Everyone But You star Sydney Sweeney has said the idea of ​​women supporting each other in the film and TV industries is “fake”.

In an interview with Vanity Fairthe actress, who is also known for Euphoria and White Lotus, said: “This whole industry, all people say, is ‘women empowering other women.’

“None of this is happening. It’s all fake and a cover for all the other (things) they’re saying behind everyone’s back.”

Earlier this year, the star responded to ’embarrassing’ comments made about her by a female Hollywood producer who said: ‘She’s not beautiful, she can’t act. Why is she so pretty?’

Asked about the incident for the latest issue of Vanity Fair, Sweeney said: “It’s very disheartening to see women tearing down other women, especially when women who are successful in other areas of their industries see younger talent working very hard – hoping to achieve something.” dreams they may have – and then try to bash and discredit all the work they have done.”

Sweeney, one of Hollywood’s biggest breakout stars in recent years, then discussed why this might be the case.

“I’ve read that we’ve grown up all our lives – and that’s a generational problem – believing that only one woman can be at the top,” she said.

‘There is one woman who can get the man. There’s one woman who can be, I don’t know, everything.

“So then everyone else feels like they have to fight each other or put that one woman down instead of saying, let’s all lift each other up.

‘I’m still trying to figure it out. I’m just doing my best here. Why am I being attacked?’

In April, Carol Baum, who produced films such as Dead Ringers and Buffy the Vampire Slayer, spoke about Sweeney after a film screening.

According to Variety, Baum had said: “There’s an actress that everyone loves now – Sydney Sweeney. I don’t understand Sydney Sweeney. I watched Sydney Sweeney’s movie (Anyone But You) on the plane because I wanted to see it.

“I wanted to know who she is and why everyone is talking about her. I watched this unwatchable movie – sorry to the people who like this… romantic comedy where they hate each other.”

Baum, who also teaches at the University of Southern California, added, “I said to my class, ‘Explain this girl to me. She’s not pretty, she can’t act. Why is she so pretty?’ No one had an answer.”

In response to this Sweeney’s rep told Variety: “How sad that a woman who can share her expertise and experience would choose to attack another woman.”