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Sweeney Breaks Silence with Americana<\/em><\/strong> It\u2019s her first post since the backlash over her American Eagle ad.<\/p>\n Controversial Ad Campaign<\/strong> American Eagle denied any racist intent, saying it celebrated \u201cdenim, not eugenics.\u201d<\/p>\n Audience Divided<\/strong> Film Launch Amid Scandal<\/strong> Meanwhile, Sweeney avoided discussing the controversy, focusing on her role as Penny Jo Poplin.<\/p>\n <\/div>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Sweeney Breaks Silence with AmericanaSydney Sweeney returned to social media to promote Americana, her new crime thriller, sharing behind-the-scenes shots. It\u2019s her first post since the backlash over her American … <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":34648,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-34647","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/34647","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=34647"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/34647\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":34649,"href":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/34647\/revisions\/34649"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/34648"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=34647"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=34647"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=34647"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
Sydney Sweeney returned to social media to promote Americana<\/em>, her new crime thriller, sharing behind-the-scenes shots.<\/p>\n
The ad\u2014tagged \u201cSydney Sweeney Has Great Jeans\u201d\u2014sparked criticism for allegedly suggesting genetic superiority. Some compared it to \u201ccontroversial 1980s campaigns.\u201d<\/p>\n
Online reactions were mixed. Supporters said, \u201cThey hate her because she\u2019s hot,\u201d while critics labeled the ad \u201cpropaganda\u201d and called for a boycott of Americana<\/em>.<\/p>\n
Americana<\/em>, featuring Halsey and Zahn McClarnon, premiered August 15. Reviews varied\u2014some praised its \u201cgallows humor and big heart,\u201d while others called it \u201ca copycat Coen Brothers yarn.\u201d<\/p>\n