Actress Sydney Sweeney, who played Cassie in “Euphoria,” became a subject of controversy and was nearly canceled when she shared photos and videos of her mom Lisa’s 60th birthday.
The reason was “clues” of alleged sympathy for the far right glimpsed at the country-themed party. With everyone “dressed up” as cowboy, images of a man dressed in a Blue Lives Matter T-shirt ended up attracting attention, a movement created in response to Black Lives Matter.
“Blue Lives Matter” claims police killings are considered hate crimes, attacking the movement that says “Black Lives Matter”. The latter arose as a reaction to the growing and unjustified number of murders of black people by the US police, in what would be racially profiled executions.
In addition to this detail, the photos published by Sydney’s brother, Trent, highlighted the use, among the guests, of the capital letters with the words “Make 60 Great Again”, a reference to both Lisa Sweeney’s 60th birthday and the well-known election slogan of former president Donald Trump. , “Make America Great Again”. The acronym for that slogan, MAGA, has come to define the far right in the United States.
After the backlash, the actress took to Twitter to talk about the controversy.
“Guys, this is crazy,” he wrote. “An innocent celebration of my mother’s 60th birthday turned out to be an absurd political statement, which was not the intention. Please stop guessing. Lots of love to everyone and happy birthday to my mother,” she said. .
It is worth mentioning that, at the height of the Black Lives Matter protests, shortly after the police murder of George Floyd in 2020, Sydney expressed her support for the movement through her social networks. “We must do our best. The hatred in this world must end. Black Lives Matter,” she wrote at the time.
The actress was nominated for two Emmy Awards this year for her roles in “Euphoria” and “The White Lotus”.
Source: Terra
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