Overview
- Sweeney spoke on Dec. 1 on The Hollywood Reporter's Awards Chatter podcast, recorded at Chapman University while promoting the film Christy.
- She described moving from Spokane to Los Angeles for acting, followed by her father losing his job and her family filing for bankruptcy when she was 16.
- She said she long believed the divorce was her fault because she felt responsible for uprooting her parents’ lives in pursuit of her career.
- She recalled expecting her Coogan account at 18 to fund buying back her parents’ house but finding only a few hundred dollars, which heightened her drive to succeed.
- She has since said she paid off her mother's mortgage in 2024, and she continues film promotion with The Housemaid slated to reach cinemas on Dec. 19.