Never lose a chance to jump into the spotlight. You’re possibly aware of the *controversy* surrounding an actress/model who posed for American Eagle jeans, Sydney Sweeney. Frankly, I think the ad is boring but it seems to be going for some cultural relevancy. In the ad, Sweeney is said to have “good genes” or is that “jeans?” Play on words. Now you can take this as trite, or you can take it as a white supremacist screed, which is a bit of a stretch. But there’s no rational way to take Donald Trump, Jr.’s extrapolation of his father on Instagram. This is plain jumping into the center ring and saying “Look at me, look at me.”
And this is supposed to be as “hot” as a twenty-something actress. I guess.
I hope Mary Trump will weigh in on her weird family again. That is always amusing. Meanwhile, if you want to catch the backstory, click here.
It’s a clear reference to a controversial ad campaign from the clothing brand American Eagle that has sparked a racism debate. The campaign features actress Sydney Sweeney, 27, showing off a catalog of poses while wearing the brand’s denim.
The issue, for some, was the choice of wording that accompanied the imagery. “Sydney Sweeney has great jeans,” the text reads, apparently a wordplay on the phrase ‘good genes.’
In response, social media users bashed the brand for promoting eugenics and white supremacy. “The American Eagles [sic] ad wasn’t just a commercial. It was a love letter to white nationalism and eugenic fantasies, and Sydney Sweeney knew it,” activist Zellie Imani wrote on X.
That suggestion prompted a MAGA backlash that also saw Sen. Ted Cruz weigh in, basically thirsting over Sweeney. “Wow. Now the crazy Left has come out against beautiful women‚” the Texas senator posted on X.
President Donald Trump’s communications director, Steven Cheung, got in on the act too.
“Cancel culture run amok. This warped, moronic, and dense liberal thinking is a big reason why Americans voted the way they did in 2024. They’re tired of this bulls–t,” he wrote on X.
Cheung shared a screenshot of an MSNBC article titled ‘Sydney Sweeney’s ad shows an unbridled cultural shift towards whiteness’ in which one of the network’s producers, Hannah Holland, argues that the ad is “damaging” and “dangerous.”
American Eagle CEO Jay Schottenstein hails from a family dynasty that has made headlines for its open admiration of Trump.
Maybe that’s as simple as it gets. Maybe the pro-Trump CEO is making some kind of a tongue in cheek comment. Meanwhile, if you eliminate any cultural reference to the ad, it’s basically dull and depends upon word play and the visuals of the model doing the ad. This is much ado about nothing for July 30, 2025.
Burt Reynolds he is not
He ain’t even Burt Young
Typical, pure fan fiction. People should know that he doesn’t even look this good. So what’s the point?
Looks like Donnie Jr. has a daddy fetish.
I saw the Sydney Sweeney ad and heard the “outrage”
I thought the ad was okay and the outrage was stupid.
People just need to be outraged about something, I guess.
It reminded me of another ad from the 80s that people in turmoil
The Brooke Shields ad that nothing came between her and her Calvins
Referring to Calvin Klien jeans.
Can’t wait to see the SNL parodies of it.
I thought the ad was “meh.” It wasn’t interesting at all. Maybe the idea was to use it to spark outrage because of its own, the ad is frightfully dull. But if you make a cause celebre out of it, then it might get some attention paid to it.