{"id":58680,"date":"2022-08-28T09:42:52","date_gmt":"2022-08-28T09:42:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/sydney-sweeney-says-birthday-photo-turned-into-political-statement-the-hollywood-reporter\/"},"modified":"2022-08-28T09:42:52","modified_gmt":"2022-08-28T09:42:52","slug":"sydney-sweeney-says-birthday-photo-turned-into-political-statement-the-hollywood-reporter","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/sydney-sweeney-says-birthday-photo-turned-into-political-statement-the-hollywood-reporter\/","title":{"rendered":"Sydney Sweeney Says Birthday Photo Turned Into Political Statement \u2013 \u200b\u200bThe Hollywood Reporter"},"content":{"rendered":"
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\n\tEuphoria <\/em>star Sydney Sweeney has addressed online backlash to a series of photos and videos from her mother’s 60th birthday party, which the actress posted to her Instagram on Saturday. <\/p>\n

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\tAmong the photos the Emmy-nominated talent published is an image featuring an unidentified man wearing a blue lives matter flag shirt, a symbol of the pro-police countermovement created in response to Black Lives Matter. <\/p>\n

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\tThe photos, which were snapped at a hoedown-themed birthday party for Sweeney’s mother, were captioned, \u201cNo better way to celebrate my momma than a surprise hoedown.\u201d The actress also shared photos of the event on her Instagram story featuring line dancing and a rodeo-themed cake. <\/p>\n

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\tAfter posting the photos and videos early on Saturday, social media users began to speculate about Sweeney and her family’s politics and Sweeney’s position on blue lives matter in light of the unnamed individual seen in the shirt. <\/p>\n

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\t\u201cYou guys this is wild. An innocent celebration for my moms milestone 60th birthday has turned into an absurd political statement, which was not the intention, \u201dshe tweeted in response to the criticism of her photos, which got her name trending on Twitter Saturday. \u201cPlease stop making assumptions.\u201d<\/p>\n

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You guys this is wild. An innocent celebration for my moms milestone 60th birthday has turned into an absurd political statement, which was not the intention. Please stop making assumptions. Much love to everyone \u2665\ufe0f and Happy Birthday Mom!<\/p>\n

\u2014 Sydney Sweeney (@sydney_sweeney) August 27, 2022<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<\/figure>\n

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\tIn addition to the blue lives matter shirt, additional criticisms surfaced after social media users found that photos posed by one of Sweeney’s family members from the event featuring included people wearing \u201cMake 60 Great Again\u201d hats \u2014 a reference to Donald Trump’s campaign slogan \u201cMake America Great Again.\u201d<\/p>\n

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\tIn an Aug. 2 interviews with The Los Angeles Times<\/em>Sweeney spoke about the impact her family has had on her career while discussing a clip of her sharing her Emmy nomination news with her mother. <\/p>\n

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\t\u201cI wouldn’t have been able to pursue my dreams without her supporting that decision,\u201d she said. \u201cI was 12, 13 years old and my mom and dad gave up everything that they knew for me to be able to pursue my dreams. We lost friends, we lost our house, we lost everything in pursuit of it.\u201d<\/p>\n

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\tAt the height of the racial justice and Black Lives Matter protests during the summer of 2020, Sweeney shared her support for the movement like a number of Hollywood figures via her social media. \u201c[W]e need to do better. the hate in this world needs to end. #BlackLivesMatter,\u201d she tweeted<\/a>. <\/p>\n

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\tBlack Lives Matter is a decentralized political and social movement started in 2013 after the fatal shooting of Trayvon Martin, a Black teen, that addresses systemic racism and police brutality against Black people. The Blue Lives Matter movement was formed in response to BLM and advocates for officers and other emergency personnel to be a protected class, with the potential for individuals to be prosecuted for hate crimes in cases where they are convicted of killing law enforcement. <\/p>\n

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\tThe ACLU of New York has condemned Blue Lives Matter bills proposed by conservative politicians across the country, describing them as \u201ca profoundly inappropriate attempt to equate a voluntarily chosen career path with the immutable traits that give rise to protection under our civil rights laws.\u201d The civil liberties organization has also said they \u201cundermine efforts to improve police-community relations while doing nothing to improve safety for officers.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n