LEMON DROP | Blue Jeans Blue Eyes and Trump’s Latest B.S. - The Sydney Sweeney Ad Distraction

The Don Lemon Show

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News, Society & Culture

4.3 • 1.2K Ratings

🗓️ 6 August 2025

⏱️ 11 minutes

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The internet is in full meltdown mode over the new American Eagle ad featuring Sydney Sweeney, but is all the outrage actually missing the point? Don breaks down the backlash, unpacks what’s really fueling it, and explains why letting distractions like this dominate the conversation only helps the people in power stay unaccountable. Let’s refocus. There’s more at stake than denim and headlines. This episode is brought to you by ZBiotics. Go to https://zbiotics.com/LEMONDROPS and use LEMONDROPS at checkout for 15% off any first time orders of ZBiotics probiotics. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Ah, Benny's parents, thanks for coming.
0:02.3	Hiya.
0:02.9	So, Benny has really blossomed this term.
0:05.6	You're telling me, he outgrew his bike. We sold it, on eBay.
0:09.6	Oh, that's not quite what I meant.
0:11.1	It's free to sell on there?
0:12.3	Free to sell?
0:13.4	Easy too. Sold Benny's bike, your guitar, my jacket.
0:16.8	You sold my guitar?
0:19.9	Shall we talk about Benning?
0:22.1	When it's this easy to sell for free, you can't help but say when it's eBay.
0:26.7	Things people love.
0:28.0	T's and Cs apply, exclusive vehicles.
0:30.2	Can we talk about Sidney, can we talk about jeans?
0:34.0	Blue jeans or gene jeans with a G?
0:40.5	What you're inherited? What makes up your DNA and what makes you look like you do and so I I had no connection to this story I
0:46.9	could not at first I was like whatever I'm just not into it I didn't even know who Sidney
0:51.3	Sweeney was but you know hey look, not my demo, not my age.
0:56.0	But let me just tell you, it made me recall something that happened to me when I worked at CNN years
1:04.3	ago.
1:04.5	There's nothing to do with CNN, but this is someone who worked.
1:06.6	I just happened to work there with him.
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