Sydney Sweeney appears to have it all.
“In 2022, Sweeney became engaged to businessman Jonathan Davino.
She has also expressed the desire to have a big family.
“I think about having four kids,” she shared withGlamour.
But Sweeney’s own childhood was not as idyllic.
Read on to learn more about Sydney Sweeney’s tragic real-life story.
Although they were not wealthy, the Sweeney family got by.
It was when Sweeney embarked on her acting career that the family’s finances took a hit.
“We lived in one room,” Sweeney revealed toThe Hollywood Reporter.
“My mom and I shared a bed and my dad and little brother shared a couch.”
Sweeney was determined to achieve her goals, especially because her parents had sacrificed so much.
But making ends meet was nearly impossible, and the Sweeney family grew less secure.
“I watched my parents lose a lot,” Sydney toldWomen’s Health.
“We filed for bankruptcy, and they lost their house back home on the lake.”
The pressure was immense, but it kept Sweeney focused.
Sweeney’s body also made her a target.
As she toldGQ, “I had boobs before other girls and I felt ostracized for it.
I was embarrassed and I never wanted to change in the locker room.”
“They’ll say no, or they’ll say yes, depending on what fight it is.
But I’ll always feel responsible.”
After all, it was because of her that the family uprooted to LA where their finances collapsed.
Sadly, Sweeney seemed to agree that following her dreams caused her family to fracture.
“They always say, ‘It wasn’t your fault,'” she toldCosmopolitan.
“It was.”
But her family’s strife seemed to spur Sweeney on.
I just felt a responsibility to show them that it was worth it.”
“They didn’t explain things to me, and that made me angry,” Sweeney said.
Her anger led to a period of rebelling, although not through partying or substance use.
Instead, Sweeney used relationships to have a go at quell the pain she was feeling.
“I would run into the arms of guys to have a go at fill this void.
I was looking for love to replace the emptiness of a home,” Sweeney admitted to Cosmopolitan.
But those things couldn’t protect her entirely.
“The acting-out Syd tried to find love through boys,” she told C Magazine.
“I got myself into sometimes really unfortunate and even dangerous relationships.”
It was just me pushing through all the no’s."
She didn’t have anything to fall back on either, but that was by design.
Sweeney’s choice to make the video came after a truly horrendous day.
As a result, she became ill on the set and had to go home.
“People were like, ‘Oh, she’s just looking for attention.’
People literally kill themselves over stuff like this,” she told Cosmopolitan.
The actor was candid in sharing her perspective that hinted at the phoniness of many show business relationships.
“I see how people are like, ‘We support each other’ and I’m like, ‘No.
You f***ing don’t,'” she told The Hollywood Reporter.
It seemed that Sweeney needed to learn whom she could trust, and perhaps that was a hard lesson.
Sweeney also noticed how the industry seemed to pit people against one another.
“It’s built to give a shot to make you backstab people,” she observed.
“It’s insane.”
“I take deals because I have to.”
Fans were shocked, and many mourned the loss of the young actor, including Sweeney.
