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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Lauren Morris

Sydney Sweeney pokes fun at jeans controversy in new advert

Sydney Sweeney and her infamous jeans dominated headlines last summer for all the wrong reasons – and almost one year on, she’s referenced the controversy in a brand new ad.

The Euphoria star sparked a public backlash last July over an American Eagle ad poster featuring Sweeney wearing jeans and a denim jacket with the tagline: “Sydney Sweeney Has Great Genes”, however the last word was crossed out and replaced with ‘jeans’.

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