Aimee Lou Wood has shared her opinion on Sydney Sweeney’s jeans advertisement, which has sparked controversy.
During the summer, Sweeney faced backlash for participating in an American Eagle advertisement that critics argued seemed to highlight the Euphoria star’s whiteness.
As part of the Fall 2025 collection, the 27-year-old actress wore a double denim outfit with a tagline that stated: “Sydney Sweeney has great genes.”
The term ‘genes’ was crossed out and replaced with ‘jeans.’
Many fans were displeased with the wording, deeming it at the very least insensitive, and at worst, a nod to white supremacy. Some even likened it to the rhetoric used in Nazi Germany in the 1930s.
Sweeney remained silent amid the growing controversy, but in November she finally shared her perspective during an interview with GQ, which did little to mitigate the criticism.
Now, her co-star from The White Lotus, Aimee Lou Wood, has shared her thoughts on the matter.
Wood didn’t use words to express her view; instead, she conveyed her opinion with an emoji.
While Sweeney was attempting to clarify the advertisement, Wood posted a single vomiting emoji during the live streaming of the interview.
The 31-year-old British actress is not alone in her criticism of Sweeney’s justification for the advertisement.
Many took to social media to express that the Madame Web actress should have been more accountable for the blunder.
However, Sweeney seemed to laugh when GQ writer Katherine Stoeffel asked about it, before responding to the outlet with: “I did a jean ad.”
“I mean, the reaction definitely was a surprise, but I love jeans. All I wear are jeans. I’m literally in jeans and a T-shirt like every day of my life,” Sweeney said.
When asked by GQ about what it was like when President Donald Trump defended her in relation to the American Eagle jeans ad, she described it as ‘surreal’ and mentioned that she tried to avoid the ongoing discussion.
“I kind of just put my phone away,” she explained. “I was filming every day. I’m filming Euphoria, so I’m working 16-hour days and I don’t really bring my phone on set, so I work and then I go home and I go to sleep. So I didn’t really see a lot of it.”
Stoeffel further questioned her about the advertisement, specifically regarding criticism that ‘white people shouldn’t joke about genetic superiority.’
“I think that when I have an issue that I want to speak about, people will hear,” she answered bluntly.