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Daily Mail
a day ago
- Business
- Daily Mail
Sydney Sweeney trolls bathwater soap critics as she's seen for first time since 'creepy' collaboration emerged
Some Sydney Sweeney fans have not reacted warmly to her latest brand partnership — a limited-edition Dr. Squatch soap bar containing her used bathwater. The Spokane, Washington-bred actress announced the item, called Bathwater Bliss, on Thursday, sparking backlash from her 25 million Instagram followers who called the product 'weird' and 'gross.' And on Friday, she subtly trolled the critics as she stepped out in a white bathrobe while on set for a campaign with HEYDUDE shoes. According to the Squatch brand, the soap contains actual droplets of Sydney's used bathwater. It's meant to be a nod to her Pacific Northwest roots and a cheeky answer to the internet's obsession with the blonde bombshell, per GQ. Some Sydney Sweeney fans have not reacted warmly to her latest brand partnership, a limited-edition Dr. Squatch soap bar containing her used bathwater. On Friday she subtly trolled the critics as she stepped out in a white bathrobe while on set for a campaign with HEYDUDE shoes In Thursday's social media post, Sydney wrote in the caption, 'You kept asking about my bathwater after the @drsquatch ad… so we kept it. 'Introducing Sydney's Bathwater Bliss! A very real, very limited-edition soap made with my actual bathwater. Available on 6/6/25 at ✨.' One fan wrote under the photo of the product — which features an animation of the beauty — 'Sydney honey I love you but I don't know about this.' In her interview with GQ, the Euphoria sensation said, 'I honestly think it's a really fun, full-circle moment, because fans always joke about wanting my bathwater…' Plugging the soap, she described, 'It's super soft, it's really pretty. I'm looking at it right now. It's marbly and has blues and a little bit of brown in it.' She also explained how Dr. Squatch managed to get her bathwater into the cleansing bar. 'When we were at the [Dr. Squatch] shoot, they had a tub for me. And I actually got in there and I took some soap, and we had a nice little bath and they took the water,' she explained. 'So it's my real bathwater. I wanted to have it lean towards my home roots, so there's this really outdoorsy scent of, like, pine and earthy moss and fir. So it smells super manly. But then there's some city bathwater mixed in.' Amid the pushback, one delighted fan joked in a comment, 'Thanks, I'll take 100,' and collected nearly 3,000 likes. Someone else wrote facetiously, 'This is edible, right?' Others were in disbelief, with one social media user commenting, 'no way this is a real thing.' Meanwhile, another wrote, 'Hey, so let's be serious,' while a different person begged, 'Can we not normalize this.' In October 2024, Sweeney starred as the Dr. Squatch's sultry Body Wash Genie to promote its Natural Body Wash line. 'Hello you dirty little boys, are you interested in my body... wash?' she teased in the 30-second spot, which ignited the bathwater 'requests.' 'Well, you can't have it, because this isn't for boys. It's for men. This is Dr. Squatch Natural Body Wash with long-lasting, natural aromas like wood barrel bourbon, pine tar, coconut castaway, and fresh falls,' she recited. In conclusion, she promised, 'You'll finally get the attention you deserve, so go to today and quit being a dirty little boy!'
Yahoo
a day ago
- Business
- Yahoo
Sydney Sweeney Teams Up with Dr. Squatch to Release a Bar of Soap Made From Her Bathwater — and the Internet Is Divided
Sydney Sweeney has partnered with Dr. Squatch to create a soap made from her bathwater The soap is titled Sydney's Bathwater Bliss, and is limited to 5,000 bars Fans are divided in their responses to the product Sydney Sweeney is taking men's bath products to the next level. On Thursday, May 29, natural body care line Dr. Squatch revealed that it teamed up with the Euphoria actress to create a soap made from her bathwater. "You kept asking about my bathwater after the @drsquatch ad … so we kept it," a joint Instagram post between Sweeney and the company read. "Introducing Sydney's Bathwater Bliss! A very real, very limited-edition soap made with my actual bathwater. Available on 6/6/25 at Sydney's Bathwater Bliss is a medium grit exfoliating soap made with sand, pine bark extract and "yes, a touch of Sydney's real bathwater." As for what it smells like, the soap bar delivers notes of pine, Douglas fir and earthy moss that brings users to the forest, as well as Sweeney's actual bathtub. 'When your fans start asking for your bathwater, you can either ignore it, or turn it into a bar of Dr. Squatch soap,' the 27-year-old said in an official press release for the product. Never miss a story — sign up for PEOPLE's free daily newsletter to stay up-to-date on the best of what PEOPLE has to offer, from celebrity news to compelling human interest stories. She continued, 'It's weird in the best way, and I love that we created something that's not just unforgettable, it actually smells incredible and delivers like every other Dr. Squatch product I love. Hopefully, this helps guys wake up to the realities of conventional personal care products and pushes them towards natural.' Sweeney's fans had a mixed reaction to the new product, which was inspired by her Dr. Squatch Natural Body Wash ad that featured her promoting the product while sitting in a bathtub filled with bubbles. "We need to look at ourselves in the mirror," one user in the comments section of the Instagram post remarked. Another expressed their appreciation for the actress, but replied, "I love you Sydney but I think this is where I draw the line." A third user criticized the potential customers that were thinking about buying the product. "Imagine being down bad enough to buy this," the person wrote. Others think the product is a brilliant idea. "Gwyneth Paltrow type s—," one user wrote, comparing it to the Goop founder's viral This Smells Like My Vagina candle. "I'm buying one for my friend's birthday present tho[ugh]." The PEOPLE App is now available in the Apple App Store! Download it now for the most binge-worthy celeb content, exclusive video clips, astrology updates and more! "Whatever makes men take showers," another user wrote. 5,000 bars of Sydney's Bathwater Bliss will be available for fans — 100 customers have the chance to enter a giveaway to win a bar of the soap before its June 6 release; after it's official sale date, the soap bar will be available on the Dr. Squatch website until supplies last. Read the original article on People
New York Times
2 days ago
- Business
- New York Times
Sydney Sweeney's Fans Wanted Her Bath Water. Now They Can Buy It.
Sydney Sweeney, the actress known for her roles in 'Euphoria,' 'Anyone But You' and a host of other buzzy movies and TV shows, is the face of a new bar of soap, purportedly made with a special ingredient: her own bath water. The internet may take quite some time to recover from this news. The product, 'Sydney's Bathwater Bliss,' is a collaboration with Dr. Squatch, a men's personal care company that describes itself as using natural ingredients and 'manly scents.' The actress announced the new soap on Instagram. Her caption referenced a previous advertisement she had done with Dr. Squatch, saying, 'You kept asking about my bathwater after the @drsquatch ad… so we kept it.' In a news release, Ms. Sweeney said the requests for her bath water were 'weird in the best way.' The limited-edition bar of soap, made with sand, pine bark extract and a 'touch' of Ms. Sweeney's real bath water, according to the company, will be go on sale June 6. Leaning in to the salacious nature of the product, an Instagram post by Dr. Squatch included a provocative description of the soap's scent. 'There's no playbook for turning Sydney Sweeney's actual bath water into a bar of soap, but that's exactly why we did it,' John Ludeke, the senior vice president of global marketing for Dr. Squatch, said in the company's news release. 'We thrive on ideas that make you laugh.' Nearly as eye-catching as soap made from the slosh of one's own bathing ritual are the reactions to it on social media. Users' remarks have run the gamut, from extremely vulgar to celebratory. Others were simply asking, 'Why?' In a Reddit thread that questioned whether Ms. Sweeney's new product was preying on the loneliness of men, Meera Gregerson, 28, said she did not view selling a product to people as predatory. 'I think that the fact that she's been sexualized and made to be a sex icon in some ways as a celebrity — I think it's fair for her to also want to make money off of that,' Ms. Gregerson said in a phone interview. 'I don't think it's that different from her selling movies using her appearance as a selling point.' Multiple social media users have pointed out that Ms. Sweeney's new product is reminiscent of a stunt from Belle Delphine, an adult content creator with a large social media following, who made headlines in 2019 for selling her own bath water. Chad Grauke, 39, who also took to Reddit to share his reaction to the soap, said he did not take issue with the product itself, but was more so curious about 'what type of person is buying this stuff.' 'I don't feel it's the lonely hermit as much as it's the bro who thinks he has a chance,' Mr. Grauke said.
Los Angeles Times
2 days ago
- Entertainment
- Los Angeles Times
Soap made with Sydney Sweeney's used bathwater exists and now we feel so dirty
OK, which focus group asked for soap made from Sydney Sweeney's dirty bathwater? Because y'all are in trouble. In announcing the limited-edition Sydney's Bathwater Bliss product Thursday, boutique soap company Dr. Squatch said on social media that it exists because 'y'all wouldn't stop asking' for Soap á la Sweeney after the actor did a viral ad for the company last October. 'And Sydney said, 'Let's do it.' ' So whoever 'y'all' is should have to stay up late writing apologies to the rest of us. In cursive. The soap is said to smell like Sweeney's childhood homeland, the Pacific Northwest, so anyone who has a warm and innocent association with that area's pine, Douglas fir and earthy moss essence is likely to have that completely ruined. Of course, if you associate those scents with the parfum de décolleté et de parties féminines — that's some kind of French for the 'scent of cleavage and lady parts' — this soap should make perfect sense. 'Nice humiliation ritual you've got going here,' X user @AzBeto1997 tweeted Friday about the soap, which the company swears includes bathwater that has actually touched Sweeney's naked body. 'Way to demean and diminish your customer base. If it were a joke it'd be funny.' 'Weird and gross. I've enjoyed the pine tar soap for several years now, but this is goodbye. Enjoy your bath water fetishist customers,' user @MarvinOMars wrote. 'I guarantee you most straight men find the Sydney Sweeney soap thing pretty gross,' @UnderstanderArt said. 'She's not appealing to all straight men with it, but a very particular group that I want nothing to do with.' Over on Instagram, comments about the limited run of 5,000 bars of soap, on sale next week, seemed more charitable. One poster said the Dr. Squatch marketing department and Sweeney 'need an award for this. Hilarious and awesome.' 'We're not going to heaven, but this is close enough,' another wrote. 'Never will I be in a greater state of absolute bliss than whilst I use this holy concoction, in the form of a bar of soap, to rub across my body,' wrote a third. Some comments invoked the infamous bathtub scene from 'Saltburn.' Many alluded to masturbation. A lot of them were seriously hilarious. All of them suggested in their own quiet ways that the fall of Western civilization was imminent. So buy the soap, don't buy the soap, we really don't care. Remember, this is the same company that insured Nick Cannon's testicles for $10 million. Irish Spring, here we come.
Miami Herald
2 days ago
- Entertainment
- Miami Herald
How to Get Sydney Sweeney's Bathwater Soap: Competition and Release Date
Actor Sydney Sweeney has released a limited-edition soap made with water from her own bath, and some fans are in a real lather about the product, desperate to get their hands on it. Sweeney, who starred in the first White Lotus series, partnered with natural body care brand Dr. Squatch to produce Sydney's Bathwater Bliss, priced at around $8 per bar. A promotion campaign is giving away 100 as competition prizes. One keen customer wrote on Instagram: "Made with your actual bath water? Lol. That's awesome! ... Let's go @sydney_sweeney." Not all fans have been impressed though, one saying: "Sydney honey I love you but I don't know about this." Another wrote: "Geez this is literally sad for humanity." The collaboration is soaking up the comments section of Sweeney's Instagram posts. Excited male fans are drooling over the star, and offended feminists are concerned about her "stimulation of the male gaze" and "promotion of a female stereotype." One user appeared to suggest the collaboration could have wider repercussions on gender issues, writing: "we're never making it out of the patriarchy." While Sweeney voiced her excitement about this latest collaboration, she has previously spoken out about the way the world views her body. She told Variety in March 2024: "People feel connected and free to be able to speak about me in whatever way they want, because they believe that I've signed my life away. That I'm not on a human level anymore, because I'm an actor. That these characters are for everybody else, but then me as Sydney is not for me anymore. It's this weird relationship that people have with me that I have no control or say over." Sweeney, 27, is recently single, and has also featured in TV shows including Euphoria and Sharp Objects. Her movies, across a wide range of genres, include rom-com Anyone But You, horror movie Immaculate, and action film Madam Web. This collaboration is in response to fan curiosity sparked by a previous advertisement by Dr. Squatch, the men's natural products store. It features Sweeney soaking in a candlelit bathtub, and playful banter from fans about her bathwater, led to the creation of the unconventional product. Dr Squatch wrote in an Instagram announcement: "In collaboration with Sydney Sweeney, we created a limited-edition soap infused with her ACTUAL bathwater. Why? Because y'all wouldn't stop asking. And Sydney said, 'Let's do it.' (what a legend)" The actor is not the first person to commercialize her bathwater. In 2019, an adult content star, Belle Delphine, sold jars of hers for $43 a piece, according to a report by the New York Post. Sydney's Bathwater Bliss is set to launch on June 6, 2025, and there will be 100 winners in a competition to get a bar for free. Each bar is crafted with natural ingredients, including exfoliating sand, shea butter, and a touch of Sweeney's bathwater, which Dr. Squatch's website said was "one of nature's finest aphrodisiacs." It has a medium grit level, and the men's care brand said the bar smells like "morning wood," adding this included notes of pine, Douglas fir, and earthy moss. Either follow Dr. Squatch's Instagram account and leave a comment, or you can fill out a form on its website. The product giveaway ends on June 4, and winners will be messaged or emailed from June 6. Dr. Squatch said consumers would also be able to buy the product, although there is a very limited stock, reports saying only 5,000 bars have been made. The men's care brand wrote: "But can I buy one?' Not yet … but we'll have a VERY limited stock when they do drop! Keep an eye out for an announcement." Winners of the competition will find out on June 6, and fans will be able to purchase the product soon Dr. Squatch said, adding it would be providing a further announcement in due course. Related Articles Hotel Guard Suspended, Accused of Asking Woman in Bathroom to Prove GenderBetter Office Bathrooms Can Improve Attendance and InclusionBathroom Renovation Disaster Leaves Internet In Stitches: 'Serial Killer Setup'Man Spends All Day Tiling Shower, Then Realizes Mistake-'Is it Noticeable?' 2025 NEWSWEEK DIGITAL LLC.
