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

Sydney Sweeney is annoyed with the hypocrisy within the leisure business, notably 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, individuals 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 skills and bodily look.

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

“It’s totally disheartening to see girls tear different girls down,” Sweeny advised the publication. “Particularly when girls who’re profitable in different avenues of their business see youthful expertise working actually exhausting — hoping to attain no matter desires that they could have — after which attempting to bash and discredit any work that they’ve finished.”

The actress and her workforce lately needed to combat 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 folks say is ‘Girls empowering different girls.’ None of it is taking place,” the “Euphoria” star famous. “All of it’s faux 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 girls 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 complete lives, we have been raised—and it is a generational drawback—to consider just one lady may be on the prime. 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 need to combat one another or take that one lady down” reasonably 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 attempting to determine it out. I am simply attempting 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 stay up for seeing her again on the small display screen.

Regardless of having over two years because the 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 positively a number of tasks that I needed to move on as a result of I used to be speculated to be going again to Euphoria.”

Fortunately, now that she’s a producer, she was in a position to 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 stated, 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 speculated to do, however we could not get cleared, and after a number 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.”

Based on 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 realized throughout her a long time within the enterprise, and he or she feels it acceptable to move that on to her college students, then that is actually 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 gifted she is and added that she is “extremely good, 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, 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 additionally from her dad and mom, who relocated nearer to Hollywood to assist 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 every little thing,” Sweeney stated 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 reach some capability in order that it wasn’t for nothing.”