Sydney Sweeney has broken her silence on being called 'MAGA Barbie,' as well as the never-ending commentary about her body.
The 28-year-old The Housemaid actress has found herself at the centre of a number of social media debates in recent years, ranging from her political beliefs to that controversial jeans advert and of course, the constant question about whether her boobs are real, which to be honest, speaks volumes about how the world wildly feels entitled to an opinion on women's bodies.
Now, appearing as Cosmopolitans February cover star, Sweeney has addressed the situation head-on, insisting she's 'not a hateful person'.
In case you have no idea what we're talking about, essentially, for some time now social media users have been speculating about the Euphoria star's political views, specifically the rumour that she's a Republican.
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She got branded with the nickname 'MAGA Barbie' after The Guardian reported that she registered as a Republican voter in Florida, just a few months before Donald Trump became US President for the second time.
Two years prior, she also got heat after she was snapped at her mother's birthday party, where several guests were wearing Trump's MAGA hats.
At the time, her statement urged people to 'stop making assumptions' as she penned that 'an innocent celebration … has turned into an absurd political statement, which was not the intention'.
However, Sweeney has never publicly spoken about her political beliefs - and has no plans of doing so.
When asked about the 'MAGA Barbie' nickname, the actress said in the Cosmo interview: "I’ve never been here to talk about politics. I’ve always been here to make art, so this is just not a conversation I want to be at the forefront of. "And I think because of that, people want to take it even further and use me as their own pawn. But it’s somebody else assigning something to me, and I can’t control that."
She was then pressed on why she doesn't correct it, if it's not true, to which she admitted she 'hasn't figured it out'.
Sweeney said: "I’m not a hateful person. If I say, “That’s not true,” they’ll come at me like, “You’re just saying that to look better.” There’s no winning. There’s never any winning.
"I just have to continue being who I am, because I know who I am. I can’t make everyone love me. I know what I stand for."
She added that there's 'not a future' in which she'll openly speak about politics.
The actress firmly said: "No. I’m not a political person. I’m in the arts. I’m not here to speak on politics. That’s not an area I’ve ever even imagined getting into.
"It’s not why I became who I am. I became an actor because I like to tell stories, but I don’t believe in hate in any form. I believe we should all love each other and have respect and understanding for one another."
Elsewhere in the interview, she talked about the constant commentary around her boobs, in the wake of launching her new lingerie brand, Syrn, which she unveiled this week.
She outlined that she's had to 'explain how boobs work forever,' including when she bizarrely got called out for wearing a bikini top that the internet decided 'didn't fit right'.
Sweeney told Cosmo: "It’s really difficult finding things that support you but don’t ride up your back. I got slammed for what I wore in Anyone But You.
"Everyone was dragging me and I’m like, “Guys. When you have boobs that are heavy and not fake, if your top doesn’t fit perfectly, it’s going to ride up.”
She admitted: "I feel like I’ve had to explain how boobs work for forever now. I’ve dealt with this my entire life. I don’t ever want a girl to feel like I did after everyone came at me for a ’fit I had no control over."
Topics: Sydney Sweeney, Social Media, Celebrity
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