Actress Sydney Sweeney has broken her silence months after her American Eagle jeans ad triggered an online uproar, saying that she was surprised by both the backlash and the unexpected praise from the nation’s top leaders.
The 28-year-old discussed the controversy for the first time in an interview with GQ magazine published Tuesday.
“I did a jean ad. I mean, the reaction definitely was a surprise, but I love jeans,” Sweeney said when asked if she was surprised by the reaction to the brand’s “Sydney Sweeney Has Great Jeans” ad.
The ad, released in July, quickly went viral for what many interpreted as a play on words, seemingly using “jeans” instead of “genes” to refer to the blonde, blue-eyed star’s looks….