Sweeney, who broke out for her role as Cassie Howard on HBO's Euphoria, first courted controversy in 2023 after photos emerged from her mother's 60th birthday featuring red MAGA-inspired hats. "There were so many misinterpretations," she said of the photos that year. "The people in the pictures weren't even my family."

Tony Tost defends his directorial debut Americana, as Sydney Sweeney’s off-screen controversies overshadow the indie western’s box office run