Love her or hate her, Sydney Sweeney took Hollywood by storm in 2025. Sweeney's year began with heartbreak as Us Weekly confirmed that she and fiancé Jonathan Davino ended their engagement. After calling it quits for good with Davino, Sweeney entered her single era and zeroed-in on her career. The actress had multiple movies premiere throughout the following months, including Echo Valley, Eden, Americana, Christy and The Housemaid. Sweeney also tapped back into her iconic Euphoria character, Cassie, as she and the cast returned to film the series' highly anticipated third and final season. While Sweeney had a lot of career highs in 2025, there were also a few lows. The actress faced some backlash for controversial brand deals - like her bath-water themed soap and having great jeans - and some of her projects struggled to perform at the box office. Keep scrolling for a look back on Sweeney's highs and lows this past year: March Us confirmed that Sydney Sweeney and Jonathan Davino called off their engagement. "Sydney and Jonathan have been having major issues but are not fully split," an insider initially told Us exclusively in March. "Things are not great right now, but they aren't throwing in the towel yet. They are working on their relationship but have called off the wedding for now." After news broke that her engagement was off, Sweeney reunited with her Anyone But You costar Glen Powell and the pair were spotted out to dinner in Dallas. At the time, an insider told Us that Sweeney and Powell were "just friends" as the actress is "close" to the Chad Powers star and his family. Later that month, Us reported that Sweeney and Davino had "officially split" and she was "telling friends she is single." May After stepping out solo for the Met Gala, Sydney Sweeney made headlines for her partnership with soap company Dr. Squatch. She dropped her limited edition collaboration, called Sydney's Bathwater Bliss, as a follow-up to her ad for the company last year. "You kept asking about my bathwater after the @drsquatch ad ... so we kept it," Sweeney captioned a pic of the soap collab via Instagram. "Introducing Sydney's Bathwater Bliss! A very real, very limited-edition soap made with my actual bathwater." While Sweeney's soap sold out instantly, many people criticized the product for being strange and objectifying. Sweeney defended the product and revealed to E! News that she was the one who "pitched" the idea. "I think that it's more fun to see everybody else talk about it," she told the outlet. June HENRY NICHOLLS / AFP Following the backlash from her soap partnership, Sydney Sweeney attended the premiere for her AppleTV movie Echo Valley. Sweeney starred in the psychological thriller alongside Julianne Moore. In the film, Sweeney plays a heroin addict who seeks out her mother (Moore) for help. "When you have a scene partner like Julianne, it's not as hard as you would think," Sweeney told Variety at the time. "She is such an amazing actress and just so emotionally available and open, it makes you feel safe. So I felt very, very comfortable going to very deep, raw places." Later that month, Sweeney was one of the many celebrities in attendance at Jeff Bezos and Lauren Sánchez's wedding in Venice. At the event, Sweeney connected with Scooter Braun. July Sydney Sweeney found herself in another controversial ad campaign two months after her bathwater soap. She partnered with American Eagle for their "Great Jeans" campaign, which seemingly started off with the best of intentions as the brand vowed it would donate the proceeds from their Sydney Jean product to the Crisis Text Line, a mental health charity that provides support for those in need. However, the messaging got lost in the ads' delivery as many critics condemned Sweeney's overt sexual behavior. Others claimed that the campaign promoted eugenics, the highly discredited theory of improving human genetics, which was once used by the Nazis. "Genes are passed down from parents to offspring, often determining traits like hair color, personality and even eye color. My jeans are blue," Sweeney said in one clip from the campaign, making a play on the words "jeans" and "genes." American Eagle promptly responded to the criticism. "'Sydney Sweeney Has Great Jeans' is and always was about the jeans. Her jeans. Her story," a July statement from the company read. "We'll continue to celebrate how everyone wears their AE jeans with confidence, their way. Great jeans look good on everyone." While there were countless outspoken critics of Sweeney's American Eagle ad, many supported the actress including Danica Patrick, Dr. Phil and President Donald Trump. Sweeney did not address the backlash at the time. August Sydney Sweeney's American Eagle controversy carried over into August but she didn't let the negative attention take away from her obligations. She made her first appearance following the backlash at the premiere for her film Americana. Later that month, her thriller Eden
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Mild 2025 Was the Year of Sydney Sweeney: Inside Her Ups and Downs
December 21, 2025
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