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

Sydney Sweeney is pissed off with the hypocrisy within the leisure trade, significantly with the “girls empowering different girls” 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 Vanity Fair‘s 2025 Hollywood challenge, Sydney Sweeney criticized the stylish notion of ladies empowering different girls whereas implying that she has seen extra circumstances of ladies bashing the works of different girls.

“It’s totally disheartening to see girls tear different girls down,” Sweeny informed the publication. “Particularly when girls who’re profitable in different avenues of their trade see youthful expertise working actually onerous — hoping to realize no matter goals that they might have — after which making an attempt to bash and discredit any work that they’ve accomplished.”

The actress and her group not too long ago needed to combat 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 folks say is ‘Ladies empowering different girls.’ 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 elucidate why she holds this opinion, linking it to how girls 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 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 girls “really feel like they should combat one another or take that one lady down” quite 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 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 just a few alternatives because of her dedication to the teenager drama sequence.

The actress shared, “There have been positively just a few tasks that I needed to move 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 just a few 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 purported to do, however we could not get cleared, and after just a few weeks, I spotted, this isn’t taking place. 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 an alternative to assault one other lady.”

“If tearing down one other lady is what Carol has discovered throughout her a long time within the enterprise, and she or he feels it applicable to move 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, sort 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 will even painting boxer Christy Martin in an upcoming biopic, together 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 additionally from her dad and mom, who relocated nearer to Hollywood to help 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 every thing,” Sweeney mentioned of her dad and mom, per the Daily Mail. “They did break up.”

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