Sweeney’s red carpet return comes amid intense public scrutiny following her recent American Eagle ad. The tagline, “Sydney Sweeney Has Great Jeans,” sparked backlash on social media, with some critics calling it a problematic play on the word “genes.”

Sydney Sweeney made her first public appearance since an American Eagle ad she starred in became the topic of much debate. She stepped out on the red carpet for mystery thriller Americana. American Eagle used a play on words in an ad some argued glorified Nazi rhetoric centering around eugenics,