India, Aug. 24 -- Sydney Sweeney has been all over social media in the wake of her controversial jeans campaign. She also stars in the new film Americana, which underperformed at the box office amid the swirling controversy. Her co-star Halsey has now hit back at trolls who boycotted their film over American Eagle controversy.

In a now-deleted Instagram Story, Halsey wrote, "I do agree that our words are important in this climate. I don't, however, think that it's fair for the news cycle to predatorily rip a hardworking director and his hardworking crew for their film that is completely separate from and unrelated to a (pretty dumb) advertising take."

She added, "You should go see this movie. Because Tony Tost made an exceptional film, ...