Sydney Sweeney Addresses The Release Of Her Parents’ Bankruptcy Information

Sydney Sweeney is speaking out about the recent public exposure of her parents’ bankruptcy information, which she describes as being done "against her will."

In an honest conversation, the "Euphoria" star shared the emotional toll of having such private details about her family’s hardships revealed, particularly in light of the difficulties they encountered during her upbringing.

Now, Sydney Sweeney is opening up about the discomfort of revisiting this part of her life, especially given that some have accused her of exaggerating the narrative to appear more relatable.

During middle school, Sydney Sweeney suffered a tremendous amount of bullying, which eventually escalated to the point where the police had to speak to the other students about the consequences of their actions.

Ultimately, Sweeney’s parents chose to move the family to Los Angeles before she started high school, a decision that took a significant toll on them both financially and emotionally.

By 2016, they had divorced and filed for bankruptcy.

At times, the Hollywood life has left her feeling frustrated. Recently, while at Disney World, she received a tip from her team informing her that an online tabloid had dug into court records and uncovered her parents’ bankruptcy filings.

“The truth was put out there against my will, but then nobody cares,” she told Glamour. “All of a sudden it was like, ‘Oh wait, she actually did go through this experience,’ and it wasn’t interesting anymore.”

Opening up about that aspect of her past was challenging for the actress, and it felt like a fresh wound when people accused her of fabricating the story to appear more relatable.

While her parents have been extremely supportive, not everyone in her life has been. When speaking to Glamour, she recounted times when she didn't always want to return home because there were still individuals around whom she felt embarrassed.

She told the outlet that these individuals, whom she did not name, spent years bombarding her with questions: “When are you going to come home and stop dragging your family to a hell-ridden city?” or “When are you going to stop breaking your family apart and wasting all their money and just go get a real job and have a real life?”

“There was a moment where I stopped wanting to go home, which made me really sad because I felt like a failure,” she told the outlet. “I knew that I could never actually fail because, I mean, on a very broad scale, my family did lose everything. They did get a divorce. Whether or not that was because of coming here, it definitely was a catalyst for it. So I knew I had to succeed in some capacity so that it wasn’t for nothing.”

However, in Los Angeles, she still found herself in an environment where she didn’t quite belong.

“My first car was my grandparents’ old Volvo,” the "Anyone But You" star recalled. “I had to jump-start it to get it to go. The bottom casing fell off while I was driving. Oil would spill everywhere, so I always had cardboard to put under the car so it didn’t stain anybody’s driveway.”

While she was lucky to have a car, she found it hard to relate to her other classmates who were driving brand-new Mercedes, BMWs, and Range Rovers.

“I went on a date with this one guy, and [his parents said] I wasn’t allowed to park in his driveway. My school had a small parking lot, and I had to start parking on the street because the parents said they were more worried about their kids’ cars and that my car shouldn’t be in there," she told the outlet. "It became this very disconnected reality…. I valued different things than they did.”

Although it may seem like a challenging burden to bear, Sweeney shared these stories without any trace of anger or a sense of injustice; they merely represent her lived experiences.

“I’m never one to hold a grudge,” she says. “I don’t think people’s perception of the world can change with hate. Hate doesn’t solve anything."