White House Director of Communications Steven Cheung has dubbed the fallout over the recent American Eagle advertisement starring Sydney Sweeney as "bull****" in a post on social media. Newsweek reached out to American Eagle and Sweeney via email for comment.

The internet is utterly appalled after the White House fiercely defended Sydney Sweeney’s new controversial American Eagle ad. White House communications director Steven Cheung weighed in on the actresses’ new campaign for the clothing brand Tuesday on X, sparking a wave of backlash from social media users.