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It comes aft Sydney’s latest movie, “Christy,” broke a container bureau grounds for having the worst 2nd play driblet successful movie history.
Last week, it became wide that immoderate of Sydney Sweeney’s manufacture peers are keen to region themselves from her amid her ongoing “eugenics” scandal, with the 28-year-old prima archetypal courting contention backmost successful July erstwhile her American Eagle “great [genes]” run was accused of implicitly glorifying whiteness.
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BuzzFeed past confirmed that Sydney had registered arsenic a Republican successful the summertime of 2024, sparking nationalist praise from President Donald Trump.
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And the sermon reignited earlier this period erstwhile Sydney broke her soundlessness connected the run successful a arguable interrogation with GQ, wherever she downplayed the concern and refused to contradict that the advertisement was astir eugenics. When explicitly asked if she’d similar to code the circumstantial disapproval that "white radical shouldn’t gag astir familial superiority" successful the existent governmental climate, Sydney said: “I deliberation that erstwhile I person an contented that I privation to talk about, radical volition hear." In summation to her comment, Sydney’s nonchalant demeanor successful the video interrogation also sparked backlash.
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Commenting connected 1 of Sydney’s post-GQ contention posts astir her container bureau flop movie Christy, Amanda commented: “YOU KILL. Brave and true,” and the brace person since kickstarted their The Housemaid property tour, which has consisted of respective associated interviews.
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And 1 of those interviews was hosted by erstwhile Love Island USA prima Leah Kateb, who competed connected the world amusement conscionable past twelvemonth and has since carved a palmy presenting vocation for herself with implicit 5 cardinal followers connected Instagram.
On Wednesday, Leah shared the video interrogation with Amanda and Sydney crossed each of her socials, captioning the post: “Spilling beverage and oversharing with the girls 10/10 🫖 Don’t miss each the play - #thehousemaidmovie hits theaters Dec 19 and tickets are connected merchantability present 🖤 @housemaidmovie @lionsgate #lionsgatepartner,” but it did not spell down good with her followers.
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In fact, Leah faced immense scrutiny for platforming Sydney connected her page, with 1 fashionable remark reading: “Content with Sydney is highkey brainsick Leah, really didn’t deliberation you’d ever.”
“girl leah one emotion you to decease but sydney??” different echoed, portion 1 much adds: “I conjecture everyone doesn’t person the aforesaid morals arsenic Zendaya. This is disappointing.”
And amid each the backlash, it appears that Leah wanted to wide her sanction and make arsenic overmuch region arsenic imaginable betwixt herself and Sydney. When an Instagram follower asked: “Why are you doing videos with sydney….,” Leah purportedly replied: “it’s astir similar I person a declaration with lionsgate 😍 not homegirl 😍”
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It’s worthy noting that portion a screenshot of this remark has been wide shared crossed societal media, it has seemingly been deleted since, and has not been independently verified by BuzzFeed.
In summation to celebrities turning their backs connected Sydney, her caller ungraded has seemingly had different consequences, too, with her newly-released biopic astir boxing fable Christy Martin marking her third container bureau flop successful conscionable 4 months.
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Christy made conscionable $1.3 cardinal connected its opening weekend, aft Sydney’s movie Americana, which was released successful August, made little than $500,000 astatine the container bureau contempt its $9 cardinal budget. Eden, besides released successful August, earned conscionable $2.5 cardinal with a $35 cardinal budget.
And Box Office Mojo person present reported that Christy’s atrocious show has really acceptable a caller container bureau grounds for having the worst 2nd play driblet successful movie history, with the movie dropping by much than 91% and earning conscionable $108,487 successful its 2nd weekend.
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Amid each of this, the existent Christy has leaped to Sydney’s defense, posting connected Instagram past week to telephone the histrion her “friend and ally.” She wrote: “I’ve ever been a fighter. My beingness reflected that successful each mode and present I combat for others. The past fewer days I person seen immoderate radical onslaught my person Sydney Sweeney. Syd not lone worked her ass disconnected for this film, she worked her ass disconnected for me. For my story. For truthful galore others suffering successful silence. So I privation to beryllium wide astir who Syd is. She is my person and ally!”
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