As controversy continues to mount around an American Eagle jeans ad starring actress Sydney Sweeney, Ted Cruz is wading into the debate.

Sydney Sweeney's American Eagle campaign is also drawing comparisons to Brooke Shields' controversial Calvin Klein ad from 1980. Shields' age (she was 15 at the time) ruffled feathers due to the commercial's provocative tagline: "You want to know what comes between me and my Calvins? Nothing."

It all started with a simple question and a daring response. An American Eagle exec just spilled the details on how Sydney Sweeney personally set the audacious tone for their now-famous ‘Great Jeans’ campaign.