald Trump weighing in, Sweeney, a registered Republican, said it was “surreal.”
Sweeney is in the midst of a promotional campaign for her new biopic Christy, which sees Sweeney star as boxer Christy Martin and is generating Oscar buzz for the 27-year-old actress.
Later this year, she’ll also be starring in the Paul Feig-directed adaption of The Housemaid alongside Amanda Seyfried, which will be released in movie theaters on Christmas Day.