With almost the entire world having some kind of reaction to American Eagle’s ad featuring Sydney Sweeney, which continues to garner backlash, Stephen Colbert recently called the response an “overreaction.

American Eagle is standing by its controversial ad campaign with Sydney Sweeney, which boasts the tagline: "Sydney Sweeney Has Great Jeans."

The popular retailer issued a statement on Instagram on Friday: "Sydney Sweeney Has Great Jeans is and always was about the jeans.”