Over the past few weeks, Sydney Sweeney has been in the news quite a bit — for her much-discussed American Eagle jeans ad , her apparent political leanings , and for maybe dating Machine Gun Kelly . What hasn’t been making quite as many headlines? Her new movie. Americana , an indie crime thriller, has been widely deemed a commercial flop after making just $500,000 its opening weekend.
Now, Halsey, who co-stars in the movie with Sweeney, is sticking up for Americana and encouraging fans to see it. In a post to their Instagram story, Halsey downplayed the controversy over Sweeney’s jeans ad, calling it “the 24 hr gossip tabloid denim bullshit,” per “ Page Six .” “You should go see this movie,” the singer wrote, sharing an image of Americana ’s poster. Halsey lauded the di