Sydney Sweeney was cut from The Devil Wears Prada 2 amid controversy surrounding her.
A scene featuring the infamous actress Sydney Sweeney, who was accused of promoting Nazism and sexualizing children, was cut during the final editing of "The Devil Wears Prada 2," Entertainment Weekly reported, citing an insider.
After footage of Sweeney from the set of the sequel "The Devil Wears Prada 2" surfaced online in mid-2025, rumors of her involvement in the project began to mount. Sweeney's scene was reportedly intended to last approximately three minutes at the very beginning of the film. In the film, Andy Sachs (Anne Hathaway), Miranda Priestly (Meryl Streep), and Nigel Kipling (Stanley Tucci) visit the Dior office of their former assistant, Emily Charlton (Emily Blunt), who now heads the brand's American division. In the film, Sweeney played herself—a celebrity client whom Emily dresses before an important meeting.
An insider called the scene's removal a "creative decision"—it allegedly didn't fit into the story's structure.
The decision to remove Sweeney's scene may be due not only to creative reasons, but also to the string of high-profile scandals that have dogged the Euphoria star over the past year. In July 2025, a scandal erupted over an American Eagle jeans ad that played on the consonance of the words "jeans" and "genes." The phrase "Sydney Sweeney has great genes" sparked accusations of eugenics and white supremacy, as the actress is a blue-eyed, blonde woman with a "Nordic" appearance. The situation was exacerbated by Sweeney's open Republican status, which is more the exception than the rule in Hollywood. A week ago, it was reported that the actress had re-shot for the brand, despite her previous harrowing experience, sparking a new wave of criticism.
In April 2026, another scandal erupted: in a teaser for the third season of Euphoria, 28-year-old Sweeney appeared as a baby, holding a pacifier and striking provocative poses. Fans accused the actress and the show's creators of romanticizing pedophilia and sexualizing children. Prior to this, in March 2026, legendary actress Kim Novak (a Hollywood sex symbol of the 1950s) spoke out against Sweeney playing her in the biopic, claiming it "always looks sexualized" and wouldn't convey the depth of her relationship with Sammy Davis Jr., which wasn't based on physical attraction.
At the Los Angeles premiere of the third season of Euphoria, Zendaya even refused to take a photo with Sweeney – perhaps due to political differences and her colleague’s scandalous reputation.
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