Comic Matt Rife doesn’t perceive why Sydney Sweeney is below hearth on the web.
“I maintain seeing individuals mad at Sydney Sweeney for noooothing,” Rife, 29, wrote by way of X on Friday, August 22. “She’s studying that the web is stuffed with absolute rubbish losers who will twist something you say right into a c***y misinterpretation. Persons are terrible.”
Rife’s remarks had been alongside Sweeney’s latest feedback about her controversial endorsement of cleaning soap that claimed to make use of her personal bathwater.
“I feel it’s necessary to have a finger on the heartbeat of what individuals are saying, as a result of every little thing is a dialog with the viewers,” Sweeney, 27, instructed WSJ. Journal in a profile revealed earlier this week. “It was primarily the women making feedback about it, which I assumed was actually fascinating. All of them cherished the concept of Jacob Elordi’s bathwater.”
Sweeney’s Euphoria costar starred in 2023’s Saltburn, wherein Barry Keoghan infamously slurped the remnants of Elordi’s character’s bathwater. The now-viral scene prompted followers to make DIY candles named after Elordi, 32, and the onscreen second.
Sweeney additional famous in her WSJ. interview that she typically thinks “very” strategically about her endorsements. She was lately named the face of American Eagle’s denim assortment, with the advert sparking backlash for seemingly selling eugenics.
The marketing campaign’s tagline featured the double entendre of “Sydney Sweeney Has Nice Genes,” which many people believed promoted eugenics, a broadly discredited concept concerning the enchancment of human genetics.
“Sydney thinks this complete factor has been blown out of proportion,” a supply completely instructed Us Weekly earlier in August. “She’s focusing her power on work, together with being again on set along with her Euphoria household.”
Sweeney, who’s presently filming season 3 of the HBO hit, has not publicly addressed the AE criticism. The model has since addressed the scandal in its personal assertion.
“‘Sydney Sweeney Has Nice Denims’ is and all the time was concerning the denims. Her denims. Her story,” the retailer’s publish learn. “We’ll proceed to rejoice how everybody wears their AE denims with confidence, their method. Nice denims look good on everybody.”
Rife has lately sparked backlash himself after starring in an advert marketing campaign for e.l.f. Cosmetics. Followers criticized Rife’s participation after he beforehand joked about home violence in his 2023 Netflix particular. (He later apologized for the feedback.)
“You realize us, we’re all the time listening and we’ve heard you,” the wonder model stated in an August 13 assertion. “This marketing campaign aimed to humorously highlight magnificence injustice. We perceive we missed the mark with individuals we care about in our e.l.f. neighborhood. Whereas e.l.f.ino & Schmarnes closes right now, we’ll proceed to make the case in opposition to overpriced magnificence.”
Rife has not publicly addressed the e.l.f advert controversy.