Sydney Sweeney's brother has broken his silence on her controversial American Eagle jeans ad.

Newsweek reached out to Sweeney's representative for comment on Friday via email and Trent Sweeney via Instagram outside regular working hours.

Why It Matters

Sweeney—who rose to fame on Euphoria and The White Lotus —has been making headlines recently following the release of her commercial titled "Sydney Sweeney Has Great Jeans."

"Genes are passed down from parents to offspring, often determining traits like hair color, personality and even eye color," she says in the ad. "My jeans are blue."

The line sparked a heated online debate about eugenics and racism , with some critics labeling it "Nazi propaganda." Others, however, pushed back against the uproar , arguing that the use of

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