The backlash from THAT American Eagle ad has been ferocious, but Sydney Sweeney isn't going to let it get her down. We're talking about the fashion brand's now-infamous "Sydney Sweeney Has Great Jeans" ad campaign, which came under fire after it debuted last month with the Euphoria actress as the star of the hour. Social media commenters went ballistic about what they claimed was the ad's subtext involving a play on the word "genes" and how it allegedly relates to eugenics vis-a-vis society's racial and beauty standards.