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Clay Travis
Second hour, Clay and Buck kicks off right now. Thanks for being here with us everybody. So Clay, Sydney Sweeney. It's getting a lot of attention. A lot of attention. And not just from the avid readers and fans of Outkick World and other places, but from the president himself. Sydney Sweeney is a cultural and American phenomenon in this moment. You, some of you, I think the guys and a lot of the ladies. But the guys listening are familiar, familiar with her work. You could say she is on billboards. She has been in some TV shows and movies. I haven't really Seen anything she's in other than. What is that called? White Lotus. That's the only thing I think you.
Caller
Didn'T see anything, any, anyone but you or whatever that show was called with Glen Powell. That was not an awful romantic comedy.
Clay Travis
I did not see it. But perhaps I shall now because we learned some very interesting things about Ms. Sweeney over the course of the weekend. They have done a deep dive into her. Of course they're trying to find out as much as they can in the hopes of trying to trash her brand now because being blonde, blue eyed and having a buxom figure is something that the left wing Democrats. I saw somebody, I think it was Clay in the. Maybe it was the Free Press. Some analysis somebody wrote about how it wokeness wasn't about expanding the concept of beauty beyond a very specific either background or you know, ethnicity archetype or whatever. It was actually about making beauty not a thing. You were not allowed to celebrate beauty. Like I said, because for all time guys, one of the areas where there's actually a, a tremendous amount of inclusivity is men like beautiful women of all backgrounds, ethnicities, all. You know, that is a common overwhelmingly thing around the world.
Caller
I have argued for a long time and I think it's actually somewhat, I think take it as a positive. I don't think most men see race, I think they see hot or not. I think most heterosexual men by and large are attracted to women of all different backgrounds. Biologically kind of makes some sense, right? But, but think most men, white, black, Asian, Hispanic, doesn't mean you might not have a preference. People might like blondes, they might like tall girls, they, you know, there's all sorts of, of specifics.
Clay Travis
But, but you know, in her, in her heyday, I mean you could find any number. You know, some people are big Salma Hayek fans, some people are big Tyra Banks fans, some. But there's a general understanding that these are, these are physically beautiful and gifted females.
Caller
And by the way this is also important and because they tried to say hey, men are just being culturally told. Remember this argument, you're just being culturally told by Western civilization what you should find attractive. And this is something that you're being propagandized with. And then they actually studied men all around the world and they found out men all around the world basically like the same things. And, and to a large extent defending men here, to a large extent it is a function of biology that is young, healthy women, blonde haired women, for instance, hourglass figure.
Clay Travis
Now we get scientists, Clay, we get Finance. Clay. Now we have scientists.
Caller
Clay, look, I am fascinated by evolutionary biology because by and large, biology doesn't fail. The reason why men are attracted to hourglass figures, this is 100% true. Is because women with hourglass figures historically are more likely to have successful childbirth. Wide hips like the. All of this is 100% true. OK. I think you could probably think for breastfeeding purposes, larger breast babies tended healthy, women tended to be able to handle breastfeeding and handle. Women have handled childbirth better. All of this is biology. All of this is basic biology. Everybody wants to act like, oh, this is just something that you've been, that they've used.
Clay Travis
But that's the essential point. Is that. Yes. Is that the woke female ad thing, the changes that were being made? It wasn't. Let's expand so that there are more because there have been, you know, McClay and I grew up in the era. A lot of, you know what I'm talking about.
Bill Maher
Grew up in the era of the.
Clay Travis
Sports Illustrated swimsuit issue. There have been ladies of all different hair colors, ladies of all different skin colors. This has been the deal for a very long time. There's nothing new with any of that. But there are certain biological realities that they tended to share. I don't have to get into, you know, it's a family show. I don't think it's too much of the specifics here for the young ones who are listening, you know, we all, we all know what I'm talking about. Or for the younger generation, you know, they're aware of this as well. But Clay, there was an effort to make beauty a thing that we no longer were allowed to celebrate and appreciate. That's really what the left and the Democrats were doing. And, and I think anybody who's been paying attention to it has seen that this is a, a moment where it is exposed.
Announcer
Now.
Clay Travis
There's a, there's an anti white agenda that is at work with the Sydney Sweeney controversy. Such as it shouldn't be a controversy, but they've made it one. And then there's also the anti general beauty agenda. Trump spoke out on this. So now the president's involved everybody. This is why it's news. We're not just two guys sitting here talking about a lady who has a nice, nice appearance. Trump spoke play cut two here about her American Eagle ad. Cindy Sweeney could not speak in that. She was a registered Republican. Any thoughts on that? And who was Sydney Steeny? She's a very hot actress right now. She's a registered Republican. Oh, now I love her edge. Is that right?
Bill Maher
Is Sydney Sweeney.
Clay Travis
You'd be surprised at how many people are Republicans. That's what I wouldn't have known. But I'm glad you told me that if Sydney Sweeney is a registered Republican, I think her ad is fantastic.
Caller
Really.
Clay Travis
There you go. Blessed from the top from Trump himself. And, and I would just say, Clay, there's also video. You know, it's funny, I was at the gun range this weekend. Not as exciting for the guys listening as Sidney Sweeney was also at the gun range at some point. And there's video of it. She's at the Taren, I believe at the Taran Tactical Range out in California, which is where Keanu Reeves trains for the John Wick movies. Pretty well known. Taran himself is a well known guy in the gun world. And, and she's moving around, hitting steel with a pistol, doing a, doing a nice job. So Clay, we found out that Sydney Sweeney, attacked by the left, hated for being attractive, Republican, registered Republican in Florida and likes guns or at least is willing to go shooting and have video of herself taken the left, the heads are exploding all over the place. She's leaning into this, which is exactly the right move.
Caller
I love her balls. I said balls, figuratively speaking, because there's several things about this. First of all, she's 27 years old. She has as her primary residence the state of Florida. She bought a beach compound style estate. I remember reading about it when, when she bought it and she went and registered to vote. And when she registered to vote in Florida, she registered as a Republican. And some people out there are going to say, well, whoop dee doo, big deal. Let me ask you this, can you name. I started off the show talking about this a little bit because I said we were going to get into this. Can you name a prominent 20 something in Hollywood that has come out unabashedly as a Republican? And let me just say she didn't have. This is what you should want someone who's in her 20s or his 20s to do. You move to a new state, you actually care enough about how the nation is, is going that you go and register to vote in your new state. And as a part of the state of Florida, evidently there is party registration. Some states don't have this, some states do. And you, in order probably to vote in a primary, you would know this better than me because I'm not a Floridian. You can, I think, register as Republican, Democrat or Independent. There is party registration. In other words, where I live in Tennessee, we do not have party registration. So you can walk in on primary day and just say, hey, I want to vote in the Democrat side or the Republican side. And in fact, uh, sometimes people go. And sometimes as, as Rush has said, with prep Project chaos, sometimes people will vote in the opposite side because they know who their nominee is going to be. Um, but I give her immense credit because she's smart. She had to know that at some point in time, somebody could look up her voter registration file. Easy thing to do, Buck, is just say, I'm not going to register. I'm. I. I'm an actress. I'm in Hollywood. It doesn't benefit me for people to know that I might be voting Trump. But instead, or Desantis for that matter, instead she went and she registered as a Republican. And I just think it's fabulous. I love. I think this is an important message. And for those of you out there who say, I don't care about what I look, having people in their 20s who are being outspoken in any way about being Republicans, I think is important in the culture because I think it starts to create more space for. For others to also say, hey, we don't have to agree on everything. And by the way, I'm a Republican in what is a monolithic, in many ways, public Hollywood arena.
Clay Travis
I also think that Democrats have realized that the position that was. The position that Wokeness was taking on this issue of female beauty was both untenable, or rather was untenable, unpopular, and also dishonest. I used to see this, and you've seen this too, Clay. You would have women who would. Who themselves were very, you know, physically aesthetically pleasing who will go around preaching about how, oh, you know, body. Like the body positivity movement. Yeah. You know, there wasn't that much of this, but you see a little bit of this. There's a hypocrisy involved in this because on the one hand, you have people that are telling you, oh, you know, you know, beautiful at any size and these things that started to be said. On the other hand, the second that they want to get a role or they, you know, they're trying to get in the best shape possible, and they're trying to be as competitive in the dating and the mating market as possible. It's like women who tell other women, this is always the. This is always the thing. And you know what I'm going to say. Women who think that their. Their fellow ladies are their friend, and they're like, yeah, all that long hair that you have, that Your husband or, you know, your husband loves just. Or your boyfriend just chop it all off. Just. They've actually done studies of this. And this behavior they believe is psychologically driven by female competitive competitiveness over dating and mating. That if they, If a woman views you as also attractive for some reason, maybe it's subconscious, she's going to tell you, oh, yeah, chop off all your hair. Because men never approve of this behavior. They're never like, you know what? Chop all your hair off. Go. Go with the. Go with the like Marine crew cut look for me, please. That's not actually appealing to men. And the same thing was true of body positivity. Built on a lot. A lot of people lying about this. A lot of people saying, oh, yeah, you know, I think that people are beautiful. It's like, really? Because now you're taking Ozempic and you've lost £50 and you were pretending before.
Announcer
Right.
Clay Travis
You know, these, these influencers and these people. You'll see clay people online who will freak out at anybody who says men, men or women who say that calories in, calories out matters. Like, this is just a delusion.
Caller
I. Yes. And I think it's all connected to trying to take away beauty.
Clay Travis
Yeah.
Caller
And this is big picture, but I mean, I think you can look at the way that communist structures are often built, the modern style of architecture. It's ugly.
Clay Travis
Right.
Caller
If you walk around and you see classical architecture, Greek, Roman design, it's beautiful, it's majestic. Very often it's not. I think you said last week, it's not a surprise that if you go look at the nudes of ancient Greece and ancient Rome, the bodies are very attractive.
Announcer
Right.
Caller
And. And I think that that aspirational goal. Look, I went today for my physical and I had to stand. If you stood on those body measurement devices where they like, register your fat, and I was like, lower, lower. You know, like, you want to be in better shape. You want to be more physically, you know, in shape at that. We've tried to make it.
Clay Travis
Everybody should try to be the healthiest, strongest, best version of themselves. There's a whole other rant I can go on. And I know about this because I live in South Florida. Of all these people that are influencers who are lying to you and they're all taking steroids, including some of the women, by the way. All taking. I mean, they're all lying to you. That's a whole other conversation. The reality is everybody should seek, whether you're 25 or 85, be the healthiest Best, strongest version of yourself. And that's the goal, that everyone the same way. You want to be the smartest and best, well and most well read version of yourself.
Caller
I also think for the Sydney Sweeney angle, bringing it back home here. I think that we've seen a lot of young men move into the Republican camp. I think men have been leading that charge. They're less concerned with what others say about them. I think a lot of 20 something women and teenage women are desperately afraid of what people say about them on social media. So having someone brave like Sidney Sweeney who was saying, hey, I'm going to make the right choices as I see it, I think there are other young women that will see her and have a little bit more courage maybe to speak out than they otherwise would have.
Clay Travis
We also have massive data sets now stretching over many, many years of what people actually like and what including women, by the way, when it comes to men, what they find attractive and all these people who tell you I don't care and every. They're all lying to you. Everybody has things that they find attractive.
Caller
As short men. Ask bald short men on dating apps. Sorry, I wasn't. Sorry guys.
Clay Travis
Any bald short men, My bald short kings out there, we're here for you. All right. You know, you, you find those guys.
Caller
Know they have to work way harder because lots of women are eliminating them. Men like by and large hourglass figures.
Clay Travis
They know what they like.
Caller
Pretty faces, right? But I mean I think this whole idea that, that we've been sold, which is a bill of goods like hey, be fat men are going to love you. Not as much. Sadly.
Clay Travis
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Caller
Preborn welcome back in Clay Travis Buck Sexton show Heidi in Fresno, California. What you got for us?
Buck Sexton
Yeah, I wanted to say not only are do men like looking at beautiful women, straight women like looking at beautiful women as well. So kudos to Sydney and her ad. I think it's amazing.
Caller
Thank you for the call.
Clay Travis
That's a great point.
Caller
It's not even just women. There's never ugly people that sell products, male or female.
Clay Travis
Well, but if you look at even also the women's magazines which have kind of fallen away, but there's always women.
Announcer
On the covers, right?
Clay Travis
Women aspirationally, you know, looking at other women and they're, you know, for the health tips, beauty tips, all that stuff. And this is, this is biology. And biology wins. The left can try to convince everybody that we are cogs in some machine. And it's just all like, we're all just little piles of goop that can be interchanged with each other and have people that are in charge. No people are going to be attracted to what they're attracted to. It's like as I said, you know, there was that movement for a while. They even say, you should be attracted as a straight guy to trans women. Like, this doesn't work. It's fundamentally running into the realities of biology. Yeah.
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Clay Travis
Into clay and Buck. We'll take some calls coming up here momentarily. 800-282-2882 also the talkbacks. We love talkbacks here. We love them. We're taking a look. We're gonna look at that. Talkbacks are fantastic. You know how to do that? Go to the iHeartRadio app. The best audio app out there. IHeartRadio. And get that.
Caller
It's free.
Clay Travis
You download it. You go to the Clay and Buck page. You click subscribe on the podcast. Obviously, you got to do that. And then also you send us, by pressing the little microphone, a talkback.
Announcer
It's fun.
Clay Travis
It's like a throwback to when we all used to have voice mess.
Announcer
Voicemail, remember?
Clay Travis
I guess people. I feel like people don't do voicemail really anymore now. In fact, a lot of people find voicemail now. Not with talkbacks. Those are awesome. Send us all the talkbacks you want. But, Clay, if someone leaves a voice message for you, I feel like I only get voice messages from telemarketers now. Or people that want, you know, they want to buy something or sell something or whatever. It's always a business transaction. It's kind of how I feel about old school mail. Nothing good ever comes from me in old school mail, except for maybe a wedding invite and even those. A lot of the time I could do without, but that's another conversation.
Caller
Well, it's also tough because inevitably you'll get a voicemail and be somewhere where you don't have good reception. And I'm always like, well, this must be really serious if somebody left me a voicemail for it, right? It's the doctor calling to give you some. You know, like, I went today and got my blood work done. It feels like hospitals, doctors maybe call you to give you medical results. Otherwise, maybe people who just don't text. Really? I would say people who are. Who are senior citizens more likely than not, because otherwise just shoot me a quick text and. And. And I'll, you know, be able to respond as best as best I can.
Clay Travis
Yeah. Texting is generally my preferred method of communication as well. We have Bill Maher who weighed in. Here's a prediction. Clay in 2026 is going to be.
Announcer
On Bill Maher Show.
Clay Travis
I'm going to. I'm.
Caller
I think I'm banned. I think I'm banned because it's owned by the same company as cnn. Because I. I've never been invited, and I see some of the guests that they have on there, they go pretty far down sometimes. The food chain of.
Clay Travis
I know. I know a guy. I know a guy. We're gonna. We're gonna make this happen.
Caller
I would love to. That's what we're gonna get you unbanned. That would be fun.
Clay Travis
We're gonna get you unbanned because I think you're right. I Think the corporate policy there probably crosses over. We're gonna get you unbanned and make this happen. But anyway, Bill Maher spoke out on the Sydney Sweeney thing. And look, I think Bill has some penance to do because he was part of the WOKE mob for a while. I've not forgotten this. But he. If we're going to keep the door. Look, you got Tulsi Gabbard ran for president as a Democrat, and now she's Trump's dni and she's doing a great job. You got to leave room for. For penance and for a conversion. Right? That's. We want converts. We just want them to actually be converts. Now, Bill Maher is not a convert, to be clear. He's good on some issues, and he's generally willing to talk to people even that he disagrees with, which separates him from most Democrats. And I have respect for that, and I appreciate the way that he is reasonable to conservatives like me who come on his show. That's why I think it'd be worth it for Clay to go on. And like I said, I think we'll make that happen next year. But here he is on Sidney Sweeney Play three.
Bill Maher
She talks about the fact that she has blue eyes, and then she says, I have great jeans, you know, because she's wearing jeans. But according to the WOKE people, this means that she's a white supremacist. It also doesn't help that her bra size is 36 KKK. I will say this. They should have been aware when they wrote this ad that this is what some people were gonna think. I don't think they did it on purpose. But I also think it's pretty funny that all the online social justice girls are like, it's racist. There's no such thing as good genes. Right? And then you go on Tinder and swipe left on every bald guy.
Clay Travis
Can I just say, first of all, the swipe at our friend Jesse Kelly was unnecessary and hurtful, okay? Unnecessary and hurtful. And second of all, I think, Clay, that that's exactly the point here, is that everybody. Everybody knows that the whiny voices online that are saying things like, oh, like, you know, no one even cares about beautiful women or this won't sell, or this is racist. No one actually believes that, really. Unless you're completely brainwashed and living in another. Another reality, an alternate reality.
Caller
I just also think that everybody talks about genes all the time. G E N E S. And not in a hit larian eugenics fashion, but just in, hey, look at your Kids, oh, you got grandpa's eye color. Oh, you got, you know, grandma's, you know, curly hair. I mean, this is something that every single family, white, black, Asian and Hispanic, sits around and talks about all the time. So trying to make the callback to eugenics part of this buck is just so many people are historically illiterate that everything has to be analogized to Nazism. Right? I mean, if you, the only thing.
Clay Travis
We can all agree that is bad is Nazism. Meanwhile, not that Nazism isn't bad historically, is very bad. Mao, great famine, 40 to 60 million killed as a function of state policy. Stalin, millions liquidated in the purge. Cambodia, the highest number of people per capita killed in any commune. I mean, I'm just saying I would like it if people would know about more of the horrible things that collectivist ideology has done in the last hundred or so years. But yes, Nazi isn't very bad.
Caller
And what are the odds that something you don't like today is actually synonymous with the worst thing that's happened in a hundred years in the world? Even, even if you accept that Nazism is the worst thing that has ever happened in the history of humanity, which, by the way, you could rank a lot of awful things right. Again, the historical analogy is lots of awful things have happened. But even if you presume, let's just say it, that the Nazis are the worst people that have ever lived in the history of the world, what are the odds that somebody having a different opinion than you in America today is actually reflective of Nazi ideology? Would be really low, right? I mean, if you think that Nazism is the worst thing that's ever happened in the history of the world, someone in America arguing against you on a political issue is probably unlikely to mirror Nazi ideology. As we have said on this program for some time, I don't even know a white supremacist. Like, we talk about white supremacy.
Clay Travis
I've never met one, actually. Never actually been in the same proximity with one.
Caller
Yeah, I, I, and so we talk about this huge, supposedly dangerous ideology that's sweeping across America, and yet most of you out there listening right now can't even name a white supremacist. And certainly when you, they go to David Duke, which is when I was a kid, when David Duke exists, they can't even point to someone in the 21st century when, who is a strong political leader that would even embrace or endorse a scintilla of white supremacy. And so this whole idea that they would try to connect Sydney Sweeney to it, I think is just falling so flat.
Clay Travis
Flat.
Caller
And.
Clay Travis
And I think this country actually became so. It actually went so far from what they're. When they talk about white supremacy and racism, it went so far in the other direction that it was considered wrong for you to say, as a white person, hey, I don't think it's fair that people of certain other skin colors are going to get into college or get this job instead of me, who are less qualified by the numbers that we all use for these reasons. You weren't allowed to really say that. Oh, until the Supreme Court finally came down and said, you know what? This is wrong. You can't do that anymore. And now the Trump administration is enforcing that, which is going to take time. But that's how you want to talk about racism in this country. That's a component of racism that we're still dealing with today, which is making racial designations or discrimination in favor of certain groups at the expense of others. That's still racism. It actually is still racism. People can not like that, but it's true.
Caller
Well, I think this also ties in, and I would say this is a positive. The Overton window has expanded, by which I mean the things that you can actually discuss. You'll remember this. This was really controversial for me to say. And people got so mad at me on social media during blm. I said, well, yeah, you know, I don't want black people to get killed by police. But then when you go back and look at the stats, 75% of people shot and killed by police were Asian, Hispanic, or white. And you weren't allowed to even say that.
Clay Travis
And mostly. Mostly white, by the way. It was mostly white. Even, I think. I think plurality was what. Yeah, white. Go ahead.
Caller
So you go back, you actually look at the data and say, okay, if you want to have a conversation about police use of force, well, we should talk about not just black police use of force. We should talk about white, Asian, Hispanic. That's actually a way to unite the country. The other part of this was people said, well, we've got to stop all of the people who are victims of black violence. Then you look at black violence and you say, well, you realize something like 95% of all black violence is black people perpetrating against other black people, Right?
Clay Travis
Yep.
Caller
And so when you're only focusing on white on black violence, you're actually eliminating 95% or higher of the violence that black people face. And then you take a step further and you say, hey, Black people are 12 or 13% of the population, and they Actually commit over half of all murders. The vast majority of the people they murder are black. If you really want to end murder, which, by the way, I'm in favor of, I wish we could have a 0 murder rate in the country.
Clay Travis
Very brave. Very brave stand from Clay. Anti murder today on the show.
Caller
I hate murder more than anybody in the country. I am anti murder more than you are. The only way to address murder is to actually stop the people who are committing the murders from doing it. And if you did that, what would that mean? That would mean that you would need aggressive policing in minority communities where murder is far more likely and where young black men are overwhelmingly the victims of other young black men when it comes to murder. What did they do for blm, Buck? They said police shouldn't be able to do their jobs anymore because they're racist. What happened? Thousands of black kids got killed that would otherwise be alive today. If cops have been able to do.
Clay Travis
Their jobs, this is because it was lies. Pile the top lies.
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Pile the top lies.
Clay Travis
The whole thing was lies, lies, lies. When people are lying to you, there's a problem. And when they lie to you about police violence against black people, when they lie to you about black on black.
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These things, you know there's a problem when they lie to you about whether or not women are. Whether beautiful women are something that society desires and celebrates in general, there's a problem. And President Trump agrees. Clay, he just weighed in. He just weighed in on Truth Social, on Sydney Sweeney.
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Oh, did he really? Well, this is going to take it to the next level.
Clay Travis
Sydney Sweeney, a registered Republican, has the hottest ad out there. It's for American Eagle and the jeans are flying off the shelves. Go get him, Sidney. On the other side of the ledger, Jaguar did a stupid and seriously woke advertisement that is a total disaster. The CEO just resigned in disgrace. The company's in absolute turmoil. Who wants to buy a Jaguar after looking at that disgraceful ad? Shouldn't they have learned a lesson from Bud Light, which went woke and essentially destroyed in a short campaign? The company. The market cap destruction has been unprecedented. With billions of dollars foolishly lost. Look at woke singer Taylor Swift. Ever since I alerted the world as to what she was by saying the truth that I can't stand her hate. She was booed out of the Super Bowl. It became no longer hot. I'm hoping this is real, by the way. Even if it's fake, it's brilliant. The tide is seriously turned. Being woke is for losers. Being Republican is what you want to be. Thank you for your attention in this matter. Again, it could be, it could be a fake Trump tweet. Let me check. But even if it's fake, it's capturing the zeitgeist. So there you have it. Let me see. I'll check.
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We know you look at that right now. We know the comments that we played for you earlier of him by Air Force One were true. Trump is so plugged into the culture that many of these things sound like something Trump will say.
Clay Travis
Yeah, I checked. It's real. Sorry, I'm very excited now. Go ahead.
Caller
American Eagle stock, by the way, is up 24% today alone in the wake of the president's statement. And also many people lining up to, to support Sydney Sweeney. So again, this is going to take it to the next level. But all of this started because maybe we need to go grab. Greg, will you go grab the Good Morning America clip that we played where they had the eugenics. First of all, who makes a living as a eugenics expert today? Can you imagine? What do you do for a living? Well, I work at a nonprofit. What do you study? Eugenics. 100 years ago. How are you a eugenics expert today? Anyway, we'll play that ad, sorry, that news story, reacting to the ad when we come back. But Trump has just taken it, as he often does, to the next level.
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Podcast: The Clay Travis and Buck Sexton Show
Hosts: Clay Travis and Buck Sexton
Release Date: August 4, 2025
Episode Title: Hour 2 - Trump Weighs in on Sydney Sweeney
Provider: iHeartPodcasts
The second hour of the show delves into the rising prominence of actress Sydney Sweeney, highlighting the significant attention she's garnering not only from fans and media outlets like Outkick World but also from high-profile figures such as former President Donald Trump.
Clay Travis initiates the discussion by emphasizing Sydney Sweeney's status as a cultural phenomenon:
"[Sydney Sweeney] is a cultural and American phenomenon in this moment." ([02:05])
Clay and Buck engage in a critique of how left-wing Democrats approach societal beauty standards. They argue that the current narrative aims to diminish the appreciation of traditional beauty rather than genuinely promoting diversity.
Clay Travis states:
"They have been trying to trash her brand now because being blonde, blue-eyed, and having a buxom figure is something that the left-wing Democrats... was actually about making beauty not a thing." ([03:07])
A Caller supports this view by attributing men's attraction to biological factors:
"Men all around the world basically like the same things... it's a function of biology that is young, healthy women, blonde-haired women, hourglass figure." ([05:43])
The conversation shifts to Sydney Sweeney's political affiliations and public persona. It's revealed that Sweeney is a registered Republican residing in Florida, challenging the stereotype of Hollywood being predominantly liberal.
Clay Travis remarks:
"She's a registered Republican... And now I love her edge." ([08:12])
A Caller commends Sweeney for her political stance, emphasizing the importance of young women being openly Republican in Hollywood:
"She had to know that at some point in time, somebody could look up her voter registration file... I think it's fabulous." ([09:18])
The hosts debate the interplay between biological predispositions and social constructs in shaping societal norms and individual preferences, particularly in attractiveness and beauty standards.
Clay Travis notes:
"There are certain biological realities that they tend to share." ([06:51])
A Caller adds:
"Biology doesn't fail... women with hourglass figures historically are more likely to have successful childbirth." ([05:43])
The hosts criticize "woke" culture's influence on marketing strategies, citing recent missteps by major brands like Jaguar and Bud Light. They argue that embracing traditional values and aesthetics, as exemplified by Sydney Sweeney's American Eagle ad, leads to better market performance and public reception.
Clay Travis discusses:
"Jaguar did a stupid and seriously woke advertisement that is a total disaster... The market cap destruction has been unprecedented." ([34:16])
He contrasts this with positive outcomes from traditional advertising:
"Sydney Sweeney, a registered Republican, has the hottest ad out there. It's for American Eagle and the jeans are flying off the shelves." ([35:20])
Throughout the episode, Clay and Buck interact with callers who share their perspectives, providing a dynamic and engaging dialogue. Topics range from the importance of maintaining personal aesthetics to the role of aggressive policing in reducing crime rates.
Clay Travis emphasizes complementing conversations with data-driven insights:
"We also have massive data sets now...everyone has things that they find attractive." ([16:46])
A Caller discusses crime statistics and policing:
"95% of all black violence is black people perpetrating against other black people... aggressive policing in minority communities." ([32:30])
As the episode progresses, Clay and Buck reflect on the broader societal implications of their discussions, advocating for a return to traditional values and cautioning against the overreach of woke ideology. They anticipate further discourse in upcoming hours, promising continued analysis and debate on these pivotal issues.
Clay Travis concludes with a call to support preborn initiatives and reinforces their stance on beauty and societal norms:
"When people are lying to you about police violence against black people... about whether or not women are... something that society desires and celebrates in general, there's a problem." ([33:57])
Clay Travis on Sydney Sweeney's Phenomenon:
"Sydney Sweeney is a cultural and American phenomenon in this moment." ([02:05])
Caller on Biological Attraction:
"Men all around the world basically like the same things... it's a function of biology that is young, healthy women, blonde-haired women, hourglass figure." ([05:43])
Clay Travis on Woke Advertising Fiascos:
"Jaguar did a stupid and seriously woke advertisement that is a total disaster... The market cap destruction has been unprecedented." ([34:16])
Caller on Crime Statistics:
"95% of all black violence is black people perpetrating against other black people... aggressive policing in minority communities." ([32:30])
Clay Travis on Societal Norms and Lies:
"There’s a problem when they lie to you about whether or not women are... something that society desires and celebrates in general." ([33:57])
This episode of The Clay Travis and Buck Sexton Show offers a critical examination of contemporary cultural and political dynamics, using Sydney Sweeney's recent activities as a focal point to explore broader themes of beauty standards, political affiliations in Hollywood, and the impact of woke culture on society and business.