{"id":429572,"date":"2025-12-06T21:03:22","date_gmt":"2025-12-06T21:03:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/429572\/"},"modified":"2025-12-06T21:03:22","modified_gmt":"2025-12-06T21:03:22","slug":"sydney-sweeney-declares-shes-against-hate-after-american-eagle-ad-drama","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/429572\/","title":{"rendered":"Sydney Sweeney declares she’s ‘against hate’ after American Eagle ad drama"},"content":{"rendered":"

Syndey Sweeney declared she is \u201cagainst hate\u201d nearly four months after her American Eagle ad was likened to \u201cNazi propaganda.\u201d<\/a><\/p>\n

\u201cI was honestly surprised by the reaction,\u201d she told People<\/a> of the ad, which was released in July. <\/p>\n

\u201cI did it because I love the jeans and love the brand. I don\u2019t support the views some people chose to connect to the campaign. Many have assigned motives and labels to me that just aren\u2019t true,\u201d the \u201cEuphoria\u201d actress, 28, added.<\/p>\n

Syndey Sweeney declared she is \u201cagainst hate\u201d nearly four months after her American Eagle ad was likened to \u201cNazi propaganda.\u201d Getty Images<\/p>\n

\u201cI was honestly surprised by the reaction,\u201d she told People of the ad, which was released in July. GC Images<\/p>\n

Sweeney, who said she is someone who \u201cleads with kindness,\u201d said she is now addressing the controversial campaign to clarify her position.<\/p>\n

\u201cAnyone who knows me knows that I\u2019m always trying to bring people together. I\u2019m against hate and divisiveness,\u201d she told the outlet. <\/p>\n

\u201cIn the past, my stance has been to never respond to negative or positive press but recently I have come to realize that my silence regarding this issue has only widened the divide, not closed it,\u201d Sweeney shared.<\/p>\n

\u201cI did it because I love the jeans and love the brand. I don\u2019t support the views some people chose to connect to the campaign. Many have assigned motives and labels to me that just aren\u2019t true,\u201d the \u201cEuphoria\u201d actress, 28, added. American Eagle<\/p>\n

Sweeney, who said she is someone who \u201cleads with kindness,\u201d said she is now addressing the controversial campaign to clarify her position. American Eagle<\/p>\n

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\u201cSo I hope this new year brings more focus on what connects us instead of what divides us.\u201d<\/p>\n

The \u201cAnyone But You\u201d star\u2019s latest remarks come more than a month after she broke her silence on the denim campaign<\/a>.<\/p>\n

\u201cI did a jean ad,\u201d she said matter-of-factly when asked if she was surprised about the discourse. \u201cI mean, the reaction definitely was a surprise. But it was \u2026 I love jeans!\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cAnyone who knows me knows that I\u2019m always trying to bring people together. I\u2019m against hate and divisiveness,\u201d she told the outlet. ASPN \/ BACKGRID<\/p>\n

Over the summer, the \u201cMadame Web\u201d actress made headlines after fans claimed her American Eagle ad\u00a0promoted \u201cNazi propaganda\u201d\u00a0by using a play on the words \u201cgenes\u201d and \u201cjeans.\u201d American Eagle<\/p>\n

Sweeney also said having the support of President Donald Trump was \u201csurreal.\u201d<\/p>\n

Over the summer, the \u201cMadame Web\u201d actress made headlines after fans claimed her American Eagle ad\u00a0promoted \u201cNazi propaganda\u201d\u00a0by using a play on the words \u201cgenes\u201d and \u201cjeans.\u201d<\/p>\n

In one of the ads, Sweeney, who has blue eyes and blond hair, talked about how genes that are passed from parent to offspring often determine traits such as \u201chair color, personality and even eye color.\u201d<\/p>\n

In one of the ads, Sweeney, who has blue eyes and blond hair, talked about how genes that are passed from parent to offspring often determine traits such as \u201chair color, personality and even eye color.\u201d American Eagle<\/p>\n

After receiving backlash from fans and being\u00a0mocked by celebrities such as Doja Cat\u00a0and\u00a0Lizzo, Trump, 79, told reporters Sweeney\u2019s ad was \u201cfantastic.\u201d ZUMAPRESS.com<\/p>\n

She then ended the video by looking at the camera and saying, \u201cMy jeans are blue.\u201d<\/p>\n

After receiving backlash from fans and being\u00a0mocked by celebrities such as Doja Cat<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0Lizzo<\/a>, Trump, 79, told reporters Sweeney\u2019s ad was \u201cfantastic.\u201d<\/p>\n

The politician was also happy to hear that the actress was a\u00a0\u201cregistered Republican.\u201d<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Syndey Sweeney declared she is \u201cagainst hate\u201d nearly four months after her American Eagle ad was likened to…\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":429573,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[33],"tags":[568,86642,185,172,14960,2882,171,53,21218,67,132,68],"class_list":{"0":"post-429572","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-celebrities","8":"tag-actors","9":"tag-campaign-ads","10":"tag-celebrities","11":"tag-celebrity-news","12":"tag-clothing","13":"tag-drama","14":"tag-entertainment","15":"tag-movies","16":"tag-sydney-sweeney","17":"tag-united-states","18":"tag-unitedstates","19":"tag-us"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/115674651243867071","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/429572","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=429572"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/429572\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/429573"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=429572"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=429572"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=429572"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}