Carol Baum regrets “crapping” on Sydney Sweeney. The veteran Hollywood producer and acting coach, 81, was plunged into controversy and targeted by the 26-year-old ‘Euphoria’ actress’ fans when it emerged earlier this week she had mocked Sydney’s looks and acting ability. But she has now told TMZ she wishes she never said the actress “isn’t pretty” and “can’t act”.
Carol added: “Crapping on an actor like that usually isn’t (my) style.” Journalism for the curious Australian across politics, business, culture and opinion. Her U-turn comes after Sydney’s representative slammed the producer for targeting their client.
They told The New York Post: “How sad that a woman in the position to share her expertise and experience chooses instead to attack another woman. “If that’s what she’s learned in her decades in the industry and feels is appropriate to teach to her students, that’s shameful.” Carol – who is also a member of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences – hit out at a Sydney on Tuesday (16.
04.24) following a screening of her 1998 horror-drama film ‘Dead Ringers’. She said: “There’s an actress who everybody loves now – Sydney Sweeney, “I don’t get Sydney Sweeney.
I was watching on the plane Sydney Sweeney’s movie (‘Anyone But You’) because I wanted to watch it. I wanted to know who she is and why everybody’s talking about her.” Carol, who teaches at the USC School of Cinematic Arts, went on to bra.
