Sydney Sweeney found herself in the middle of controversy after appearing in an American Eagle jeans campaign. The campaign used the tagline “Sydney Sweeney Has Great Jeans,” which played into the pun of “genes,

"I think that women have a lot of pressure put on them from the extreme world, and I think that we're all still trying to navigate that," she said.

Critics accused the brand of glorifying whiteness and promoting unrealistic beauty standards.