"Jews were massacred and murdered, and they equate that to a blue jeans ad for a Hollywood actress?" he said of the response to the campaign. "What an insult."

Sydney Sweeney's brother has broken his silence on her controversial American Eagle jeans ad. Newsweek reached out to Sweeney's representative for comment on Friday via email and Trent Sweeney via Instagram outside regular working hours.

Sydney Sweeney's family is seemingly coming to her defense following her controversial American Eagle ad. The actress' brother, Trent, made a playful reference to the uproar via his Instagram Story on Wednesday,