Sydney Sweeney: “They Have No Clue Who I Actually Am”

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View in browser | Update preferences SUBSCRIBE FOR FULL ACCESS I’ll be honest. I stopped watching Euphoria after the first season. Call me impatient, or perhaps intuitive, it looked like a ride that I wasn’t quite prepared for. But the discourse around the third season and a new interview with Sydney Sweeney left me with plenty of intrigue—perhaps enough that I’ll return to the series one day. For the actual fans, Sweeney’s interview with Little Gold Men’s Rebecca Ford and John Ross may answer some questions you had about how this season came together. For the hangers-on, like me, they also discuss the culture’s obsession with her every move. (Had she really never been to Times Square?) “Everybody thinks they have me figured out, but they have no clue who I actually am,” Sweeney told Little Gold Men. Relatable! Elsewhere: What happened when President Trump went to the Knicks game, an interview with Love Story’s Sarah Pidgeon and Paul Anthony Kelly, and an inside look at the Nixon Foundation’s new social media strategy. LINDSEY UNDERWOOD, SENIOR EDITOR Why this ad? Sydney Sweeney Says People “Have No Clue Who I Actually Am” BY REBECCA FORD As the hit series Euphoria wraps, Sweeney discusses how she created Cassie, her take on rumors about cast drama, and the pole dancing scene that Sam Levinson cut. READ MORE Get more as a Vanity Fair subscriber Exclusive offer: Subscribe to get one month of Vanity Fair free START YOUR FREE TRIAL More Great Stories POLITICS Richard Nixon’s Instagram Redemption Is Perfect for Our Post-Truth World BY KENNEAL PATTERSON The Nixon Foundation’s new social media strategy leans on stylish editing and hip-hop soundtracking to present the Watergate president as a suave operator misunderstood by history. Plenty of young commenters are buying it. READ MORE HOLLYWOOD How Being Under a Microscope Helped Love Story Stars Paul Anthony Kelly and Sarah Pidgeon Get Into Character BY REBECCA FORD The breakout stars of the hit romantic limited series reveal how playing the iconic couple changed them—and their plans. READ MORE MECCA OF BASKETBALL “65% Boos” for Trump and Mamdani in the Nosebleeds: The Knicks Return to New York for Game 3 BY DAN ADLER The president’s appearance at Madison Square Garden complicated things for fans inside and outside the arena Monday night. READ MORE True Colors The Life and Death of Hilde Lynn Helphenstein, the Art World Meme Maker Behind @JerryGogosian BY NATE FREEMAN For years, @JerryGogosian skewered the art world one Instagram post at a time. On Sunday, Helphenstein, the mastermind behind the account, was found dead in Brazil surrounded by an empty bottle of vodka and loose pills. What happened? READ MORE Why this ad? In Case You Missed It Crown Princess Mette-Marit of Norway Faces a Litany of Sorrows, Including a Lung Transplant Meanwhile, her eldest son, Marius Borg Høiby, is in an Oslo prison, where he awaits a verdict and sentence following charges of rape and domestic abuse. The New Yuppies Don’t Even Work. Enter FIRE: Financial Independence, Retire Early It’s all too easy to get drawn into this seductive financial subculture, particularly the subset known as FatFIRE—where seemingly normal people are risking everything to retire early, once they save a measly few million dollars. MORE FROM VANITY FAIR POLITICS BUSINESS HOLLYWOOD STYLE ROYALS CELEBRITY This e-mail was sent to you by VANITY FAIR. To ensure delivery to your inbox (not bulk or junk folders), please add our e-mail address, vanityfair@newsletter.vf.com, to your address book. View our Privacy Policy Unsubscribe Copyright © Condé Nast 2026. One World Trade Center, New York, NY 10007. All rights reserved.