"Sydney Sweeney Has Great Jeans" is and always was about the jeans," reads the statement, which the company posted to Instagram. "Her jeans. Her story. We'll continue to celebrate how everyone wears their AE jeans with confidence, their way. Great jeans look good on everyone."

Since Sydney Sweeney released her American Eagle jeans ad campaign, she has been inundated with backlash, and now her dog is the latest target of the online outrage.

An ad slogan has roused many online to accuse the brand of promoting eugenics, while those on the right praise the campaign as a blow to "wokeness."