Sydney Sweeney Slams Hollywood’s ‘Girls Empowering Girls’ Narrative

Sydney Sweeney is annoyed with the hypocrisy within the leisure trade, significantly with the “ladies empowering different ladies” narrative.

In a brand new interview, the actress candidly remarked that the narrative solely holds true in public, however behind the scenes, persons are all tarnishing one another.

Sydney Sweeney additionally questioned why she had been the topic of criticism in latest months, seemingly addressing critics who’ve questioned her appearing talents and bodily look.

In a candid Q&A for Vainness Truthful‘s 2025 Hollywood challenge, Sydney Sweeney criticized the fashionable notion of girls empowering different ladies whereas implying that she has seen extra circumstances of girls bashing the works of different ladies.

“It is very disheartening to see ladies tear different ladies down,” Sweeny instructed the publication. “Particularly when ladies who’re profitable in different avenues of their trade see youthful expertise working actually exhausting — hoping to realize no matter desires that they might have — after which making an attempt to bash and discredit any work that they’ve carried out.”

The actress and her staff lately needed to battle again towards a feminine producer, Carol Baum, who questioned her appears and expertise.

Whereas Sweeney did emerge stronger, the expertise made it evident to her that the ladies’s empowerment rhetoric was nothing greater than a façade.

“This whole trade, all individuals say is ‘Girls empowering different ladies.’ None of it is taking place,” the “Euphoria” star famous. “All of it’s pretend and a entrance for all the opposite sh-t that they are saying behind everybody’s again.”

Sweeney additionally sought to clarify why she holds this opinion, linking it to how ladies are sometimes raised to compete towards each other.

She shared, “I imply, there’s so many research and totally different opinions on the reasoning behind it. I’ve learn that our total lives, we have been raised—and it is a generational drawback—to imagine just one girl might be on the prime. There’s one girl who can get the person. There’s one girl who might be, I do not know, something.”

The “Sharp Objects” went on to share that this has made ladies “really feel like they should battle one another or take that one girl down” somewhat than help one another.

She additionally questioned why she has been receiving criticism regardless of nonetheless looking for her footing within the trade.

Sweeney added, “I am nonetheless making an attempt to determine it out. I am simply making an attempt my greatest over right here. Why am I getting attacked?”

With season three of “Euphoria” set to renew manufacturing in January, followers of Sweeney can look ahead to seeing her again on the small display.

Regardless of having over two years for the reason that final installment to pursue different initiatives, Sweeney revealed that she needed to flip down a couple of alternatives as a result of her dedication to the teenager drama sequence.

The actress shared, “There have been undoubtedly a couple of initiatives that I needed to go on as a result of I used to be purported to be going again to Euphoria.”

Fortunately, now that she’s a producer, she was capable of sneak a couple of of her personal initiatives as she had full management over the manufacturing schedule.

“That is how Anybody however You occurred,” Sweeney mentioned, referencing her romantic comedy film, which dropped in December 2023.

She added, “‘Euphoria’ was supposed to begin filming, and I had one other movie that I used to be purported to do, however we could not get cleared, and after a couple of weeks, I noticed, this isn’t taking place. So I put in full gear to make ‘Anybody however You.'”

In April, prime producer Baum made headlines after saying Sweeney “is not fairly” and “cannot act.”

Her remarks went viral prompting the “White Lotus” star to reply, calling the producer’s actions “shameful.”

In keeping with TMZ, a rep for Sweeney blasted Baum, saying, “How unhappy {that a} girl within the place to share her experience and expertise chooses as a substitute to assault one other girl.”

“If tearing down one other girl is what Carol has realized throughout her many years within the enterprise, and he or she feels it acceptable to go that on to her college students, then that is really shameful,” the rep added. “To unjustly disparage a fellow feminine producer speaks volumes about Ms Baum’s character.”

Different Hollywood hotshots additionally defended Sweeney, as producer Teddy Schwarzman, who labored with the actress on “Immaculate,” emphasised how proficient she is and added that she is “extremely good, variety and humble.”

Baum additionally shared that she was regretful of her remarks about Sweeney after going through backlash.

Regardless of nonetheless seeing herself as an aspiring actress, Sweeney has been snagging a number of roles which have earned her a smile to the financial institution.

The actress is reportedly set to earn a $7.5 million wage for her starring position in Lionsgate’s “The Housemaid.” She may even painting boxer Christy Martin in an upcoming biopic, along with her wage for the position but to be disclosed.

Reaching this level in her profession has include many sacrifices, not simply from Sydney Sweeney herself but in addition from her mother and father, who relocated nearer to Hollywood to help her desires and ultimately went bankrupt within the course of.

“I knew that I may by no means really fail as a result of, I imply, on a really broad scale, my household did lose all the pieces,” Sweeney mentioned of her mother and father, per the Every day Mail. “They did break up.”

She added, “Whether or not or not that was due to coming right here, it undoubtedly was a catalyst for it. So I knew I had to reach some capability in order that it wasn’t for nothing.”