Beautiful Jeans, Beautiful Model, Bizarre Outrage

Why are we so quick to manufacture controversy where none exists? That's the question at the heart of this episode as I tackle the unexpected uproar surrounding Sydney Sweeney's American Eagle campaign.

Though I initially hesitated to wade into these controversial waters, numerous followers and industry contacts have asked for my take on the situation. After careful consideration, I decided to share my genuine perspective: I see absolutely nothing problematic about the advertisement. The commercial features a beautiful actress effectively showcasing a clothing line, with one particularly charming scene where she drives off barefoot in a car. It's wholesome, well-produced marketing that accomplishes exactly what it set out to do.

What troubles me most about this controversy is the extremity of the language being used. Terms like "Nazi" being thrown around in discussions about a jeans advertisement not only seem wildly disconnected from reality but also trivialize historical atrocities. This pattern of manufacturing outrage over innocuous content speaks to a broader cultural problem - we're becoming too eager to find fault, too quick to judge, and too distracted by meaningless controversies.

Perhaps the most valuable takeaway from this situation is something I deeply believe: when you focus on improving yourself and your own life, you naturally have less time and inclination to scrutinize others. Instead of dissecting advertisements for imagined offenses, what if we channeled that energy into personal growth, community service, or addressing genuine societal challenges? The Sydney Sweeney "controversy" serves as a powerful reminder of how easily we can be distracted from what truly matters.

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Chapters

• 1:51 Welcome and podcast updates
• 3:05 Introduction to Sydney Sweeney controversy
• 5:17 Defending the American Eagle ad
• 8:35 Focus on your own life
• 11:26 Final thoughts and contact info

Transcript

Speaker 1: 0:58

Hi there, I'm Regina Swern. Welcome back to yet another episode of Regina Swern Audio Series. I've had to record three podcasts in the last 24 hours, this being the third one. My other podcast, of course, coming up this month is going to be on location or it's going to be guests over the phone. So I got some great guests. I tell you. I got great guests, guys.

Speaker 1: 1:27

So I want to take a moment to thank those who follow my podcast the new followers, yay. The old followers, older crowd, yay. And thank you to everyone who's listening's, thinking about it, who's on the fence about following me. Not trying to make you follow, but if I make a podcast that resonates with you, then by all means, by all means, please think of following me or at least checking in on the podcast every now and then and sharing it. That means that means a lot as well.

Speaker 1: 2:01

As my podcast grows and is growing leaps and bounds, I've had people, business owners and people and different elite I should call it to ask me will you weigh in on this topic? And you know, as a podcaster I don't know if it happens to everybody, but as you get bigger and as things grow, you would notice that different people will come to you to, um, you know, to see how you feel your intake on things, and it's very important because you got a voice. You got a platform over at Facebook. I think I got over 200,000 followers there. Um, instagram, I got like 35,000, but I haven't really been to Instagram so much. I need to go over there. I really need to go back to Instagram too. Um, and then I got a couple other little um things over at Instagram too, so other little um, what you call it, um accounts over there as well. But um, anyways, um, back to what I'm saying. Um, the name of this topic um is Sydney Sweeney. Sidney Sweeney, what I think, because people want to know my opinion might not agree with a lot of people, and so I just kind of hesitated. I was like you know what? I don't want to be a part of all of this controversy. I really don't. But I was asked by different people. I mean major people, not anybody little, but some major people. You know what I think. Can you give your intake on what you think? And I said, as I said before, as the podcast grow, you know, then people contact me more now than they would have like three years ago so, and I'm thankful for that. But I get contacted about everything that's going on in the media sometimes and some stories. I just say, no, I don't want to talk about that. No, I don't want to talk about that. No, I don't want to talk about that this one. I thought about it and then I said to myself, okay, I'll talk about it.

Speaker 1: 4:44

I see all the uproar and the controversy. I see what's going on and I think it's much to do about nothing. I really do all of this stuff about a company with a beautiful lady on there advertising the jeans. I'm trying to figure out what did she do wrong? I, I can't figure it out. Would somebody please tell me what did she say wrong and what did she do wrong? I think she looks really nice, I think she looks really beautiful. I like the jeans. I was even wondering I said wondering do they have they have any jean skirts or jean tops? I'm trying to think of things I would like to purchase from them.

Speaker 1: 5:28

And so when I read online all the uproar, I was like, oh my God, this is just so crazy, because I can't understand what's the big deal. Why is this made a big deal out of that? This company has this beautiful young lady on their ad selling jeans. Everything she said. I see absolutely nothing wrong with what she said. Make this make sense. I don't see it. I'm okay, maybe I'm looking at the wrong lenses or something, but I don't see it. Guys.

Speaker 1: 6:05

I think it's a really wonderful, wholesome ad. I think it's really great. I think it's a really beautiful ad commercial. I think they should do more. I think it looks really pretty. I mean, especially when she drives off in the car with no shoes on. That is so cute.

Speaker 1: 6:27

So I don't know if people are expecting me to say something bad or what, but I really like the ads. I really like the ads. I really like the commercial. My, I guess my favorite is the one that we see drive off in that car. That's probably my favorite.

Speaker 1: 6:44

But I see nothing wrong and I just see all the uproar and all the people talking. What is he talking about? What? Somebody tell me what? Because I don't see it. I just don't see it. I don't look. I'm the kind of person that don't look for bad in people. I don't look for bad. I really don't, you know. So maybe that's my problem, I don don't know. But I really like the commercial, I like the ad and would I buy American Eagle? Yes, I would, I would, as I was saying. I'm wondering, do they have some jean skirts and stuff? But yeah, would I buy jeans from them? Yeah, absolutely. I just don't see what all the uproar is and what's going on. I can't see that and you know, I just think it's crazy. I think it's crazy all of this big uproar. I think it's crazy and I think it's very sad Because very, very sad, because there's nothing wrong. I think I read the word nazi. Are you kidding me, are you freaking, kidding me? Please make this, make sense, please. I see absolutely nothing wrong with the american Eagle, at which beautiful Sydney Sweeney in it. I don't see anything wrong with that, nothing. And you guys know I just recently reviewed the man Chow video Kind of skipping lanes here by Sabrina Corbett and I like her music and I listen to her music.

Speaker 1: 8:30

Sometimes people like, oh, why are you listening to that kind of music? She talks nothing about nothing but boys. And I am a reporter, I'm a journalist, I am a music journalist. I cover different topics, I cover different things. I'm covering this topic about Cindy Sweeney, so I cover different things. So you can't tell me, don't listen to this and listen to that, I think.

Speaker 1: 8:57

What I think is people really need to get a life. Mind their own business. When they do get a life, mind your own business and go and do something constructive to better yourself, because sitting back bashing other people is just not the way to go. So I don't know who's gonna like this, who's not gonna like this review of the american eagle ad with cindy sweeney in it. I don't know who's gonna like it, who's not gonna like it, but I have no problem with that ad. I think it's a beautiful ad. I think they got a beautiful lady to represent their ad. Absolutely nothing wrong with that. And um, yeah, go, american Eagle, go, go, go, go so. And uh, yeah, I mean, when I was contacted to do this podcast, I was like I don't ever want to do this, I mean. But then thought about it, I was like, yeah, I'm going to do it because this is how I feel. I feel like there's nothing wrong with this ad and I don't see, like I said, much to do about nothing.

Speaker 1: 10:13

So people just need to stop it. Put the brakes on, go, do something constructive with your life. When you concentrate on you. Let me leave this with you. When you concentrate on you, let me leave this with you when you concentrate on yourself, you have less time to worry about what other people are doing or what they're doing in their lives. When you just forge forward in your life To make your life better, you have no time whatsoever To sit back and worry about what someone else is doing. You don't have that kind of time. You just don't. So that's basically all I want to say and I hope you get the point. Guys, I'm Regina Swern. You can write to me at swernregina at gmailcom. And again, thank you to all those who follow my podcast, who like it, share it and support it monthly. Thank you, thank you, thank you have a great day.