jWithout a doubt, Sydney Sweeney has had a difficult year. The 28-year-old Euphoria actress has experienced the breakup of a seven-year relationship, been at the center of multiple media storms due to her political beliefs, and seemed to be ignored by her peers at major A-list events.
This year, things reached a breaking point when it was discovered that she was a registered Republican voter and that she starred in a contentious American Eagle jeans advertisement that some saw as racist since it made a pun between the words “jeans” and “genes.” The majority of opinions in awakened Hollywood seem to be strongly at odds with both of these debates.
With the debut of her new boxing biography Christy, she might have wanted to divert attention from the controversy surrounding her personal life, but it hasn’t worked well either. According to Box Office Mojo, the film’s opening, which received a 67% rating on Rotten Tomatoes on Sunday night, was in the top 12 worst ever for films screened on more than 2000 screens.
