Sophie Cunningham Picks A Side On Sydney Sweeney Nude Ad Controversy

WNBA player Sophie Cunningham is once again saying what other athletes won’t. This time, she’s addressing the female outrage toward actress Sydney Sweeney’s risqué sports gambling ad for the company Novig.

“Why are girls mad?” Cunningham asked on her podcast “No Hesitation” on Thursday.

Multiple female athletes, from amateurs to Olympians, denounced Sweeney’s naked performance in the sports betting advertisement, arguing that the 42-second commercial is setting women’s sports back. The furious group rushed to social media to share videos of themselves competing or training, saying that they represent what women’s sports look like, not Sweeney’s ad.

The only problem is Sweeney wasn’t trying to be an athlete. She was promoting an app that is only for sports gambling.

Thankfully, Cunningham — who often has the common-sense opinion — saw through the performative outrage.

“That is literally what she does. Why is anyone mad? It is a gambling ad: men, sports, pretty much naked women. Of course, that’s going to draw attention,” she said.

Cunningham made it clear that she isn’t encouraging girls to strip down, adding that there are actual issues setting women’s sports back, and Sweeney’s ad isn’t one of them.

“Do I agree with it? Morally, I think it’s kind of weird, but each to their own. Go do your thing, sis,” Cunningham said.

Sweeney did her thing, and apparently no one was forcing her to.

Novig CEO Jacob Fortinsky said Tuesday while speaking on a Front Office Sports panel that the actress was the one who pushed for the ad to be as spicy as it was. He said it was Sweeney “driving a lot of the visuals and the messaging.”

He then reiterated what some athletes couldn’t comprehend: that the ad had nothing to do with women’s sports.

“We’re hugely supportive of women’s sports. I think it’s a huge component of our platform,” Fortinsky said. “We never intended to portray female sports.”

Women’s sports have been all the talk for the last couple of months thanks to Cunningham sticking up for female athletes, unlike her WNBA counterparts.

In July, she told ESPN that she believes women’s sports are for biological women.

“I want to protect young girls in a locker room, or young girls in sport who shouldn’t have to go against biological men,” Cunningham told ESPN.

That simple truth set the WNBA world on fire as multiple WNBA players and coaches had a meltdown over a statement in defense of women’s sports. Cunningham’s lifelong friend and former podcast host, West Wilson, even spoke out against the Indiana Fever star.

The former Summer House cast member said trans athletes are a “borderline non-existent issue.” Wilson is no longer podcasting with Cunningham.

But like with the other haters in her life, Cunningham ignores the noise and continues to speak out about what she believes is right.

“I think that I am here to extend love. But I also think with that love is truth, being honest.”

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