“Daily Show” correspondent Desi Lydic on Thursday hit back at right-wing media figures over their reaction to backlash against Sydney Sweeney’s controversial American Eagle ad.
Lydic referred to those accusing the ad — which declares that the blonde, blue-eyed “Euphoria” star has “great jeans” — of being a “racist dog whistle” before turning to clips of conservative media figures who, in turn, reacted with a “dog megaphone.”
The supercut featured ex-Fox News host Megyn Kelly, who took aim at so-called “nonsense where you are not allowed to ever celebrate” someone who is white and blonde with blue eyes.
Fox News’ Greg Gutfeld, in a separate clip from “The Five,” imagined the backlash was due to Sweeney not being “a plus-size swim model on the cover of Sports Illustrated” or a “male prom queen.”
Lydic — who mocked Kelly and Gutfeld for gushing over how Sweeney’s body appears in the ad — swiftly advised right-wingers to “calm down.”
