Everyone’s a critic, however Sydney Sweeney is biting again.
Following sharp criticism by movie producer Carol Baum, the “Euphoria” star has launched an announcement after Baum skewered Sweeney’s appearing chops throughout a movie screening final week.
Whereas showing at a screening of her 1988 movie “Useless Ringers” on the Jacob Burns Movie Heart, Baum reportedly instructed New York Occasions critic Janet Maslin throughout a Q&A that she watched Sweeney’s romantic comedy “Anybody However You” throughout a latest airplane journey.
“I needed to know who she is and why all people’s speaking about her,” Baum mentioned on the April 11 occasion, in accordance with the Every day Mail. “I watched this unwatchable film — sorry to individuals who love this film — (this) romantic comedy the place they hate one another.”
“Anybody However You” stars Sweeney and Glen Powell as ex-flames who begrudgingly reconnect at a marriage in Australia. Launched in December 2023, the movie went on to gross $218.8 million on the international field workplace.
“I mentioned to my class, ‘Clarify this lady to me,’” Baum, who works as a professor on the College of Southern California, continued. “She’s not fairly. She will’t act. Why is she so sizzling?”
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In an emailed assertion to USA TODAY Wednesday, a consultant for Sweeney blasted Baum’s remarks.
“How unhappy {that a} lady within the place to share her experience and expertise chooses as a substitute to assault one other lady,” Sweeney’s consultant mentioned. “If that’s what she’s realized in her a long time within the trade and feels is suitable to show to her college students, that’s shameful. To unjustly disparage a fellow feminine producer speaks volumes about Ms. Baum’s character.”
Baum reportedly expressed remorse over her criticism of Sweeney, in accordance with TMZ. USA TODAY has reached out to a consultant for Baum for remark.
Following their dialogue, Maslin addressed Baum’s feedback on Sweeney in an X post Tuesday.
“We introduced up ‘Anybody However You’ as a result of it’s been the uncommon smash hit rom-com at a time once they aren’t working,” Maslin wrote. “Not as a result of we needed to take low cost pictures at anybody.”
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Coming to Sweeney’s protection, producer Teddy Schwarzman – who labored alongside Sweeney on the movie “Immaculate” – praised “The White Lotus” actress’s expertise and character on social media.
“I’ll enlighten Ms. Baum that two-time Emmy nominee Sydney Sweeney will not be solely some of the proficient actresses I’ve labored with, but in addition extremely sensible, sort and humble,” Schwarzman wrote on X Wednesday. “I’m unsure why somebody who claims to nonetheless be a producer would make such terribly ugly feedback, however I can guarantee everybody that Sydney is a minimum of lovely on the within.”
Sweeney starred in and co-produced “Immaculate,” a psychological horror movie launched in March. The movie grossed $21.3 million worldwide.
Contributing: Patrick Ryan, USA TODAY