Sydney Sweeney Sparks Debate After Pirating Popular TV Show
Sydney Sweeney sparked debate online after fans caught her pirating a popular television show. In a video she posted on her Instagram Stories, the Euphoria alum showed how she spends her time relaxing when she’s not acting.
In the since-expired Story, the 26-year-old took a photo of her giant flat-screen TV with NBC’s Law & Order: Organized Crime paused on the screen.
The since-expired Insta story was screenshotted and shared by the Anyone but You star’s fans and reposted on X (formerly Twitter). One user commented: “My girl pirating so real,” which went viral with over eight million views, 207,000 likes, and 10,000 reposts.
Over on the platform, many users have been speculating that Sweeney used the free illegal pirating platform, FlixTor, while others listed different illegal streaming websites it could potentially be. Added one user: “the way she’s watching LAW and ORDER while pirating LMAO.” Another commented: “The way we all recognize the playback menu on the video player lol.” Meanwhile, another user said, “LMFAO this is too real cuz nowadays you can’t find the early seasons of shows like CSI in streaming platforms, you have to pirate them bc they only have the wacky (newer) seasons.”
Sydney Sweeney Sparks Debate
The post also sparked a discussion on the rising costs of streaming services. “All the shows we want to watch are all on different streaming services WE NOT PAYING FOR 8 DIFFERENT SERVICES AND NEITHER IS MRS SWEENEY,” wrote one user. “damn even rich people ain’t paying [sobing emoji, skull emojis],” added another. “Saving money. No one is paying for all these streaming services [laughing emojis],” a third user stated. “cause why pay for multiple streaming services when you can just have any show or film on one site. there’s nothing i love more than piracy,” another person commented.
Last year, Sweeney was mocked for claiming she had to “fight” for roles in Hollywood. Sweeney said that finding mainstream success in Euphoria made it difficult for her to land roles going forward.
“They send me scripts that are just like that,” the Washington native said last May. It’s the ones I have to fight for that usually are the ones that I want that are different. Like Reality.” She added, “I had to audition for it. I had to put myself on tape and send in my audition just like everybody else.
Then, in 2022, Sweeney caught criticism once again for telling The Hollywood Reporter, “They don’t pay actors like they used to, and with streamers, you no longer get residuals.” She noted that she wouldn’t be able to afford a six-month break after having to pay out “5 percent to my lawyer, 10 percent to my agents, 3 percent or something like that to my business manager. I have to pay my publicist every month, and that’s more than my mortgage.”
