Overview
- A Proud Boys banner reading “Proud Boys Love Sydney Sweeney. She has the best blue genes.” appeared on a 91 Freeway billboard in Corona, California.
- American Eagle defended its “Sydney Sweeney Has Great Jeans” campaign on August 1, stating that the slogan is solely about its denim products.
- President Trump hailed the ad on Truth Social on August 4, calling it the “HOTTEST” campaign and saying the jeans were “flying off the shelves.”
- Sydney Sweeney has not publicly commented on claims of racial or eugenic subtext in the pun-driven campaign.
- Trent Sweeney, a U.S. Air Force staff sergeant and Sydney’s brother, posted “It’s them good jeans” on Instagram Story to poke fun at the controversy.