India, July 29 -- Actor Sydney Sweeney debuted a new ad for American Eagle's new fall campaign. After the ad surfaced on social media, the actor found herself at the centre of a political firestorm online, where many drew accusations of racial undertones in the tagline, which went as, "Sydney Sweeney has great jeans." Many accused the campaign as tone-deaf as the pun on 'genes' has been historically used to celebrate whiteness and attractiveness. (Also read: How Sydney Sweeney earned a jeans brand $400 million in a day: Behind the insane American Eagle rally)

On Tuesday, singer Doja Cat shared a TikTok video of herself where she took a savage dig at Sydney Sweeney's jeans campaign. Doja spoke the lines that were originally said by Sydney...