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Sydney Sweeney, Novig Ad Backlash, and Female Athletes
from Ed Sheeran, Sydney Sweeney, & Kash Patel’s Pet Fetish | The Tim Dillon Show #513 · #513
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Tim reacts to backlash over Sydney Sweeney's nearly-nude sports betting ad for Novig, mocking female athletes' complaints about sexualization, recalling Martina Navratilova, and pitching a fake Alo Yoga ad campaign with Sweeney at Auschwitz.
- Sydney Sweeney poses partially nude for Novig sports betting ad while talking about sports.
- Tim argues female athletes are upset that Sweeney is sexualizing them, but questions why they wouldn't appreciate looking at an attractive woman.
- Female athletes like Felicity Palter claim the campaign sets women's sports backwards and say they want to be valued for what they do, not how they look.
- Tim recalls seeing Martina Navratilova play tennis as a kid and notes no one was obsessing over her physical appearance back then.
- He dismisses the idea that Sydney Sweeney putting her breasts in a sports ad somehow sexualizes all female athletes.
- Sydney Sweeney's hotness is part of her appeal as an actress; that's why companies hire her for controversial ads to generate attention.
- British sprinter Amy Hunt posts about what women in sports actually look like: muscles, hard work, sweat, blood, tears.
- Tim counters that Amy Hunt is right about athletes, but Sydney Sweeney is an actress with large breasts, not an athlete.
- Sydney Sweeney is now the hottest commodity for corporate ads because she reliably generates cultural firestorms and controversy.
- Tim pitches his own controversial ad concept: putting Sydney Sweeney in Alo Yoga pants doing yoga at Auschwitz with the tagline 'Let Him Cook.'
- Sydney Sweeney responds to criticism by posting photos of hot female athletes, leaning into the controversy instead of backing down.
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