{"id":2224119,"date":"2024-04-18T12:06:02","date_gmt":"2024-04-18T16:06:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/sydney-sweeney-responds-to-film-producer-saying-shes-not-pretty-and-cant-act\/"},"modified":"2024-04-18T12:06:02","modified_gmt":"2024-04-18T16:06:02","slug":"sydney-sweeney-responds-to-film-producer-saying-shes-not-pretty-and-cant-act","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/sydney-sweeney-responds-to-film-producer-saying-shes-not-pretty-and-cant-act\/","title":{"rendered":"Sydney Sweeney Responds To Film Producer Saying She\u2019s \u2018Not Pretty\u2019 And \u2018Can\u2019t Act\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">26<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fsydney-sweeney-responds-to-film-producer-saying-shes-not-pretty-and-cant-act%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2224119&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u201cEuphoria\u201d actress <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/topic\/celebrities\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Sydney Sweeney<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> clapped back at the <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/topic\/hollywood\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">film producer<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> who said she was \u201cnot pretty\u201d and not good at her job.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Carol Baum, best known for her work with Dolly Parton\u2019s TV and film production company Sandollar Productions, made her <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/topic\/entertainment\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">observations<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> about Sweeney during a \u201cDead Ringers\u201d (1988) film screening on April 11. The producer spoke with New York Times critic Janet Maslin during a Q&#038;A, saying she was underwhelmed by Sweeney\u2019s romantic comedy \u201cAnyone But You,\u201d which she said she had watched recently on an airplane.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u201cI wanted to know who she is and why everybody\u2019s talking about her,\u201d Baum said, per <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/tvshowbiz\/article-13315349\/Hollywood-producer-Carol-Baum-Sydney-Sweeney-not-pretty-act.html\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The Daily Mail<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">. \u201cI watched this unwatchable movie \u2014 sorry to people who love this movie \u2014 (this) romantic comedy where they hate each other.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The executive producer, who has worked in the industry since the late 1980s, also teaches at the University of Southern California. \u201cI said to my class, \u2018Explain this girl to me,\u2019\u201d Baum continued. \u201cShe\u2019s not pretty. She can\u2019t act. Why is she so hot?\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Sweeney\u2019s rep responded with a <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.usatoday.com\/story\/entertainment\/celebrities\/2024\/04\/17\/sydney-sweeney-responds-to-carol-baum-criticism-film-producer-euphoria\/73364056007\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">statement<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> to USA Today blasting Baum for her comments.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u201cHow sad that a woman in the position to share her expertise and experience chooses instead to attack another woman,\u201d the actress\u2019s rep said. \u201cIf that\u2019s what she\u2019s learned in her decades in the industry and feels is appropriate to teach to her students, that\u2019s shameful. To unjustly disparage a fellow female producer speaks volumes about Ms. Baum\u2019s character.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b><a href=\"https:\/\/onelink.to\/dwapp\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" aria-describedby=\"sk-tooltip-9096\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/onelink.to\/dwapp&#038;source=gmail&#038;ust=1700760801843000&#038;usg=AOvVaw2PQrVSrJfhxNb4LcARqniG\">CLICK HERE TO GET THE DAILYWIRE+ APP<\/a><\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Maslin also addressed the comments going viral with an <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/JanetMaslin\/status\/1780439936606318922\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">X post<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> shared on Tuesday. \u201cWe brought up \u2018Anyone But You\u2019 because it\u2019s been the rare smash hit rom-com at a time when they aren\u2019t working,\u201d the NYT critic wrote. \u201cNot because we wanted to take cheap shots at anyone.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Plenty of fans and coworkers took the opportunity to heap praise on Sweeney. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u201cImmaculate\u201d producer Teddy Schwarzman <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/tschwarzman\/status\/1780598277559509034\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">wrote<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> on X, \u201cI\u2019ll enlighten Ms. Baum that two-time Emmy nominee Sydney Sweeney is not only one of the most talented actresses I\u2019ve worked with, but also incredibly smart, kind and humble. I\u2019m not sure why someone who claims to still be a producer would make such terribly ugly comments, but I can assure everyone that Sydney is at least beautiful on the inside.\u201d\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u201cEuphoria\u201d actress Sydney Sweeney clapped back at the film producer who said she was \u201cnot pretty\u201d and not good at her job. Carol Baum, best known for her work with Dolly Parton\u2019s TV and film production company Sandollar Productions, made her observations about Sweeney during a \u201cDead Ringers\u201d (1988) film screening on April 11. 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