Craig Carton Divides Public Opinion on Sydney Sweeney Ad Backlash vs. Support for Lindsay Clancy

OutKick host Craig Carton has drawn a stark line between public reactions to actress Sydney Sweeney’s recent advertisement and the support shown for Lindsay Clancy, who faced charges in the deaths of her three children. Carton, host of "The Craig Carton Show," argued that those criticizing Sweeney's ad are fundamentally different from those who have expressed sympathy for Clancy.

Carton suggested that the backlash against Sweeney's appearance in a promotional ad for the sports-prediction market app Novig stems from a particular mindset he labeled as "crazy." The ad featured Sweeney in a near-nude state, promoting the app. Carton stated, "The world’s going crazy when it comes to the photographs of Sydney Sweeney. ‘Oh, we’re sexualizing women. It’s not right. It’s setting the women’s movement back 100 years.’ No, you’re just ugly. That’s what that is."

He contrasted this group with those who, in his view, supported Lindsay Clancy. Clancy's trial for the strangulation deaths of her children in January 2023 had recently resulted in a mistrial due to a deadlocked jury. Carton posited that the same individuals who found Sweeney's ad objectionable would see Clancy as a "hero."

"I’m gonna separate people into two groups, OK? There’s going to be here on the left side, crazy people. We’re gonna call you ‘crazy.’ On the other side, I’m just gonna refer to you as not crazy," Carton explained. "Consider for a moment that the non-crazy side loves those pictures of Sydney Sweeney. The crazy side would rather support, I don’t know, Lindsay Clancy. She’s a hero to the crazy side. She killed her three children. She killed her own children. But for the crazies, ‘Man, she gets it. She represents us.’ For the non-crazies, she belongs in prison for the rest of her life."

Carton concluded, "Crazy people hate Sydney Sweeney. Crazy people love Clancy. Non-crazy people love Sydney Sweeney. Non-crazy people think Clancy should be behind bars for the rest of her life."

The jury in Clancy's case was unable to reach a unanimous verdict, leading Massachusetts Judge William Sullivan to declare a mistrial. Clancy had been charged with first-degree murder in the deaths of her children, who were reportedly strangled with exercise bands.