{"id":63261,"date":"2022-08-29T18:58:28","date_gmt":"2022-08-29T18:58:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/graziamagazine.com\/us\/?post_type=articles&#038;p=63261"},"modified":"2022-08-29T18:59:53","modified_gmt":"2022-08-29T18:59:53","slug":"sydney-sweeney-backlash-family-party","status":"publish","type":"articles","link":"https:\/\/graziamagazine.com\/us\/articles\/sydney-sweeney-backlash-family-party\/","title":{"rendered":"Sydney Sweeney Responds to Backlash Over Photos from Family Party: \u2018Please Stop Making Assumptions\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_63302\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-63302\" style=\"width: 1280px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-63302 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/graziamagazine.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2022\/08\/Sydney-Sweeney-Featured.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1280\" height=\"848\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-63302\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Sydney Sweeney attends Jonathan Simkhai x Saks Fifth Avenue Cocktail &amp; Dinner Party, Dec 16 2021 (Linnea Stephan\/BFA.com)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/graziamagazine.com\/us\/articles\/2022-emmy-nominations-sydney-sweeney\/\">Emmy-nominated<\/a> actress <a href=\"https:\/\/graziamagazine.com\/us\/articles\/sydney-sweeney-wears-vintage-mugler\/\">Sydney Sweeney<\/a> has responded to the backlash she accrued after posting pictures from her mother\u2019s 60<sup>th<\/sup> birthday party over the weekend.<\/p>\n<p>Sweeney shared photos on Instagram of the Western-themed \u201csurprise hoedown\u201d celebration in Idaho, featuring herself and family members wearing cowboy boots and cowboy hats, while riding a mechanical bull, line dancing, and posing in front of a themed birthday cake. 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font-family:Arial,sans-serif; font-size:14px; line-height:17px; margin-bottom:0; margin-top:8px; overflow:hidden; padding:8px 0 7px; text-align:center; text-overflow:ellipsis; white-space:nowrap;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/ChxRrKhLvHC\/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading\" style=\" color:#c9c8cd; font-family:Arial,sans-serif; font-size:14px; font-style:normal; font-weight:normal; line-height:17px; text-decoration:none;\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\">A post shared by Sydney Sweeney (@sydney_sweeney)<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.instagram.com\/en_US\/embeds.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Twitter users began criticizing Sweeney for potentially embracing right-wing beliefs and <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/pjmnfenty\/status\/1563636622041694209?cxt=HHwWgoCy6aTOk7MrAAAA\" target=\"_blank\">created memes<\/a> on the subject (though, there were some on the lighter side referencing <a href=\"https:\/\/graziamagazine.com\/us\/articles\/cassies-obsessive-nature-takes-her-down-the-country-road-in-euphoria\/\"><em>Euphoria<\/em>&#8216;s &#8220;Oklahoma!&#8221; joke<\/a>).<\/p>\n<p>The star addressed fans on <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/sydney_sweeney\/status\/1563660155425673217?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1563660155425673217%7Ctwgr%5E8ea2eafffddd6269e7e3c4c69d14a23fc75c3675%7Ctwcon%5Es1_&amp;ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fgraziamagazine.com%2Fus%2Fwp-admin%2Fpost.php%3Fpost%3D63261action%3Dedit\" target=\"_blank\">Twitter<\/a>. &#8220;You guys this is wild,&#8221; the 24-year-old wrote. &#8220;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!&#8221;<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">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<p>&mdash; Sydney Sweeney (@sydney_sweeney) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/sydney_sweeney\/status\/1563660155425673217?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\">August 27, 2022<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Sweeney was raised in a small town near Spokane, right on the Washington-Idaho border. While she\u2019s kept her political party affiliation under wraps, <a href=\"https:\/\/graziamagazine.com\/us\/articles\/white-lotus-season-2\/\"><em>The White Lotus<\/em><\/a> actress expressed support for the Black Lives Matter movement following the murder of George Floyd in May 2020. Sweeney <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/sydney_sweeney\/status\/1266989568412143621\" target=\"_blank\">tweeted<\/a> a guide detailing ways to help. \u201cWe need to do better,&#8221; she wrote. &#8220;The hate in this world needs to end. #BlackLivesMatter.&#8221;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":31863,"featured_media":63302,"template":"","format":"standard","categories":[23,16],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v18.5 (Yoast SEO v20.4) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Sydney Sweeney Responds to Backlash Over Family Party<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Sydney Sweeney attended a \u2018hoedown\u2019 themed party for her mother\u2019s birthday, that stirred up political backlash\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" 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