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The producer isnβt impressed.Β
Hollywood producer Carol Baum made scathing remarks about Emmy-nominated βEuphoriaβ actress Sydney Sweeney, 26, during a discussion at a screening of Baumβs 1988 film βDead Ringers,β according to the Daily Mail.
βSheβs not pretty, she canβt act,β Baum reportedly said.
Β βI donβt get Sydney Sweeney.β
The film producer referred to Sweeneyβs recent rom-com βAnyone But You,β in which she stars opposite Glen Powell.
βI wanted to know who she is and why everybodyβs talking about her,β Baum reportedly told the audience, calling the film βunwatchable.β
Who is Baum to make these comments? Hereβs everything to know.Β
Her upbringing
Carol Baum, 81,Β nee Carol Friedland, grew up in New Jersey. She began her career in the world of book publishing, where she helped turn Stephen Kingβs βThe Shiningβ into a film.Β
βI had a job in the film business early on, a tiny company called the Producerβs Circle. But, my job in New York was to find manuscripts before they were published and decide whether they were going to be movies. That was my job,β she said during an April 2 interview on the podcast βIndustry Standard With Barry Katz.βΒ
Sheβs married to novelist and screenwriter Tom Baum (βJourney to the Center of the Earthβ).Β
During that same podcast, she said, βI married my high school sweetheart,β and theyβve been married for 60 years.Β
She described her upbringing in South Orange, New Jersey, in the 1950s. βYou were geared to marryβ¦not to be a producer, not to be a businesswoman. Not to do any work at all. The women in that town did not work,β Baum said. She said she got her love of movies from her grandmother, and described her upbringing as being very βAmerican Graffiti.βΒ
The couple have two adult sons, Will and Henry Baum, as well as three grandchildren.Β
Her career and notable work
Baum has produced 34 movies to date, and sheβs a member of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. Sheβs a former vice president at 20th Century Fox and co-president of Sandollar Productions, a company founded by Dolly Parton.
Previously, sheβs worked with Parton, Barbra Streisand, βThe White Lotusβ creator Mike White, David Cronenberg and βBarbieβ co-writer Noah Baumbach.Β
Currently, she teaches producing at the University of Southern California School of Cinematic Arts.Β
Her most notable work includes producing 1988βs βDead Ringers,β 1991βs βFather of the Brideβ starring Steve Martin, βBuffy the Vampire Slayerβ (the 1992 movie starring Kristy Swanson, not the TV show starring Sarah Michelle Gellar) and 1996βs βFly Away Homeβ starring Jeff Daniels and Anna Paquin.Β
In more recent years, Baum has produced made-for-TV Hallmark Christmas movies such as βJust in Time for Christmasβ and βJolly Good Christmas.βΒ
Her Sydney Sweeney controversy
Baum made scathing remarks about Sweeney during a film screening, telling the audience that she couldnβt come up with a reason for why the actressβ career had taken off.
βI said to my class, βExplain this girl to me. Sheβs not pretty, she canβt act. Why is she so hot?β β Baum said, recalling a conversation she had with her students at the University of Southern California School of Cinematic Arts. βNobody had an answer.β
Still, Baum admitted that she would take on a project if Sweeney starred in it.
βWe all want to get the movie made, and who walks away from a green light? Nobody I know,β she said. βYour job is to get the movie made.β
Baum faced backlash on social media from her comments.Β
βCarol, you are 70. Make bitchy (and wrong) comments with friends in private,β one person wrote on X, formerly Twitter.
βSome lady said Sydney Sweeney βwasnβt prettyβ and if she wants to fight me Iβll meet her anywhere she wants,β another Sweeney fan wrote on X, before another added, βJust accept Sydney is all that. And you are bitter [and] probably irrelevant.β
βCarol Baum is βoverβ. She is just a bitter old women [sic],β another wrote. βAnd I canβt say Sydney Sweeney is like an amazing actress(she is fine) there is no denying that she is very very pretty.β
Several others agreed. βIn a world filled with supremely dumb takes: βSydney Sweeney βisnβt prettyβ isβ¦ boyβ¦ wow!β one person tweeted, as another shared a meme that simply wrote βdisagree.β
Other celeb controversies
Baum has not had any other notable celeb controversies to date.Β