Sydney Sweeney’s attempts to downplay her controversial American Eagle jeans ad earned her a sharp rebuke from fellow White Lotus star Aimee Lou Wood.

Wood, 31, weighed in on the issue after British celebrity photographer Misan Harriman shared a clip of Sweeney’s “Man of the Year” interview for GQ, in which the actress brushed off the backlash to her jeans ad.

The campaign, which launched in July with the slogan “Sydney Sweeney Has Great Jeans,” featured a short film playing on the words “jeans” and “genes.” Critics accused the ad of echoing eugenicist language about “good genes” and genetic superiority, which was amplified further when it became a MAGA talking point and was publicly praised by Donald Trump.

Harriman wrote on Instagram, alongside a video of Sweeney talking about the ad,

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