For the foreseeable future, Megyn Kelly will in all probability be purchasing at American Eagle, not Levi’s, for all of her denim wants. Amid the controversy surrounding Sydney Sweeney’s new American Eagle commercials, the conservative commentator has thrown her assist behind the Euphoria star whereas pitting the actress towards Beyoncé.
In a Tuesday (Aug. 5) publish on X, Kelly reshared a photograph of the 35-time Grammy winner modeling an outfit by Levi’s — which Bey has been the face of since final 12 months — and wrote, “That is the alternative of the Sydney Sweeney advert.”
“Fairly clearly there’s nothing pure about Beyonce,” she continued. “The whole lot – from her picture to her fame to her success to her look beneath – is purchased and paid for. Screams synthetic, faux, enhanced, making an attempt too laborious.”
When one particular person accused the previous Fox Information anchor of bullying Bey, Kelly replied, “It isn’t potential for me to ‘bully’ BEYONCÉ, actually one of many richest, most privileged/related/well-known ppl on the earth.”
Billboard has reached out to Beyoncé’s rep for remark.
Kelly’s feedback come as many conservatives — together with President Donald Trump, who recently wrote on Fact Social, “Go get ‘em Sydney!” — are rallying round Sweeney in response to the backlash her American Eagle denims commercials have obtained. Within the advertisements, the White Lotus alum boasts about her “nice genes,” utilizing the phrase interchangeably with “nice denims.”
As Sweeney is a white lady with blonde hair and blue eyes, many critics have in contrast the messaging to racist Nazi propaganda, although the style model has stated in a statement that the marketing campaign “is and all the time was in regards to the denims.”
Denim apart, this isn’t the primary time Kelly has taken situation with Beyoncé. In June, the media persona accused the Future’s Little one alum of “enjoying sufferer” after Bey included footage of Kelly dissing her in visuals for the Cowboy Carter Tour.
“Right here is one other probably the most privileged, beloved girls on the earth,” Kelly stated on The Megyn Kelly Present on the time. “However [she] nonetheless has to search for the one sliver the place she may play the sufferer and be aggrieved, as a result of huge dangerous Megyn Kelly stated one thing fully milquetoast about her entry into nation music.”