Zendaya has reportedly joined other stars in Sydney Sweeney criticism

Sydney Sweeneys ongoing refusal to consider that her now-infamous American Eagle jeans ad might promote white racial superiority has reportedly lost her a once-powerful ally Her Euphoria co-star Zendaya The Daily Mail informed Tuesday that the Oakland-reared Zendaya is refusing to do press with Sweeney for the Spring release of Season of Euphoria the HBO teen drama in which they co-star While the two women grew up together on the set of Euphoria and were once good friends Zendaya is upset by Sweeney s disclosed political views which include being a registered Republican and becoming the darling of Donald Trump s MAGA supporters the Daily Mail explained It s no wonder she s refusing to do it a source explained the Daily Mail It s a demanding position for Zendaya to be in because if she even stands next to Sydney on the red carpet it can be read as her excusing Sydney s views on Trump and her refusal to apologize for the racist ad Argument over Sweeney s ad which was originally distributed in the summer erupted again over the past week and was disclosed to be a factor in the box-office failure of her new sports biopic Christy The film about famed female boxer Christy Martin earned just million this past weekend after being distributed on more than screens It also was supposed to put the -year-old star into contention for an Academy Award nomination Instead Sweeney renewed argument over the ad by trying to dismiss questions about it in a current interview with GQ The ad was criticized for using the slogan Sydney Sweeney has great jeans which appeared to play on the idea that the white blond blue-eyed actor has great genes Yahoo announced Both Sweeney and the ad were accused of promoting language around eugenics and racial superiority As Sweeney was attacked by people on the left side of the political aisle she was championed by people on the right with President Donald Trump taking to social media to praise and defend her especially after he heard she was a registered Republican During the GQ interview the writer gave Sweeney several chances to respond to the debate according to clips of the interview posted to social media When the writer explained that in in the modern day s political circumstances White people joking about genetic superiority could be considered offensive Sweeney replied I think that when I have an issue that I want to speak about people will hear To fans and possible Christy viewers Sweeney s response sounded like she neither wished to denounce a racist reading of the ad or to even denounced white supremacy Yahoo revealed Sweeney also claimed she didn t have time to focus on the conflict because she had been busy working on the upcoming season of Euphoria She insisted that the message of the ad was just about denim and self-confidence not about anything else She commented I mean the reaction was definitely a surprise but I love jeans All I wear are jeans I m literally in jeans and a T-shirt every day of my life It shouldn t be surprising that Zendaya could have a matter with Sweeney s ad Besides having a mixed-race heritage the Challengers actor also has been outspoken in her opposition to Trump the Daily Mail mentioned In she shared an Instagram post explaining voting rights with the caption Vote this MF out a clear nod to Trump who first served as present from to Meanwhile other stars have joined what the Daily Mail called a Sweeney pile-on British actor Dan Stevens reshared a social media post that disclosed Sydney Sweeney s GQ interview is a reminder that not having a stance on White supremacy is having a stance on White supremacy Last week Aimee Lou Wood a star of HBO s The White Lotus appeared to make her feelings known about Sweeney s ad when she responded with a vomiting emoji to another post about the situation Buzzfeed News broadcasted In an Instagram video Content creator Jupiter Baal also shared a clip from Sweeney s GQ interview before telling viewers She was given an opportunity to push back she didn t therefore she s in on it Buzzfeed News added