Megyn Kelly accuses Sydney Sweeney of ‘bending the knee’ to Hollywood after American Eagle ad criticism

Megyn Kelly accuses Sydney Sweeney of ‘bending the knee’ to Hollywood after American Eagle ad criticism


Sweeney, 28, recently told People she was “honestly surprised by the reaction” from some quarters — with lefties bizarrely claiming she’d been promoting eugenics through the campaign’s play on the phrase, “Sydney Sweeney has great jeans.” “We just had a debate on the show privately about whether that was her backtracking or bending the knee which I maintained it was,” she said on the Wednesday installment of her SiriusXM podcast, adding that “Hollywood, her agents, her PR people the casting directors, the moneymen … got to her because her messaging sounds very different.” Kelly said Sweeney’s interview with People marked a shift from the confidence the star had projected when the controversy first erupted over her pun-filled American Eagle spot.

Author: Ariel Zilber


Published at: 2025-12-11 22:09:38

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