{
  "id": 7330638,
  "title": "‘Desperate For Attention’: Actress Sydney Sweeney Faces Backlash Over BOLD Sports Ad As Female Athletes Speak Out",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/14/desperate-for-attention-actress-sydney-sweeney-faces-backlash-over",
  "topic": "culture",
  "section": "Culture",
  "published": "2026-09-14T13:18:36.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Free Press Journal",
    "slug": "free-press-journal",
    "url": "https://www.freepressjournal.in/entertainment/desperate-for-attention-actress-sydney-sweeney-faces-backlash-over-bold-sports-ad-as-female-athletes-speak-out"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "Actress Sydney Sweeney has come under fire for a controversial sports-themed advertisement promoting Novig, a sports prediction platform. The \"Just Sports\" campaign features Sweeney posing nude or minimally clothed next to sports equipment, including football, basketball, tennis, hockey, and baseball gear. The advertisement is meant to promote Novig's focus on sports predictions, as the platform does not offer betting markets on politics, wars, or deaths. Sweeney is an equity partner and strategic partner in Novig and was involved in the creative process for the campaign.\n\nThe advertisement has drawn criticism from female athletes and netizens alike, who accuse the campaign of sexualizing women in sports. Olympic swimmer Ariarne Titmus called the ad \"infuriating\" and questioned how society could still be monetizing a woman's body and sexualizing women's sport. Social media users accused Sweeney of being desperate for attention and using her body to attract attention and drive engagement. Critics argue that the advertisement reduces women's involvement in sports to their appearance, while others defend the campaign as a creative way to draw attention to Novig's service.",
  "summary": "Actress Sydney Sweeney has faced backlash over her latest sports-themed advertisement for Novig, a sports prediction platform. The actress appears nude or minimally clothed in the campaign while using sports equipment to cover herself. The advertisement has drawn criticism from several female athletes and netizens, who have accused the campaign of sexualising women in sport. The campaign, titled…",
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    "outlets": 4,
    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "Deadline",
        "title": "Sydney Sweeney’s Nude Sports Betting Ad Sparks Backlash Among Female Olympians: “A Kick In The Face To Every Woman”",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/14/sydney-sweeneys-nude-sports-betting-ad-sparks-backlash-among-female",
        "published": "2026-09-14T08:14:53.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Variety",
        "title": "Sydney Sweeney’s Naked Sports Betting Ad Ignites Backlash From Olympic Athletes: ‘Stop Sexualizing Women in Sport’",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/14/sydney-sweeneys-naked-sports-betting-ad-ignites-backlash-from-olympic",
        "published": "2026-09-14T12:39:10.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "TheWrap",
        "title": "Female Athletes Call Out Sydney Sweeney’s Nude Ad: ‘Can’t Describe How Infuriated I Feel’",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/14/female-athletes-call-out-sydney-sweeneys-nude-ad-cant-describe-how",
        "published": "2026-09-14T15:17:52.000Z"
      }
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}