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

Sydney Sweeney is annoyed with the hypocrisy within the leisure business, 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 current months, seemingly addressing critics who’ve questioned her appearing talents and bodily look.

In a candid Q&A for Vainness Honest‘s 2025 Hollywood difficulty, 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 informed the publication. “Particularly when ladies who’re profitable in different avenues of their business see youthful expertise working actually arduous — hoping to attain no matter goals that they might have — after which making an attempt to bash and discredit any work that they’ve carried out.”

The actress and her workforce lately needed to battle again in opposition to a feminine producer, Carol Baum, who questioned her appears to be like 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 business, all individuals say is ‘Ladies empowering different ladies.’ None of it is occurring,” 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 in opposition to each other.

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

The “Sharp Objects” went on to share that this has made ladies “really feel like they must battle one another or take that one lady down” moderately than assist one another.

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

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 sit up for seeing her again on the small display screen.

Regardless of having over two years for the reason that final installment to pursue different tasks, Sweeney revealed that she needed to flip down a number of alternatives attributable to her dedication to the teenager drama collection.

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

Fortunately, now that she’s a producer, she was capable of sneak a number of of her personal tasks 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 start out filming, and I had one other movie that I used to be alleged to do, however we could not get cleared, and after a number of weeks, I noticed, this isn’t occurring. So I put in full gear to make ‘Anybody however You.'”

In April, high 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} lady within the place to share her experience and expertise chooses as a substitute to assault one other lady.”

“If tearing down one other lady is what Carol has discovered 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 sensible, form 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 function in Lionsgate’s “The Housemaid.” She can even painting boxer Christy Martin in an upcoming biopic, together with her wage for the function 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 assist her goals and finally went bankrupt within the course of.

“I knew that I may by no means truly fail as a result of, I imply, on a really broad scale, my household did lose the whole lot,” 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.”