Actress Sharon Stone defended Sydney Sweeney during Variety’s Power of Women LA event on Wednesday. The event is held annually and reminds women everywhere to uplift each other.
Sydney went viral in July when some people were offended by her American Eagle ad campaign wordplay – “Sydney has great jeans.”
In the ad, Sydney says, “Genes are passed down from parents… My jeans are blue.”
The commercial was meant to be humorous, but some people took it the wrong way and accused Sydney of promoting white privilege and racial superiority.
Sharon defended Sydney in an interview at the Variety Power of Women event.
“It’s okay to use what mama gave you. It’s really fine,” Sharon told Variety senior entertainment writer Angelique Jackson.
“It’s hard to be hot, and I think we all know that. It’s really okay to use every bit of hotness you have — right here, right now — and go for whatever that is. Everybody has their own certain kind of hotness, their own certain thing, and you’re supposed to go for that. Because who are you not to be beautiful? You know, who you are isn’t an accident.”
Former Fox News host Megyn Kelly triggered the Internet when she defended Sydney by dragging Beyoncé’s Levi’s ad campaign:
“This [Levi’s ad] is the opposite of the Sydney Sweeney ad. Quite clearly there is nothing natural about Beyonce. Everything – from her image to her fame to her success to her look below – is bought and paid for. Screams artificial, fake, enhanced, trying too hard.”
This is the opposite of the Sydney Sweeney ad. Quite clearly there is nothing natural about Beyonce. Everything – from her image to her fame to her success to her look below – is bought and paid for. Screams artificial, fake, enhanced, trying too hard. https://t.co/sQXijTgrJn
— Megyn Kelly (@megynkelly) August 5, 2025
