American Eagle sparked a firestorm online late last month when the clothing company released a commercial featuring Sweeney, an actress known for her roles on Euphoria and The White Lotus.

An American Eagle ad featuring actress Sydney Sweeney drew criticism in July for its tagline “Sydney Sweeney has great jeans,” a pun on “jeans” and “genes.” For Asian American and Pacific Islander (AAPI) communities,

"Jews were massacred and murdered, and they equate that to a blue jeans ad for a Hollywood actress?" he said of the response to the campaign. "What an insult."