Baum, a longtime Hollywood producer and executive behind films including “Dead Ringers,” “Father of the Bride” and “Buffy the Vampire Slayer,” made the disparaging comments about Sweeney during a discussion in Pleasantville, N.Y., with New York Times film critic Janet Maslin.

Sydney Sweeney, best known for her role in the HBO drama “Euphoria,” is fed up with the phoniness in Hollywood, where she saysmany tout women’s empowerment while tearing others down behind the scenes.

Sydney Sweeney is calling out some people in the Hollywood industry who tear another woman down privately while publicly proclaiming they are empowering women. In a new interview, the Immaculate star cited the industry’s attitude of “women empowering other women” as untrue.