Sydney Sweeney<\/a> has responded to the criticism she received for making a soap with her bathwater, which went viral and sold out immediately.<\/p>\n In an interview with The Wall Street Journal published on Wednesday, the Anyone But You actor addressed her side hustles away from Hollywood, which range from selling Miu Miu bags to the limited edition soap<\/a>. <\/p>\n Sweeney told the outlet she didn\u2019t expect the negative reaction she received when the soap was first announced. \u201cI think it\u2019s important to have a finger on the pulse of what people are saying, because everything is a conversation with the audience,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n \u201cIt was mainly the girls making comments about it, which I thought was really interesting,\u201d Sweeney continued. \u201cThey all loved the idea of Jacob Elordi\u2019s bathwater.\u201d<\/p>\n At the time of its launch, Sweeney said that the Dr. Squatch soap was a response to fan demand.<\/p>\n \u201cWhen your fans start asking for your bathwater, you can either ignore it, or turn it into a bar of Dr. Squatch soap,\u201d Sweeney said of her \u201cBathwater Bliss\u201d soap.<\/p>\n Only 5,000 bars of the $8 ap were made and sold in June, and were quickly put up for sale on eBay for between $100 and $2,000.<\/p>\n According to the Journal, the soap currently fetches around $1,500 on the resale market. <\/p>\n Earlier this month, Sweeney became embroiled in another controversy, this time over her participation in an ad campaign for American Eagle. <\/p>\n For the campaign, which includes the limited launch of the wide-legged \u201cThe Sydney Jean,\u201d the actor featured in multiple photos and videos, including one where she cleans off a poster of herself<\/a> wearing a denim jacket and jeans and bearing a punny tagline about denim. While the phrase initially said, \u201cSydney Sweeney Has Great Genes,\u201d the last word was then crossed out and replaced with \u201cJeans.\u201d The same tagline appears in nearly every ad for the campaign.<\/p>\n Online critics pointed out that phrases such as \u201cgood genes\u201d and \u201cgreat genes\u201d have historically been used in the language of eugenicists<\/a>, who believe the human race can be improved genetically by selective breeding.<\/p>\n![\"\u2018It](\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/GettyImages-2228407555.jpeg\")
\u2018It was mainly the girls making comments about it, which I thought was really interesting,\u2019 Sweeney said about her viral bathwater soap (Getty Images)<\/p>\n