Sydney Sweeney shooting video resurfaces amid ad campaign controversy
Just one week after copping backlash for her racy new ad campaign with American Eagle, which has been widely panned on social media as 'Nazi propaganda', the actress has gone viral again after a video of her from 2019 resurfaced online.
In a new clip doing the rounds on X over the weekend, the 27-year-old looked like a pro while wearing earmuffs and expertly firing off rounds during a visit to the Taran Tactical Innovations Practice facility in Simi Valley, California – a firearm training and accessories company founded by Hollywood tactical weapons trainer Taran Butler.
'Training for my next project with @tarantactical,' the actress captioned the post at the time.
Sweeney shared two videos of herself at the gun range where she could be seen shooting at metal targets as her friends and Butler looked on.
'For your first day that's pretty good,' the weapons expert told her on camera.
And the internet had more praise for her too.
'Sydney Sweeney has insane handgun skills,' one tweeted on X, as another commented, 'She's also a total at the firing range, unloading 17 rounds in just 9 seconds.'
'This just went way beyond jeans,' another said, referring to the controversial denim ad. 'Ladies, we have a new hero. I could not love her more.'
Indeed, the six-year-old video was recirculated days after some fans slammed the star for being the face of American Eagle's new campaign under the tagline, 'Sydney Sweeney Has Great Jeans' with a pun about her genes.
In one of the ads, the Anyone But You star, dressed in full denim, walked towards an American Eagle billboard and painted over it.
The word 'Genes' was crossed out with a white line to be corrected to 'Jeans.'
In another one of the campaign videos, she could be seen buttoning and zipping up her jeans while lying down. A voiceover features Sweeney talking about how genes often determine traits such as hair colour, personality and eye colour.
'Genes are passed down from parents to offspring, often determining traits like hair colour, personality and even eye colour. My jeans are blue,' she says.
After the widespread backlash on all social media platforms calling put the campaign for supposedly promoting 'white supremacy', American Eagle released a statement in defence of the star.
''Sydney Sweeney Has Great Jeans' is and always was about the jeans. Her Jeans. Her Story,' the company released in a statement on Friday.
'We'll continue to celebrate how everyone wears their AE jeans with confidence, their way. Great jeans look good on everyone.'
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