Sydney Sweeney Appears To Take Swipe At Critics Of Graphic Euphoria Scenes

Sydney Sweeney appears to be taking a veiled dig at her detractors in her latest Instagram post.

The Emmy winner has played Cassie in all three seasons of Euphoria, the most recent of which landed her at the centre of plenty of discourse thanks to a storyline that saw her character turning to OnlyFans modelling in order to pay for her expensive wedding.

As the season progressed, Sydney appeared in a variety of graphic scenes that raised eyebrows among viewers and critics, some of whom went as far as comparing the storyline to a “humiliation ritual” for the actor.

While Sydney remained tight-lipped on the debate throughout the season, it seemed she had something to say about it all in a post shared on Instagram before the season finale aired.

Alongside a series of behind-the-scenes snaps from season three – including some of the more racy set-ups involving her character – Sydney said simply: “It’s called… acting.”

Check out Sydney’s post for yourself here.

In the past, Sydney has repeatedly called out the “double standard” she has noticed around the way male and female actors who have appeared nude on screen are treated.

Back in 2022, she told The Independent: “When a guy has a sex scene or shows his body, he still wins awards and gets praise. But the moment a girl does it, it’s completely different.”

Elsewhere in the same interview, she also made a point of saying: “I’ve never felt like Sam [Levinson, Euphoria’s creator] has pushed it on me or was trying to get a nude scene into an HBO show. When I didn’t want to do it, he didn’t make me.”

Ahead of Sunday’s finale, it was confirmed by Sam Levinson that Euphoria would not be returning for a fourth season.

He claimed: “In terms of the story that we set out to tell, which is a story about addiction and its consequences, this feels like the end to me.”