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People Praise Comedian For Calling Out Everything “Wrong” With Sydney Sweeney’s Jeans Ad
Michael Pavano squeezed himself into a pair of jeans and spoofed the viral American Eagle campaign featuring Sydney Sweeney.
The recent campaign sparked a firestorm online, with many accusing the actress and the brand of celebrating whiteness and “ethnic cleansing.”
In the wake of the controversy, Michael mocked the advertisements with his drag parody.
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- Michael Pavano posted a parody of the latest American Eagle ad, which stirred a firestorm online.
- The comedian wore a wig and parroted some of Sydney Sweeney’s dialogue, but with his own twist.
- “I mean, who wouldn't want my jeans?” he said, mimicking the ‘Euphoria’ star.
Michael Pavano squeezed himself into a pair of jeans and spoofed the controversial American Eagle campaign
Image credits: michaelpavano / Instagram
Several videos and photographs—with the tagline “Sydney Sweeney Has Great Jeans”—were released online last week as part of the campaign.
The Euphoria star was seen buttoning up her jeans in one video and saying, “Genes are passed down from parents to offspring, often determining traits like hair color, personality, and even eye color… my genes are blue.”
“My body’s composition is determined by my genes,” she said in another video.
The viral advertisements featured Sydney Sweeney making puns about her family genes
Image credits: americaneagle / Instagram
Comedian Michael made a parody of the ads, with the caption: “gripping all the right places.”
Wearing a wig and a purple denim outfit, the content creator parroted some of the dialogue but added his own twist.
Image credits: michaelpavano / Instagram
“My jeans are blue – so they’re like, better than yours. They say people with blonde hair and blue eyes, their nature is favorite. I don’t say it, but they do – but I buy it!” he said.
“I mean, who wouldn’t want my jeans? I know you do, you dirty boy. Let’s be so real,” he added.
Michael said his comedic mockery of the Sydney-starring ad was “received very well”
Image credits: ae.com
The LA actor said in the parody that he was wearing a pair of jeans that were “clinging to [him] for dear life.”
“By the time I finally get them on, I’m sweating, I’m gasping. I’m [sneezing],” he joked.
Image credits: americaneagle / Instagram
Fans found the spoof hilarious and praised Michael for his impression of the 27-year-old actress.
“You’re telling me this isn’t Sydney Sweeney?” one asked.
“This is delightfully unhinged,” wrote another.
Netizens praised the comedian for his impression of the actress
Image credits: americaneagle / Instagram
Michael took to the comments section to say, “Give me a lil more time and I’ll get the voice down.”
The comedian said he was pleased with how the video turned out.
Image credits: americaneagle / Instagram
“So far the sketch has been received very well,” Michael told the Daily Mail.
“I’m always super grateful when people can see the hard work I put into my characters and comedy,” he added.
The American Eagle campaign was accused of celebrating whiteness and promoting “N*zi propaganda”
Image credits: ae.com
The latest American Eagle campaign, the brand’s most expensive one to date, was met with much negativity online.
Haters did not appreciate the ad’s wordplay on “genes” and “jeans.”
They claimed it had the kind of tone used to glorify whiteness, thinness, and other traits perceived as superior in some cultures.
It’s “modern day N*zi propaganda,” some said.
Haters did not appreciate the ad’s wordplay on “genes” and “jeans”
Image credits: americaneagle / Instagram
“Anyone else see that (not so) subliminal white supremacy (N*zi) propaganda American Eagle commercial that Sydney Sweeney did? Literally hinting about blue eyes and ‘good jeans’ (genes) it’s concerning. I always knew she was racist,” one claimed online.
But others defended the ad, with one saying: “So Sydney Sweeney is being compared to n*zis now because of a clever ad saying her genes are good like American Eagle jeans? You people are so miserable it’s actually sad.”
The 27-year-old actress spoke about the characteristics of the clothing brand that resonate with her
Image credits: americaneagle / Instagram
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Despite the negativity online, the Sydney-starring campaign added around $400 million to the value of the company overnight.
Company shares surged by more than 10% before closing up 4.2% on July 24 after the campaign was launched.
While speaking about the clothing brand, Sydney said there is “something so effortless about American Eagle.”
“Their commitment to creating pieces that make you feel confident and comfortable in your own skin is something that resonates with me,” she said in a July press release.
“They have literally been there with me through every version of myself,” Sydney said about American Eagle
Image credits: sydney_sweeney / Instagram
The Once Upon a Time… in Hollywood actress called it “rare” to find a brand that “grows with you.” And she said American Eagle has done that for generations.
“They have literally been there with me through every version of myself,” she added.
Jennifer Foyle, president and executive creative director of American Eagle, spoke about making Sydney the face of their fall denim campaign.
“With Sydney Sweeney front and center, she brings the allure, and we add the flawless wardrobe for the winning combo of ease, attitude and a little mischief,” she said.
The fall collection includes a limited-edition denim jacket and another item called “The Sydney Jean.”
Netizens had mixed reactions to Michael Pavano’s parody of the commercial
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UKGrandad 8 months ago (edited)
How very dare you not validate their manufactured outrage!!! What are you? Some kind of Nazí or something? Educate yourself. Do better. And I'm all out of keyboard warrior energy 😵💫 Honestly, it must be exhausting for them, constantly trawling through the entire Internet and working out how to distort perfectly innocent words into something they can hate on.
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Lara Verne 8 months ago (edited)
Some people create drama out of anything. They're acting like jeans had swastikas all over them. Btw, that slogan isn't worst. And guy has nice balloons.
Pyla 8 months ago
It's funny how subtle is lost on people. Media literacy is really a big missing in education.
TotallyNOTAFox 8 months ago (edited)
Well, more free advertisement for American Eagle I guess ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ And "celebrating whiteness and ethnic cleansing"? Wow, armchair activists never dissapoint in always making everything about race in the most extreme way
Atom Charles 8 months ago
I love how the author of this article used two parody and satire Twitter accounts as proof of it being about N**i's. Goes to show that any idiot can write something, but has no idea who or what they are using as material. Also. I love how we are cheering on a man cosplaying a woman... again. Sydney Sweeney is hot af and I don't even attract myself to white girls, and again, the over stuffed, below mid, german shepherds and balooga whales are mad about an attractive women being successful over them. Keep crying, losers.
K. LNU 8 months ago (edited)
This is the 80s and Calvin Klien jeans with a young Brooke Shields controversy. “You want to know what comes in between me and my Calvins? Nothing." She was 15 and this was right after Blue Lagoon. The still photo caused an uproar as it was seen as over-sexualized and was even banned in some countries. I think it is a stretch to call her ads N@zi-ish.
BrunoVI 8 months ago (edited)
So sticking two balloons in his jeans jacket OBVIOUSLY proves the ad campaign was white supremacist? I mean, the headline was that he calls out "everything wrong" with the ad in the midst of a national controversy over it supposedly being white supremacist, and then your first reference claims she's a N**i. What's the matter, BP? Your first story on this very same issue wasn't woke enough? You have to earn more social credit?
meeeeeeeeeeee 8 months ago
I think he's the guy who does the Megan Markle ones, and it's so accurate haha
earsludge 8 months ago
Americans Eagle admitted back in 2020 that they don't really care if they only market towards small white people. Same with A&F. These brands use child labour and markup the clothes 400% we need to boycott if you haven't already.
meeeeeeeeeeee 8 months ago
You're supposed to pick a target audience; it's business studies 101. I think that approach is dumb, but so f**k? Some people only market to fatties, or men, or children....
Load More Replies... UKGrandad 8 months ago (edited)
How very dare you not validate their manufactured outrage!!! What are you? Some kind of Nazí or something? Educate yourself. Do better. And I'm all out of keyboard warrior energy 😵💫 Honestly, it must be exhausting for them, constantly trawling through the entire Internet and working out how to distort perfectly innocent words into something they can hate on.
Load More Replies... Lara Verne 8 months ago (edited)
Some people create drama out of anything. They're acting like jeans had swastikas all over them. Btw, that slogan isn't worst. And guy has nice balloons.
Pyla 8 months ago
It's funny how subtle is lost on people. Media literacy is really a big missing in education.
TotallyNOTAFox 8 months ago (edited)
Well, more free advertisement for American Eagle I guess ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ And "celebrating whiteness and ethnic cleansing"? Wow, armchair activists never dissapoint in always making everything about race in the most extreme way
Atom Charles 8 months ago
I love how the author of this article used two parody and satire Twitter accounts as proof of it being about N**i's. Goes to show that any idiot can write something, but has no idea who or what they are using as material. Also. I love how we are cheering on a man cosplaying a woman... again. Sydney Sweeney is hot af and I don't even attract myself to white girls, and again, the over stuffed, below mid, german shepherds and balooga whales are mad about an attractive women being successful over them. Keep crying, losers.
K. LNU 8 months ago (edited)
This is the 80s and Calvin Klien jeans with a young Brooke Shields controversy. “You want to know what comes in between me and my Calvins? Nothing." She was 15 and this was right after Blue Lagoon. The still photo caused an uproar as it was seen as over-sexualized and was even banned in some countries. I think it is a stretch to call her ads N@zi-ish.
BrunoVI 8 months ago (edited)
So sticking two balloons in his jeans jacket OBVIOUSLY proves the ad campaign was white supremacist? I mean, the headline was that he calls out "everything wrong" with the ad in the midst of a national controversy over it supposedly being white supremacist, and then your first reference claims she's a N**i. What's the matter, BP? Your first story on this very same issue wasn't woke enough? You have to earn more social credit?
meeeeeeeeeeee 8 months ago
I think he's the guy who does the Megan Markle ones, and it's so accurate haha
earsludge 8 months ago
Americans Eagle admitted back in 2020 that they don't really care if they only market towards small white people. Same with A&F. These brands use child labour and markup the clothes 400% we need to boycott if you haven't already.
meeeeeeeeeeee 8 months ago
You're supposed to pick a target audience; it's business studies 101. I think that approach is dumb, but so f**k? Some people only market to fatties, or men, or children....
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