Sydney Sweeney is finally talking about the backlash to her American Eagle jeans ad.
The “Euphoria” actress, 28, spoke about the controversy that erupted in July for the first time in an interview with GQ magazine published Tuesday.
“I know who I am. I know what I value. I know that I’m a kind person,” Sweeney told the publication. “I know that I love a lot, and I know that I’m just excited to see what happens next. And so I don’t really let other people define who I am.”
When the reporter asked Sweeney directly if she “was surprised by the reaction” to the ad, she responded: “I did a jean ad. I mean, the reaction definitely was a surprise, but I love jeans.”
“All I wear are jeans. I’m literally in jeans and a T-shirt every day of my life… I knew at the end of the day what that ad was for, and it was great jeans, it didn’t affect me one way or the other,” the “Christy” star continued.
Sweeney also called it “surreal” that President Donald Trump and Vice President JD Vance both reacted to the controversy.
Trump, 79, praised Sweeney and her ad in August after learning that she’s allegedly a registered Republican.
“She’s a registered Republican? Oh, now I love her ad,” Trump told reporters. He added, “If Sydney Sweeney is a registered Republican, I think her ad is fantastic.”
Vance, meanwhile, ripped Democrats for becoming unhinged over a “pretty girl” selling jeans to kids in America.
In the GQ interview, Sweeney said that she ignored the noise about the jeans ad.
“I kind of just put my phone away,” she shared. “I was filming every day. I’m filming ‘Euphoria,‘ so I’m working 16-hour days and I don’t really bring my phone on set, so I work and then I go home and I go to sleep. So I didn’t really see a lot of it.”
But Sweeney did confirm that she was aware of American Eagle’s 38% soaring stocks thanks to the ad.
“When I saw all the headlines of in-store visits were down a certain percentage, none of it was true,” she explained. “It was all made up, but nobody could say anything because [the company was] in their quiet period. So it was all just a lot of talk. And because I knew at the end of the day what that ad was for, and it was great jeans, it didn’t affect me one way or the other.”
When asked if she wanted to specifically comment on the ad and why it garnered criticism, Sweeney told the reporter: “I think that when I have an issue that I want to speak about, people will hear.”
Sweeney also had a pointed message to share for people who won’t see her TV and film projects because of the jeans ad.
“I think that if somebody is closed off because of something they read online to a powerful story like Christy, then I hope that something else can open their eyes to being open to art and being open to learning, and I’m not going to be affected by that,” she said in the interview.
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