'You're bitter and irrelevant:' Diehard Sydney Sweeney fans come to actor's defense after Hollywood producer said she 'isn't pretty and can't act'

Fans of Sydney Sweeney have jumped to her defense after one of Hollywood's top female producers claimed that the actress 'isn't pretty and can't act'.  

Carol Baum, whose films include Father of the Bride and Buffy the Vampire Slayer, shared her critique of the Euphoria actress while speaking to film critic Janet Maslin. 

She said about Anyone But You: 'I don't get Sydney Sweeney. I was watching on the plane Sydney Sweeney's movie because I wanted to watch it.' 

'I wanted to know who she is and why everybody's talking about her,' she told Maslin and her audience. 'I watched this unwatchable movie - sorry to people who love this movie.' 

Referencing the producing class she teaches at the USC School of Cinematic Arts, Baum added: 'I said to my class, "Explain this girl to me. She's not pretty, she can't act. Why is she so hot?'' 

Now, hardcore fans of the actress, 26, have taken to X to defend her - saying that she is indeed attractive, and suggesting Baum's comments stemmed from jealousy. 

Fans of Sydney Sweeney have jumped to her defense after one of Hollywood's top female producers claimed that the actress 'isn't pretty and can't act'

Carol Baum, whose films include Father of the Bride and Buffy the Vampire Slayer, shared her critique of the Euphoria actress while speaking to film critic Janet Maslin

One user wrote: 'Carol, you are 70. Make b***** (and wrong) comments with friends in private.'

Another wrote: 'Hollywood producer Carol BAUM, who looks like this, criticizes Sydney Sweeney, saying she isn't pretty.'

One X user further said: 'God give me the confidence of top Hollywood producer Carol Baum who said this of Sydney Sweeney "[she's] not pretty and she can't act". Judge for yourself.'

A dedicated fan also said that he would 'fight' Baum 'anywhere she wants'. 

He wrote: 'Some lady said Sydney Sweeney "wasn't pretty" and if she wants to fight me I'll meet her anywhere she wants.'

Another fan also criticized Baum's take, and blamed it on 'internalized misogyny.' 

The supporter said: 'How sad to hear a veteran female film producer Carol Baum criticize Sydney Sweeney for not being pretty! Internal misogyny hides in the least likely places. We don’t owe them pretty, it’s time to give em UGLY dammit.'

She declared Sweeney's Anyone But You as 'unwatchable' and said she does not understand why the young actress is so 'hot'

Another social media user made a more measured response: 'It seems like Carol Baum has some strong opinions about Sydney Sweeney and her acting abilities. 

'It's always interesting to hear different perspectives in the entertainment industry. 

'Let's hope Sydney continues to work hard and prove her critics wrong.' 

And another person online wrote: 'By most objective standards, Sydney Sweeney is an attractive person; however, I completely agree with her about "Anyone But You." 

'It was not a good movie. It was kind of stupid and no one's acting was all that great.' 

Others said that Baum's comments stemmed from 'jealousy.' One wrote: 'She's not wrong but she is jealous.' A second added: 'Jealously is a stinky cologne.' 

And a third said: 'Everyone in these comments agreeing is jealous. It's giving hag energy. I haven't seen one bad performance from Sydney.' 

Another social media user said, in response to the producer's comments: 'Just accept Sydney is all that. And you are bitter [and] probably irrelevant.'

Sweeney, who rose to fame in HBO's Euphoria, has become one of Hollywood's hottest prospects, starring in three films in the past six months: Anyone But You, Madame Web and Immaculate

Baum has produced 34 films starring the likes of Jennifer Aniston, Michael Douglas and Dolly Parton and last year published a book entitled Creative Producing.

Sweeney, who rose to fame in HBO's Euphoria, has become one of Hollywood's hottest prospects, starring in three films in the past six months: Anyone But You, Madame Web and Immaculate. 

But she is one of Hollywood's most talked-about actresses with Baum's comments typifying the debate raging among Hollywood luminaries over her acting abilities.

An article by DailyMail.com last week described how the all-American blue-eyed blonde has become a cultural phenomenon, her unashamed sexuality embraced by America’s conservative Right as proof that woke culture is dying, if not already dead.

Hailed by Republicans as the poster girl of a long overdue cultural shift away from political correctness, an incredulous headline in one of Canada’s biggest newspapers, the National Post, asked: ‘Are Sydney Sweeney’s breasts double-D harbingers of the death of woke?’

Sweeney produces her own films and is tipped to star in Marvel blockbuster Spider-Woman as well as being poised to remake Jane Fonda’s brazenly libidinous 1968 sci-fi action movie Barbarella.

The blonde bombshell looked absolutely breathtaking as she went braless under an avant-garde white top which resembled a sculpture of hands, flowers, plants, and fruits at the premiere of Neon's Immaculate

Sweeney as Cassie in provocative HBO series Euphoria, which won her an Emmy nomination

Sydney Sweeney, 26, at the Los Angeles premiere of her film Madame Web in February

 Baum's 1988 film Dead Ringers starred Jeremy Irons and Genevieve Bujold 

At the event, held at the Jacob Burns Center in Pleasantville, New York last week, Baum also revealed that while producing 2007 dramatic comedy You Kill Me, starring Ben Kingsley and Tea Leoni, she had to personally intervene to stop Oscar-winning actor Kingsley from ordering the crew to call him 'Sir Ben.'

Kingley was knighted in 2002.

Baum recalled: 'The crew objected so I called his agent, who is a friend of mine, and I said, "What are we going to do? We have to make him stop him doing it."

'Chris Andrews, [Kingsley's agent], called Ben up and said, "Cut the crap, stop doing this, you're alienating everybody" and he stopped. And then after the movie was over, he went back to doing it.'

Janet Maslin added she also had a similar experience with Kingsley: 'He insisted on being called Sir Ben at something and that was just ridiculous but they made me do it anyway.'

Baum has 34 movies to her credit, including iconic films Working Girl and The Shining which she developed as a film executive.

She is married to playwright Tom Baum.