Scooter Braun has publicly praised his girlfriend Sydney Sweeney for her “incredible” performance in the third season of HBO’s Euphoria, forcefully defending her artistic choices amid a mounting wave of viewer backlash over the show’s explicit content.

The 44-year-old entertainment mogul broke his silence regarding the high-profile romance during an appearance on Suzy Weiss’s popular Second Thought podcast, offering an intimate window into television’s most discussed relationship.

When pressed about his thoughts on the highly provocative new season of the Sam Levinson drama, Braun did not hesitate to show his support.

“I am catching it. I’m biased, I like it,” the music executive shared with a smile, before adding that there has “been an incredible performance by a certain actress.”

Addressing the romance publicly for the first time, Braun described the Anyone But You star as “an extraordinary woman, kind and generous and smart, and real and down to earth.”

He admitted to listeners that their relationship, which began last year, was “one of the biggest surprises ever.”

According to industry insiders, the couple first connected in June 2025 while attending the star-studded wedding of billionaire Jeff Bezos and Lauren Sánchez, officially going Instagram public earlier this month.

Braun’s public defense arrives at a critical juncture for Euphoria Season 3.

The latest string of episodes has thrust Sweeney’s character, Cassie Howard, into a polarizing storyline centered around the adult subscription platform OnlyFans.

Following a significant narrative time jump, the series has leaned heavily into mature themes, triggering intense debate across social media regarding the boundaries of prestige television.

Viewer criticism reached a fever pitch following episode two, which featured a highly stylized montage showcasing Cassie’s new career venture.

The explicit sequences included a scene where Cassie licks a melting ice cream cone as it drips down her bare chest, alongside another graphic shot of her wearing nothing but a backwards baseball cap.

On platforms like Reddit and X (formerly Twitter), a faction of fans voiced heavy discomfort with the direction of the season, with some commentators going as far as labeling the explicit scenes a “humiliation ritual” for the Emmy-nominated actress.

The public discourse escalated further after HBO uploaded and then abruptly deleted a promotional trailer titled “Weeks Ahead”.

The controversial teaser featured a heavily criticized scene where Sweeney’s character was styled in a sheer hoodie with a pacifier in her mouth, a creative choice that drew instant internet backlash before network executives scrubbed it from YouTube.

Despite the online uproar, sources close to the couple emphasize that Braun remains entirely unfazed by the global media scrutiny surrounding Sweeney’s explicit on-screen duties.

In a landscape where high-profile relationships are frequently strained by the demands of Hollywood typecasting, the pair has reportedly established an unshakeable foundation.

“Scooter has absolutely no issue with Sydney’s more provocative scenes in Euphoria or any of the work she does as an actress,” a source close to the production exclusively told Page Six.

“He fully understands that it’s part of her job and respects how dedicated she is to her craft.”

The insider further noted that Braun is far from the type to feel threatened by her roles or attempt to dictate her career trajectory, describing their dynamic as “very secure” with a “strong level of trust between them.”

For industry analysts, Sweeney’s handling of her Euphoria role highlights her growing power as an executive producer and a dominant force in modern Hollywood.

Through her production company, Fifty-Fifty Films, Sweeney has actively taken the reins of her career, producing box-office hits like Anyone But You and the psychological horror film Immaculate.

By maintaining complete agency over her physical on-screen depictions, Sweeney continues to challenge traditional industry standards.

With the backing of a powerful media manager like Braun, she is successfully separating her real-life corporate brand from the dark, fictional world of HBO’s flagship drama.