20 Funniest Memes Sparked From Sydney Sweeney’s Controversial GQ Interview

When Sydney Sweeney sat down for her recent GQ interview, I expected a routine promo chat about her next project. Instead I got something far more meme-friendly: her totally unbothered and unamused face as she was repeatedly asked about the campaign for American Eagle where the tagline “Sydney Sweeney Has Great Jeans” turned into a full-blown culture-war conversation.

Why did that ad go off the rails? Because the campaign’s playful pun on “jeans” and “genes” didn’t land for everyone. Critics argued that pairing a blonde, blue-eyed actress with commentary about inherited traits felt tone-deaf and haunted by eugenics undertones.

So, the internet does what it does best. It memed it into oblivion. Regardless of what side of this you come down on, everyone can enjoy these memes.

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