Nate Bargatze had an attention-grabbing outfit selection earlier than introducing Sydney Sweeney as a presenter on the 2025 Emmy Awards.
Throughout the Sunday, September 14, broadcast, Bargatze, 46, swapped his basic tuxedo for one manufactured from denim.
“I've a blue jean tux on for some motive,” the comic advised the group. “Do we now have like, a joke, there's a cummerbund and I forgot what it … I don't know. Alright. Please welcome two-time Emmy nominee Sydney Sweeney.”
Sweeney, 28, walked out in a strapless pink satin Oscar de la Renta robe. The Euphoria star didn't reply to Bargatze's denim look and targeted on presenting the award for Finest Supporting Actor in a Restricted or Anthology Collection or Film. The accolade went to Owen Cooper for his function in Adolescence.
Many assumed that the bit was a reference to Sweeney's controversial American Eagle denims advert final month. Producer Jesse Collins confirmed that it was the case after the present.
“Sure, that was his joke towards that,” Collins stated to reporters per Variety on Monday, September 15.
In August, Sweeney made headlines for her partnership with the jean model on account of its controversial tagline, “Sydney Sweeney Has Nice Denims.” Many followers believed that the double entendre was selling eugenics, which is a extensively discredited principle in regards to the enchancment of human genetics.
Host Nate Bargatze speaks onstage throughout the 77th Primetime Emmy Awards at Peacock Theater on September 14, 2025 in Los Angeles, California. Kevin Winter/Getty Photos
American Eagle stood by its marketing campaign and defended its supposed messaging.
“‘Sydney Sweeney Has Nice Denims' is and at all times was in regards to the denims. Her denims. Her story,” an announcement from the retailer learn. “We'll proceed to have fun how everybody wears their AE denims with confidence, their method. Nice denims look good on everybody.”
Sweeney, for her half, has not publicly addressed the drama. Whereas selling her new movie, Christy, the actress shut down any questions in regards to the marketing campaign.
“I'm there to help my film and the individuals concerned in making it, and I'm not there to speak about denims,” she advised Self-importance Truthful in a September profile, forward of the Toronto Worldwide Movie Competition premiere of the Christy Martin biopic. “The film's about Christy, and that's what I'll be there to speak about.”
Whereas Sweeney has not publicly acknowledged the discourse across the advert, a supply completely advised Us Weekly that she was prioritizing her upcoming initiatives.
“Sydney thinks this entire factor has been blown out of proportion,” the insider defined. “She's focusing her vitality on work, together with being again on set along with her Euphoria household.”
