Lizzo Claps Back at Sydney Sweeney's American Eagle Ad With Hilarious Meme
Lizzo responds to Sydney Sweeney's "great jeans" ad with a satirical meme, sparking debate over the controversial campaign.
Lizzo just added her signature humor to the debate surrounding Sydney Sweeney’s controversial American Eagle campaign.
The Grammy winner, 37, shared a meme on Instagram Thursday that digitally altered Sweeney’s denim ad—replacing the Euphoria star with herself in the same outfit. The satirical post was captioned, "If the Democrats won the election," poking fun at the political backlash the original ad received.
Lizzo, a vocal body-positive advocate, doubled down in her caption: "My jeans are black..."—a direct play on Sweeney’s "My jeans are blue" line from the campaign.
The original ad, which featured Sweeney, 27, boasting "great jeans" (a pun on "genes"), sparked fierce criticism online, with some calling it tone-deaf for highlighting stereotypically "Aryan" features. Others defended it as harmless wordplay.
American Eagle has yet to comment, though they’ve since shared images of a Black model in the same denim line—perhaps an attempt to balance the conversation.
Either way, Lizzo’s clapback proves that when it comes to viral controversies, she always brings the Juice.
