Megyn Kelly rips Sydney Sweeney over Euphoria scene: This is sexualizing infancy

Megyn Kelly tore into Sydney Sweeney, blasting the actress over a provocative “Euphoria” teaser that she said crossed a disturbing line.“This is sexualizing infancy,” Kelly said on Tuesday’s episode of SiriusXM’s “The Megyn Kelly Show.”The conservative commentator reacted to a newly released preview for Season 3 of HBO’s hit drama “Euphoria,” which appears to show Sweeney’s character embarking on an OnlyFans-style storyline.Kelly described the clip in graphic terms, saying Sweeney is shown “dressed as a baby … sucking on a binky pacifier” with her “legs … completely spread.”“I can’t believe she agreed to this frankly and was in this,” Kelly said.The backlash comes as Season 3 of “Euphoria,” which premiered on Sunday, has already sparked controversy over the kink-coded imagery depicted by Sweeney’s character that critics have described as degrading and fetishistic.Kelly called Sweeney’s pacifier scene “sick” and accused the show of pushing boundaries for shock value.The former Fox News host also took direct aim at the show’s creator, Sam Levinson.“I think this guy’s sick … Sam Levinson,” she said.She cited reports that Sweeney and other actors who have worked with Levinson on the set of “Euphoria” have pushed back on his suggestions for more nudity in scenes.Several “Euphoria” actresses, including Sweeney, have spoken out about feeling uncomfortable with the amount of nudity written into the show.“He constantly wants the women to take their clothes off for, like, scenes that don’t require them to be nude at all,” Kelly said of Levinson.She framed the controversy as part of a broader cultural problem in Hollywood.“I think this is another example of Hollywood not understanding at all where the line is,” Kelly said.“And how most normal people are going to recoil … in response to what’s essentially the sexualization of a child, of a baby.”The backlash comes as anticipation builds fo...