It was back in July when progressives lost their minds over American Eagle Outfitters' new ad campaign featuring actress Sydney Sweeney. That tag line was, "Sydney Sweeney Has Great Jeans." The play on words between "jeans" and "genes" lit up a month-long meltdown on the Left about eugenics and white supremacy. They considered the tag line a "Nazi dog whistle," and outlets like MSNBC published a piece arguing that the ad reflected an "unbridled cultural shift toward whiteness, conservatism, and capitalist exploitation." Marc Lamont Hill said the ads pushed the idea that non-whites are "less human."
The New York Times wrote a piece claiming there was no organic backlash to the ad until GOP influencers started hammering it. David Weigel congratulated The Times on the piece, saying it was "just a handful of online weirdos who you would not otherwise use as the basis for a story."
Sydney herself kept her mouth shut until now, when an interviewer asked her if she had anything to say about the "controversy."
Sydney Sweeney refuses to apologize for ad about "good genes"
— End Wokeness (@EndWokeness) November 6, 2025
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Correct answer.
Sydney is the most boss, badass woman right now.
— Angus T. Kirk (@angusparvo) November 6, 2025
— The Immortal (@TheImmortal007) November 6, 2025
Interviewers are in a competition to reach the pinnacle of self embarrassment and this lady just made a giant stride in that direction.
— Mark Taylor Expert Turkey Fryer Dude (@Mtaylorcrew) November 6, 2025
That interviewer is GQ features director Katherine Stoeffel.
— The Random Guy (@RandomTheGuy_) November 6, 2025
It’s a contrast in seeing a white person that has been shamed into disdaining her immutable qualities, versus one who couldn’t GAF less and is just living her life 😎
— Shaughn_A (@Shaughn_A2) November 6, 2025
Why would she apologize for being who she is?
— Alasdair Forrestal™ (@BoredJamesBored) November 6, 2025
She has excellent genes which allow her to look great in a great pair of jeans.
She refused to take a knee to that irrational BS, unlike 98% of the elected GOP. She's got stones to go with those good "genes".
— RedRooster (@RedRooster1776) November 6, 2025
Notice the lib sheepishly asking and expecting an apology and Sydney is just staring a hole through her soul?
— Chip Abernathy (@cdabernathy) November 6, 2025
When you thought she couldn't get any sexier you find out she eats trashy interviewers for breakfast
— somebody (@somebodytweetz) November 6, 2025
The absolute queen of take no shits, give no fucks. https://t.co/AKb9TKirne
— Stephen L. Miller (@redsteeze) November 6, 2025
“Give you the opportunity”
— Chief Noticer of Things (@laightrepublic) November 6, 2025
For what?
The fake perma-smile typical of the left is getting quite a run these days.
— Brett McS (@Brett_McS) November 6, 2025
100% yes pic.twitter.com/aWepGmbojg
— Doderic Dankenstein (@ddankenst) November 6, 2025
It’s presented as a spontaneous question when in fact it’s incredibly loaded, she wants Sydney to apologize or accidentally incriminate herself,
— Moonbase Alpha (@AlphaMoonb60367) November 6, 2025
"I'm graciously giving you this opportunity to denounce white supremacy."
— The MFR (@themfr) November 6, 2025
If the "good jeans" ad was, as The New York Times said, not a controversy until right-wingers brought it up, then why is this interviewer still asking her about it?
Exceptional answer.
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