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Fox News
a day ago
- Politics
- Fox News
Texas Gov. Greg Abbott threatens to add more GOP seats on 'Ruthless'
Republican Texas Gov. Greg Abbott threatened to add more GOP seats if Democratic lawmakers don't return to the Lone Star state during his appearance on the "Ruthless" podcast.
Fox News
3 days ago
- Politics
- Fox News
Former Biden aide blames poor debate performance on stutter
'The Ruthless Podcast' host Josh Holmes joins 'America's Newsroom' to react to a former Biden aide blaming the former president's poor debate performance on his stutter.
Buzz Feed
6 days ago
- Entertainment
- Buzz Feed
Celebrities React To Sydney Sweeney American Eagle Ad
More and more people are speaking out amid the growing discourse surrounding Sydney Sweeney's American Eagle ad — including celebrities. In case you missed it, American Eagle released new denim ads featuring Sydney last month, using the tagline "Sydney Sweeney has great jeans." One of the promotional videos shows the blond-haired, blue-eyed actor playing on the words of the campaign as she tells the camera: "Genes are passed down from parents to offspring, often determining traits like hair color, personality, and even eye color." She then said, "My jeans are blue." While AE described the launch as "a return to essential denim dressing," some took issue with the "great jeans" tagline, calling it a coded message promoting eugenics. And amid the controversy, celebs started weighing in. Here's what they said. Courtney Stodden criticized AE for "pushing this hypersexualized 'All-American girl' image to sell JEANS" in a statement on Instagram. She wrote, "First of all—this isn't about Sydney. I don't know her personally and this isn't about tearing another woman down. But I do think it's important we talk about the bigger picture."She continued, "Let's be real: I have blonde hair, blue eyes and curves since I was a kid. I was sexualized by the system // powerful men before I was even old enough to understand what was happening. I've been there— marketed, minimized, misrepresented. So when I see a big-budget ad pushing this hypersexualized 'All-American girl' image to sell JEANS, all I can think is... here we go again.""Another billionaire-backed fantasy being sold to us like it's harmless nostalgia," Courtney added. "But it's rooted in racism. It's also a recycled idea of womanhood created for the silly male gaze and mass consumption.""We deserve better," Courtney said, as she also called out the original ad for its depictions of an "underage" Brooke Shields. "We are better." Lizzo responded to the ad with satire. On Thursday, she took to Instagram to share a fake meme of herself wearing a denim outfit similar to the one Sydney wore in the ad. It had the words "If the Democrats won the election" written over it as Lizzo joked in the caption, "My jeans are black…" JD Vance said the left was blowing it out of proportion. "They're trying to sell, you know, sell jeans to kids in America," he explained on the Ruthless Podcast. "And they have managed to so unhinge themselves over this thing." He said, "It's like, you guys, did you learn nothing from the November 2024 election? Like I actually thought that one of the lessons they might take is we're going to be less crazy. The lesson they have apparently taken is we're going to attack people as Nazis for thinking Sydney Sweeney is beautiful. Great strategy, guys." Former race car driver and Trump supporter Danica Patrick didn't seem to see the issue with Sydney's ad. "Can anyone tell me what's wrong with the new AE ads?" she reportedly wrote on Instagram. "Very confused." And Megyn Kelly called the backlash "absurd." "There's nothing wrong with being white," she said. "It's fine, she can be white, too. It's like, now, we're going to see an ad with a Black woman and the reference to genes, too, and that won't satisfy them." In true fashion, Desi Lydic made fun of Sydney's accent — then she got serious and criticized the right-wing backlash, including Megyn Kelly for saying that white, blonde, and blue-eyed women are never "allowed" to be celebrated. "This is such bullshit," Desi expressed. "Blonde women have had constant representation, okay? In entertainment, fashion, in letter-turning. It's not that they want to see more white women. They want to see none of anyone else." She also said, "For a story about boobs, it sure has a lot of assholes." So far, Sydney herself hasn't directly responded to the backlash, but AE stood by the campaign in a statement shared to its social media accounts yesterday. You can read it here.
Fox News
7 days ago
- Politics
- Fox News
JD Vance says he's 'obsessed' with eerie UFO videos
Vice President JD Vance revealed that he's "obsessed" with mysterious UFO videos during an appearance on the "Ruthless" podcast on Friday.
Time of India
7 days ago
- Politics
- Time of India
‘What's actually going on?': Vance 'obsessed' with UFO sightings; wants to get 'to the bottom' of mystery
US Vice President JD Vance revealed that he is 'obsessed' with UFOs and plans to investigate the phenomenon in greater detail over the coming weeks. In candid remarks during an episode of the Ruthless Podcast released on Friday, Vance told hosts he was 'particularly focused' on the subject and intends to use part of the August recess to explore unexplained sightings. Tired of too many ads? go ad free now 'Like I'm obsessed with the whole UFO thing. 'What's actually going on?' 'What were those videos all about?' 'What's actually happening?'' the vice president said unprompted. 'I haven't gotten to the bottom of it yet but we're only six months in, we've been very busy,' he added, chuckling. 'The August recess is in part me gonna try to dive to the bottom of the whole UFO thing from last year.' It remains unclear whether Vance was referring to the wave of unexplained drone sightings over New Jersey's Picatinny Arsenal, which began on 13 November last year. Witnesses described seeing aircraft the size of cars hovering near the military site, the New York Post reported. Earlier this year, the Trump administration cited a report from the Federal Aviation Administration that found no record of unusual aerial activity during the period, despite a flurry of public concern. During the same podcast episode, co-host Michael Duncan also shared his long-standing curiosity about extraterrestrial phenomena. 'I've been to Roswell,' Duncan said. 'I've done the tours. I've done the whole thing.' 'Did you see any aliens?' Vance asked. 'No. I saw the hangar where they were,' Duncan replied, seemingly earnest. 'Once I get to the bottom of it, if there's anything there, I'll make sure you're the first to know,' Vance responded. The tone of the conversation left it uncertain whether Vance was entirely serious, though his interest appeared genuine. Tired of too many ads? go ad free now Another senior Trump official, secretary of state Marco Rubio, has also been vocal about the issue. As a senator, Rubio told NewsNation in 2023 that top US officials had 'first-hand knowledge' of a secret Pentagon crash retrieval programme. Rubio recently gave an interview for the forthcoming documentary Age of Disclosure, which has drawn considerable attention from UFO disclosure advocates.
