{"id":263293,"date":"2025-11-05T02:13:12","date_gmt":"2025-11-05T02:13:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/263293\/"},"modified":"2025-11-05T02:13:12","modified_gmt":"2025-11-05T02:13:12","slug":"sydney-sweeney-addresses-american-eagle-jeans-ad-controversy-and-donald-trump-support","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/263293\/","title":{"rendered":"Sydney Sweeney addresses American Eagle jeans ad controversy and Donald Trump support"},"content":{"rendered":"

S\ufeffydney Sweeney<\/a> has finally spoken out about her controversial American Eagle jeans campaign<\/a> and the support she received from US President Donald Trump<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The denim brand and Sweeney both received criticism for the controversial ad which was considered tone deaf by many due to its “great jeans” tagline and perceived allusion to eugenics.<\/p>\n

Speaking to GQ for a cover story interview<\/a>, \ufeffthe actress admitted she was “surprised” by the response to the campaign.<\/p>\n

Watch the video above.\ufeff<\/p>\n

\"ASydney Sweeney has finally addressed the controversial American Eagle ad. (YouTube)<\/p>\n

“I did a jean ad. I mean, the reaction definitely was a surprise, but I love jeans,” she told the publication.<\/p>\n

“All I wear are jeans. I’m literally in jeans and a T-shirt every day of my life.”<\/p>\n

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US President Donald Trump praised Sweeney and the ad after learning that the actress was a registered republican. (AP)<\/p>\n

Sweeney also said “it was surreal” to have Trump himself comment on the controversy.<\/p>\n

During the height of the backlash to the ad in August, Trump praised the actress and her ad after learning that she is a registered republican.<\/p>\n

“She’s a registered Republican? Oh, now I love her ad,” Trump told reporters while boarding Air Force One.<\/p>\n

“If Sydney Sweeney is a registered Republican, I think her ad is fantastic,” he added.<\/p>\n

Later in a post to his Truth Social account, Trump doubled down on his praise\ufeff, calling the campaign “the HOTTEST ad out there” while misspelling Sweeney’s first name.<\/p>\n

Later in the GQ interview, Sweeney was asked if she felt “thankful” \ufeffthat “some very powerful people” had her back in public to which Sweeney gave a muted response.<\/p>\n

“I don’t think … It’s not that I didn’t have that feeling, but I wasn’t thinking of it like that, of any of it,” she said, revealing that she was too busy to be caught up with the wide-reaching conversation.<\/p>\n

“I kind of just put my phone away. I was filming every day. I’m filming Euphoria, so I’m working 16-hour days and I don’t really bring my phone on set, so I work and then I go home and I go to sleep. So I didn’t really see a lot of it.”<\/p>\n

\"sydneyContinuing in the interview, Sweeney revealed that she “didn’t really see a lot of” the commentary around the ad. (Getty Images for GLAAD)<\/p>\n

The interviewer continued to press asking if she had something she wanted to say about the “ad itself” given the current “political climate” and the tone of the ad.<\/p>\n

“I think that when I have an issue that I want to speak about, people will hear,” she responded.<\/p>\n

Sweeney’s comments come after she \ufeffkept mum on the controversy for several months.<\/p>\n

Back in September, she told Vanity Fair that she had no intentions on answering questions about the advertisement. \ufeff<\/p>\n

“\ufeffI am there to support my movie and the people involved in making it, and I’m not there to talk about jeans,” she told the publication.<\/p>\n

\"AmericanAmerican Eagle shared a statement in response to Sydney Sweeney ‘Great Jeans’ campaign (Instagram\/ @americaneagle)<\/p>\n

\ufeffIn the wake of the backlash, American Eagle doubled down on its campaign strategy sharing a statement to Instagram.<\/p>\n

“‘Sydney Sweeney Has Great Jeans’ is and always was about the jeans,” the statement read.<\/p>\n

“Her jeans. Her story.\ufeff”<\/p>\n

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