NEWS'You’ll Never Be Her': Sydney Sweeney Gets Backlash After Ad Sparks Comparisons to Lindsay Lohan
Sydney Sweeney’s latest ‘Variety’ ad is drawing comparisons to Lindsay Lohan on social media.
Dec. 31 2025, Published 6:13 p.m. ET
The internet is losing it over a viral side-by-side of Sydney Sweeney and Lindsay Lohan.
The post, which juxtaposed Sweeney’s recent icy Variety photoshoot with a 2004 Rolling Stone shot of Lohan sitting on a block of ice, has racked up hundreds of thousands of likes.
People on social media compared similar pictures of Sydney Sweeney and Lindsay Lohan.
On December 30, an X user named Aurora P.J posted the image of the Mean Girls star, telling Sweeney, “You’ll NEVER be her!!!!”
The post has since amassed over 15,000 retweets and 275,000 likes.
The picture of Lohan shows the then-18-year-old sitting on top of an ice cube in an all-blue outfit with her red locks blown back.
X users compared the image of Sweeney, who sported an all-pink look as she sat on an ice block with an open-mouth smile.
Fans said Sydney Sweeney would 'never be' Lindsay Lohan.
People immediately agreed and chimed in with critiques against Sweeney.
"The Lindsay one is so artistic and beautiful, and the other is so unprofessional. No art and no taste," someone shared.
"Lindsay chewed that photoshoot," another commented.
Others wrote "100 percent agree" and "Lillo supremacy."
However, one person disagreed, writing: "This is a dumb comparison to make. They are both absolutely beautiful."
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Due to the backlash against Sydney Sweeney, the user shared that they are considering taking down the post.
As the online discourse continues, the original user is now considering taking down the post.
"I don't think she deserves this amount of hate... I was just like joking... I compared a 20-year-old photo with one from now, cmon," they tweeted in part.
Putting Rumors to Rest
The backlash against her ad comes after Sweeney debunked rumors about plastic surgery.
The backlash comes after the Euphoria actress squashed rumors with Amanda Seyfried.
During the December 5 interview, the actresses were asked, "What is one beauty rumor about yourself that you want to debunk right now?”
Sweeney was quick to say, “Let’s debunk them all. I mean, I have never gotten work done. I am so scared of needles, you have no idea.”
“You guys, you cannot compare a photo of me from when I was 12 to a photo of me at 26 with professional makeup and lighting. Of course I’m going to look different,” she said. “Everybody on social media is insane.”
In an October 27 Variety interview, the blonde babe brought up her fear of needles again.
“I've never gotten anything done. I'm absolutely terrified of needles. No tattoos. Nothing. I'm going to age gracefully," Sweeney shared.
