Sydney Sweeney’s ‘Americana’ co-star Halsey slams followers who boycotted movie over ‘denim bulls–t’

Sydney Sweeney’s “Americana” co-star Halsey slammed followers who’re boycotting their movie because of the former’s American Eagle controversy.

“it is best to go see this film. as a result of [director] @tonytost made an distinctive movie, in honor of a style he is aware of intimately,” she wrote on her Instagram Tales alongside a promo poster of the crime thriller.

“As a result of his work and his imaginative and prescient are larger than the 24 hr gossip tabloid denim bulls–t,” the “With out Me” singer, 30, added.

“In case you love cinema, then it is best to know that cinema comes first. That is cinema,” she concluded.

Halsey, born Ashley Frangipane, then stated she doesn’t suppose it’s “honest” for the media to “predatorily rip a hardworking director and his hardworking crew for his or her movie that’s utterly separate-from and unrelated-to a (fairly dumb) promoting take.”

The “Partitions Might Speak” singer’s feedback come after “Americana” flopped throughout its nationwide debut final weekend.

Per The Hollywood Reporter, the movie garnered round $840,000, a per-theater common of $460, after debuting in 1,100 theaters throughout the nation.

The film got here in sixteenth place.

A number of followers vowed to boycott the movie after Sweeney, 27, was accused of selling “Nazi propaganda” through the use of a play on the phrases “genes” and “denims” in her American Eagle advert.

Amid the backlash, the clothes firm launched an announcement, saying, “We’ll proceed to have a good time how everybody wears their AE denims with confidence, their manner. Nice denims look good on everybody.”

The “Euphoria” actress not too long ago dodged questions in regards to the advert drama.

Moreover, Sweeney confronted backlash from followers after public voter information revealed that she has been registered with the Republican Get together of Florida in Monroe County since June 2024.