“Daily Show” correspondent and guest host Desi Lydic on Thursday hit back at right-wing media figures over their reaction to backlash against Sydney Sweeney’s controversial American Eagle ad.
Lydic mentioned those accusing the ad — which declares that the blond, blue-eyed “Euphoria” star has “great jeans” — of being a “racist dog whistle” before turning to clips of conservative media figures who, in turn, reacted with a “dog megaphone.”
The supercut featured ex-Fox News host Megyn Kelly, who took aim at so-called “nonsense where you are not allowed to ever celebrate” someone who is white with blond hair and blue eyes.
Fox News’ Greg Gutfeld, in a separate clip from “The Five,” imagined the backlash was due to Sweeney not being “a plus-size swim model on the cover of Sports Illustrated” or a “male prom queen.”
Lydic — who mocked Kelly and Gutfeld for gushing over how Sweeney’s body appears in the ad — swiftly advised the right-wing critics to “calm down.”
“This is such bullshit. Blond women have had constant representation, OK? In entertainment, in fashion, in letter-turning,” Lydic said.
She proceeded to slam conservatives: “It’s not that they want to see more white women, it’s that they want to see none of anyone else. For a story about boobs, it sure has a hell of a lot of assholes.”
Just before that, Lydic called out Kelly’s sudden change in tone toward Sweeney; the former Fox News host suggested roughly a month ago that the actor was the “new toast of the town” due to her “amazing breasts.”
The “Daily Show” correspondent pointed to several instances when Kelly ripped famous women for their looks.
“Yeah, yeah! That’s right, women, you listen to Megyn Kelly and hide your sexuality unless your body makes liberals mad, in which case it’s a kickass body! Hell, yeah! Go, girl!” Lydic quipped.
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“You motorboat those liberals here but not so much that it threatens Megyn or, so help me God, she will destroy you, ho bags!”
Check out more of Lydic’s Thursday monologue on “The Daily Show.”
