Sydney Sweeney has been called out by viewers of Euphoria over a scene they’ve dubbed as ‘feeding into’ a sickening ‘kink’.
Season three of the hit HBO show is here, and people have been lapping it up as the cast reprises their roles after what feels like years since the second season ended.
However, Sweeney, the actor who plays Cassie in Euphoria, has come under fire for a specific scene in the latest instalment that had people saying ‘f***’ more times than I can count.
The heat on social media comes months after the 28-year-old star’s controversy surrounding her American Eagle jeans advert, which took centre stage before the show was revived for its likely-to-be final season.
But Sweeney isn’t the only one to be lashed out at, as the show’s producer, Sam Levinson, has also caught some flak too.
Warning: Spoilers for Euphoria below
Now that the show is here, fans have been able to see just what happened to Rue (Zendaya), Cassie, Maddy (Alexa Demie) and Nate (Jacob Elordi), as well as other OG characters once the curtains closed on their school lives.
Perhaps unsurprisingly for most, it came out pretty quickly that Cassie turned to making adult content, however, it appeared to be behind the back of Nate, who is now her hubby.
While Cassie could be seen posing in various skimpy outfits fitting of adult-tailored requests, one scene saw her sucking on a pacifier, in pigtails, pulling the ‘happy baby’ yoga pose… wearing what can only be described as a sheer frilly top and white pants akin to a nappy.
Sydney Sweeney plays Cassie in HBO’s Euphoria (HBO)
Of course, this caused a stir on social media, as some thought it was ‘playing into a paedophilic fetish’.
Calling Sweeney ‘weird’ for even agreeing to the scene, viewers have slammed both her and Levinson for the shot.
One person on X wrote: “Sam levinson is weird as f***for even coming up with this and sydney is weird as f***for not saying no to it.”
A second scathed: “What the actual f***, this is wrong in so many ways. Was the f***ing pacifier needed.”
She’s an OnlyFans star in the new season (HBO)
Someone else asked: “Why the f***would Sydney agree to be portrayed like this????? Wtf??????”
Finally, one user shared: “The fact that nobody is taking this seriously is pissing me the f*** off??? this is literally feeding into a pedophilia kink what the F***.”
But there were also those who thought some were being dramatic, with one person writing: “Ur weird as f*** for thinking it’s weird as f***.”
Another said: “But it’s fiction. It’s a mockery of those who make and consume that kind of stuff. It’s like you complaining that a movie features a corrupt politician or a serial killer.”
Ahead of its release, Sweeney opened up about her character and the ‘unhinged’ third season of Euphoria.
The actor has opened up about playing Cassie (Presley Ann/Getty Images for HBO)
She told Empire: “I have such a spot in my heart for Cassie, and I hold her really close and dear. She is crazy. She makes so many mistakes. She’s flawed on so many levels, but she does it all from a place of love. It could be a sad version of love, as well. It’s so much fun to play a character that is as crazy as she is.
“Sam [Levinson] is such a brilliant filmmaker to work with, because I’ll read something, then I’ll call him, and I’m like, ‘Let’s go crazier’. And he’s like, ‘I’m all in’. And this season is unhinged.”
LADbible reached out to the representatives of Sydney Sweeney and HBO for comment.