Sydney Sweeney faced immense flak for her American Eagle denim ad, which was released on July 23 last year. The actor has now featured in a new ad, for sports trading app Novig, and the reaction so far from social media has been anything but redeeming. Users online, particularly, women in sports, shared their frustration with the sexualised ad, and called it disappointing.
On the work front, Sydney was last seen in Season 3 of Euphoria . The ad features the Euphoria star appearing to be nude with various sports equipment. She posed naked while using items like footballs, basketballs, hockey pads, and tennis racquets to cover herself. After release, the ad went viral on social media. Several users called it inappropriate and criticised it as regressive for women. Can’t sell or be a normal girl if she doesn’t use her body as a tool. Sexualizing sports like this is crazy. “While women in sports are fighting to be seen for their talent and not to be sexualised this clearly Undo all the efforts, atp she just knows what works for her and she’ll go any length for that attention. A second user commented, “We need to stop normalizing this. It’s not healthy for kids to see that as aspirational. The HBO show starring Zendaya and Jacob Elordi marked the return of her character Cassie. The show opened to mixed review and is available to watch on JioHotstar. She was also seen in the sports drama Christy and the thriller, The Housemaid.
Another said, “Thank you for undoing everything women try to build in sports :)” Another female user said, “This is sad at this point. Sydney Sweeney is no FEMINIST,” said a user on X.
