Sydney Sweeney has once again grabbed attention with a bold new promotional campaign, and this time the Euphoria star is taking the sports world as her backdrop. The actor appears nude in a new ad for Novig, a sports-focused prediction market. She is seen posing with everything from footballs and basketballs to hockey and baseball gear.
The campaign marks more than just another acting gig for Sweeney. She has also joined Novig as a strategic partner and equity holder. With this, she has become part of the company’s push to position its platform specifically around sports fans.
Sydney Sweeney Goes Naked For Novig Ad
The new commercial puts Sweeney front and centre as she moves through a series of deliberately provocative sports-themed setups. At one point, she poses nude on top of a basketball hoop while using basketballs and footballs to cover herself.
The idea behind the campaign is to strip away everything except sports, with Sweeney repeatedly driving home the message that Novig is focused solely on the world of athletics.
Sweeney explained the thinking behind the campaign in a statement, saying, “The campaign was about embracing a fun idea,” before adding, “The concept is simple: cut through the noise and put the focus entirely on sports. The campaign brings that idea to life with confidence, humor and a playful edge.”
The actor also delivers the campaign’s central message herself, saying, “Think you know sports? Prove it. Novig is just sports. So they wanted to show just sports,” while appearing nude on the basketball hoop.
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The commercial keeps changing up Sweeney’s look and setting. She appears wearing or posing with a range of sporting equipment and outfits, including a hockey goalie mask, football pads, a baseball catcher’s helmet and a Novig jersey.
The ad then moves to a pool table, where Sweeney breaks a rack of billiard balls before lying across the table and delivering another cheeky line: “You can’t trade this. I just look good here,” she says.
The commercial ultimately returns to Novig’s sports-only pitch, with Sweeney stressing that the platform is designed around fans and their predictions rather than broader prediction-market categories.
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The commercial also makes a point of distinguishing Novig from prediction platforms that cover a much wider range of subjects.
Sweeney states that there is “no betting on wars or deaths and no politics,” before summing up the platform’s focus with the line, “Just you, your takes and sports.”
Novig launched nationwide last month under a federally regulated framework. The platform is intended for users aged 21 and above and combines elements associated with financial exchanges with a sports-focused prediction experience.
Novig co-founder and CEO Jacob Fortinsky said the company wanted to create something specifically designed around sports audiences.
“Sports fans deserve a prediction market built specifically for them,” said Jacob Fortinsky, co-founder and CEO of Novig as quoted by Variety.
“There are many places where people can engage with prediction markets across different categories. Our focus is sports, and by dedicating ourselves entirely to sports, we have built a better experience for fans. Sydney helped bring that message to life in a way that’s impossible to ignore.”
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The Novig commercial is the latest in a series of attention-grabbing promotional appearances from Sweeney.
Earlier this year, the actor launched her lingerie brand Syrn, and has since shared several provocative promotional videos connected to the label. She also became the centre of an online debate over her American Eagle jeans campaign, which sparked discussion around its “good genes” wordplay.
Sweeney has therefore become increasingly involved in campaigns that place her personality and image at the centre of the marketing strategy, rather than simply serving as a traditional celebrity face for a brand.
Her Novig association takes that involvement a step further, with the actor becoming an equity holder and strategic partner in the company.
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Away from advertising, Sweeney continues to build an increasingly busy film slate.
Her next major project is The Housemaid’s Secret, the follow-up to the successful adaptation of The Housemaid. The actor has also been attached to Netflix’s upcoming Gundam movie and StudioCanal’s The Custom of the Country.
