Sydney Sweeney: Actress calls producer shameful over comments on looks and acting - BBC News

The actress responds to Hollywood producer Carol Baum saying: "She's not pretty, she can't act."

3 hours agoShareclose panelShare pageCopy linkAbout sharingImage source, Getty ImagesImage caption, Sydney Sweeney said she felt "unjustly disparaged"By Helen BushbyCulture reporterEuphoria and The White Lotus star Sydney Sweeney has hit back at comments from Hollywood producer Carol Baum, who said, ' She's not pretty, she can't act. Why is she so hot?'"

Sweeney, who was Emmy-nominated for both shows in 2022, called the comments "shameful".

The actress said she felt "unjustly disparaged".

Baum, who produced films including Dead Ringers and Buffy the Vampire Slayer, spoke after a film screening.

Sweeney's representative gave Variety this statement, in response to Baum: "How sad that a woman in the position to share her expertise and experience chooses instead to attack another woman.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-68844159

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