Sydney Sweeney's 'Devil Wears Prada 2' cameo reportedly cut after 'creative decision'

According to the insider, Sweeney played herself as a celebrity client of Emily Charlton (Emily Blunt) in an early sequence of the movie that served to reintroduce Blunt's character in her new role.

The three-minute scene unfolded at Dior's U.S. headquarters in New York, where Andy Sachs (Anne Hathaway), Miranda Priestly (Meryl Streep) and Nigel Kipling (Stanley Tucci) seek Charlton's help.

The group then discovers Charlton, now a high-powered executive running Dior's U.S. operations, in the middle of styling Sweeney.

However, the source told Entertainment Weekly the team behind "The Devil Wears Prada 2" determined that Sweeney's scene did not fit structurally within the sequence. The insider added that the filmmakers were appreciative of Sweeney's participation and found the decision to cut the scene a difficult one.

Fox News Digital has reached out to Sweeney and Disney for comment. 

"I don't know what you're talking about," Sweeney told Screen Rant during a November 2025 interview.

While speaking with the "Kinsey Schofield Unfiltered" host and royal expert, Panahi questioned whether the team behind "The Devil Wears Prada 2" could have decided to cut the scene due to the blowback she faced over her American Eagle ads. 

"I suspect it has more to do with the overall rumor that Sweeney is a conservative, which is not a very popular club in Hollywood or in the fashion industry," Schofield said. 

"But the studio claims that it's just story-related editing," she continued. "Films get reshaped in post-production all the time, and smaller roles are usually the first to end up on the cutting room floor.

"But Sydney is a bankable name right now, and, so, if anything, I hope it was about story structure and not some sort of punishment."

In January, Sweeney addressed being branded the "MAGA Barbie," noting that she didn't understand the label since she's never spoken out publicly about her political beliefs.

"I've never been here to talk about politics. I've always been here to make art, so this is just not a conversation I want to be at the forefront of. And I think because of that, people want to take it even further and use me as their own pawn. But it's somebody else assigning something to me, and I can't control that," Sweeney said.

"I haven't figured it out. I'm not a hateful person. If I say, 'That's not true,' they'll come at me like, 'You're just saying that to look better,'" Sweeney explained.

"There's no winning. There's never any winning. I just have to continue being who I am, because I know who I am. I can't make everyone love me. I know what I stand for."

Sweeney doubled down and said the world will never know her political beliefs because she doesn't consider herself a "political person."

"I'm not a political person. I'm in the arts. I'm not here to speak on politics. That's not an area I've ever even imagined getting into," she said.

"It's not why I became who I am. I became an actor because I like to tell stories, but I don't believe in hate in any form. I believe we should all love each other and have respect and understanding for one another."

Along with original stars Streep, Hathaway, Blunt and Tucci, "The Devil Wears Prada 2" brought back supporting cast members Tracie Thoms and Tibor Feldman. The original film's director, David Frankel, screenwriter Aline Brosh McKenna and producer Wendy Finerman also returned for the sequel.

In addition to the returning cast members, the movie introduces a new lineup of stars, including Kenneth Branagh, Lucy Liu, Justin Theroux, Simone Ashley, Rachel Bloom, B.J. Novak and Patrick Brammall, expanding the film's fashion and media world.

"The Devil Wears Prada 2" premieres in theaters May 1.

Fox News Digital's Janelle Ash contributed to this report.