Sydney Sweeney is sparking major backlash.
LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA – NOVEMBER 13: Sydney Sweeney attends 2025 GQ Men of the Year on November 13, 2025 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Phillip Faraone/Getty Images for GQ)
Her HBO show “Euphoria” is known for pushing boundaries, but some critics think season three’s kinky content has gone way too far.
And former “Boy Meets World” actress Maitland Ward is one of them.
LAS VEGAS, NEVADA – JANUARY 27: Maitland Ward attends the 2024 Adult Video News Awards at Resorts World Las Vegas on January 27, 2024 in Las Vegas, Nevada. (Photo by Ethan Miller/Getty Images)
The Disney star turned pornstar — who reportedly earns six figures monthly — says Sweeney’s character Cassie has crossed a line.
Specifically, Cassie’s OnlyFans storyline featuring an infantilizing fetish.
BEVERLY HILLS, CALIFORNIA – OCTOBER 29: Sydney Sweeney attends Variety’s 2025 Power of Women at The Beverly Hills Hotel on October 29, 2025 in Beverly Hills, California. (Photo by Maya Dehlin Spach/Getty Images)
In an interview with TMZ, Ward called out the content as a direct violation of the platform’s actual guidelines.
“There’s all sorts of stuff that you can’t do,” Ward told the outlet.
“The whole child-baby thing is so disgusting You just can’t go into that whole underage thing like that.”
NEW YORK, NEW YORK – MAY 05: Sydney Sweeney attends the 2025 Met Gala Celebrating “Superfine: Tailoring Black Style” at Metropolitan Museum of Art on May 05, 2025 in New York City. (Photo by Dimitrios Kambouris/Getty Images for The Met Museum/Vogue)
She clarified, “I mean, you can do it to an extent if it’s very, very playful, like, you’re an adult being childlike or something. But just the way it was handled was so gross and it’s just disgusting and vile.”
For anyone who isn’t caught up on “Euphoria,” Ward is most likely referring to a scene in which Cassie (Sweeney) is dressed in pigtails, wearing a sheer dress, and sucking on a pacifier.
HOLLYWOOD, CALIFORNIA – NOVEMBER 16: Sydney Sweeney attends the 16th Governors Awards at The Ray Dolby Ballroom on November 16, 2025 in Hollywood, California. (Photo by Amy Sussman/Getty Images)
During the interview, Ward also warned about the broader implications of normalizing that kind of content, saying, “You don’t want pedophilia anywhere near pornography.”
She argues the entire Cassie storyline misrepresents OnlyFans creators rather than celebrating them.
LAS VEGAS, NEVADA – JANUARY 25: Maitland Ward attends the 2025 Adult Video News Awards at The Theater at Virgin Hotels Las Vegas on January 25, 2025 in Las Vegas, Nevada. (Photo by Ethan Miller/Getty Images)
Ward feels the character’s over-the-top behavior — like drinking from a dog bowl while in costume — amounts to mockery.
“It’s saying how weird and creepy they are,” she said.
“There’s so many creators who are really working hard to build their brands every day, and this is really disingenuous.”
HOLLYWOOD, CALIFORNIA – APRIL 07: Sydney Sweeney attends the Los Angeles Premiere of HBO’s “Euphoria” Season 3 at TCL Chinese Theatre on April 07, 2026 in Hollywood, California. (Photo by Monica Schipper/Getty Images)
Sydney Leathers, another adult content creator, echoed similar concerns about Sweeney’s “Euphoria” storyline in an interview with Variety.
“There’s just a lot that’s ridiculous and cartoonish about it,” Leathers said.
She added, “There’s so much that they have her doing that is not even allowed on OnlyFans, and that alone is infuriating: the age-play stuff where she’s dressed as a baby in a diaper, for example.”
NEW YORK, NEW YORK – DECEMBER 02: Sydney Sweeney attends “The Housemaid” New York screening at 787 Seventh Ave on December 02, 2025 in New York City. (Photo by Dia Dipasupil/Getty Images)
“Credit card processors have very strict rules that you have to abide by, and the rules are getting stricter all the time,” Leathers explained.
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