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American Eagle sparks backlash for touting Sydney Sweeney's great jeans

6,944 1,675 July 29, 2025 at 08:53 AM in Chat
NBC News reports:

https://www.yahoo.com/entertainme...36853.html
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American Eagle's "great jeans" advertising campaign with actor Sydney Sweeney is at the center of the latest political firestorm online, drawing accusations of racial undertones in its messaging.

Sweeney, who rose to fame for her starring roles in HBO's "Euphoria" and "The White Lotus," is the star of the clothing retailer's latest denim-focused fall campaign, with the tagline, "Sydney Sweeney has great jeans."

It's a play on words for Sweeney's "great genes." Indeed, in one clip, which accrued more than 1.1 million views on American Eagle's Instagram page, Sweeney stands before a poster of herself titled, "Sydney Sweeney has great genes," before the word "genes" is crossed out and replaced with "jeans."


This is a scandal! I'm shocked, I'm totally shocked by that!

BTW, what do you guys think about the jeans? Are these great or not?
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08-09-2025 at 12:02 AM.
08-09-2025 at 12:02 AM.
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Why so Grumpy?
You need to see a Doc. Wink
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Slick_Drone
08-09-2025 at 06:25 AM.
08-09-2025 at 06:25 AM.
Quote from procope :
Paint 'em blond and it's not so far different. Shakira is already painted.

People have different preferences for jeans... some wear blue jeans, some like more darker hues. Also, women's and men's standards of prettiness differ.
Huh? The dude asked what my standards were because I think Sweeney is a butterface. Do you reduce everyone to being either blonde or not?
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08-09-2025 at 12:10 PM.
08-09-2025 at 12:10 PM.
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You need to see a Doc.
I would, but I'd have to drop my pants and I'm Bashful
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procope
08-09-2025 at 06:08 PM.
08-09-2025 at 06:08 PM.
Quote from Abused.Return.Policy :
Huh? The dude asked what my standards were because I think Sweeney is a butterface. Do you reduce everyone to being either blonde or not?
of course I do, am I a dude or what? Paint 'em all blond and they all pretty,
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08-10-2025 at 04:49 AM.
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I would, but I'd have to drop my pants and I'm Bashful
meow meow
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08-11-2025 at 06:16 AM.
08-11-2025 at 06:16 AM.
Quote from Abused.Return.Policy :
Huh? The dude asked what my standards were because I think Sweeney is a butterface. Do you reduce everyone to being either blonde or not?
All white people look the same to me, you know, ALL BUTTERFACES! So different hair color helps tell them apart. Just sayin.
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08-11-2025 at 07:48 AM.
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meow meow
(unrelated) that reminds me... in the Dominican Republic, apparently guys now sometimes "meow" at women (and some men) in lieu of whistling...literally cat calling, but I think the guys figure they won't get in trouble if they claim they are calling the feral cats at the resort. This happened to my daughter (and her new husband!) on their honeymoon in June
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08-12-2025 at 07:13 AM.
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Quote from emelvee :
(unrelated) that reminds me... in the Dominican Republic, apparently guys now sometimes "meow" at women (and some men) in lieu of whistling...literally cat calling, but I think the guys figure they won't get in trouble if they claim they are calling the feral cats at the resort. This happened to my daughter (and her new husband!) on their honeymoon in June
Your daughter shouldn't have to deal with something like that. That's horrible. Mad
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08-12-2025 at 10:42 AM.
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Your daughter shouldn't have to deal with something like that. That's horrible.
Yeah, that's the DR for you unfortunately.
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12-08-2025 at 07:32 AM.
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Quote from SnakePlisken :
All white people look the same to me, you know, ALL BUTTERFACES! So different hair color helps tell them apart. Just sayin.
You are in good company, mon cher. nod

Lucy Guo, the painted blonde, says:
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"Every white guy looks the same to me, so I have been in the elevator with David Beckham a few times and I didn't know it was him," the tech developer, designer and investor told The Post. "The only reason I found out after was because my friends were in the elevator with me saying, 'Oh my God, that was David Beckham.'"

https://nypost.com/2022/05/21/how...arty-girl/
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12-08-2025 at 07:43 AM.
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You are in good company, mon cher. nod

Lucy Guo, the painted blonde, says:
Sheesh, tryin' to sell me a stinkin' subscription to some stinkin' yankee newspaper? Thanks but no thanks!
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12-08-2025 at 07:53 AM.
12-08-2025 at 07:53 AM.
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Sheesh, tryin' to sell me a stinkin' subscription to some stinkin' yankee newspaper? Thanks but no thanks!

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12-09-2025 at 05:25 AM.
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So do chinese. Extremely doubt the carpet matches the drapes there, my mama ain't raised no dummies no how.
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