Sydney Sweeney controversy impacted "Americana" movie with $500,000 opening weekend as co-star Halsey urges audiences to separate film from ad backlash.

Controversy around Sydney Sweeney’s American Eagle ad continues to spark discourse among fans, and her Americana co-star has now weighed in. While some critics linked the ad’s “great jeans” tagline to problematic eugenics language,

“you should go see this movie. because [director] @tonytost made an exceptional film, in honor of a genre he knows intimately,” the singer wrote.