Sydney Sweeney's performance in Christy a biopic that tells the story of out lesbian boxing athlete Christy Martin has led to one of the biggest box office failures of all time, intense negative reactions from critics and audiences alike, and a jab from Ruby Rose as an out queer actor who missed out on the part to Sweeney. And yet, the real-life Christy Martin has now come to Sweeney's defense.Martin shared a picture of herself alongside Sweeney and wrote in the Instagram caption:"I've always been a fighter. My life reflected that in every way and now I fight for others. The past few days I have seen some people attack my friend Sydney Sweeney. Syd not only worked her ass off for this film, she worked her ass off for me. For my story. For so many others suffering in silence. So I want to be clear about who Syd is. She is my friend and ally!" See on Instagram Martin's post was audio-tagged with a song titled "Resilience" by an artist under the name Lenzspot, which has been accused of being a faux artist releasing AI-generated songs across streaming platforms.The comments section under Martin's Instagram post has mostly positive comments, though those views do not reflect the film's 3.3 rating on Letterboxd,'Christy' is a historic box office bomb. Sydney Sweeney in Christy biopic.Black Bear Pictures/Anonymous ContentSweeney's latest film, Christy, is one of the biggest box office bombs of all time. Even though the Christy budget was reportedly $15 million (via IndieWire), the movie grossed a shockingly low $1.3 million on opening weekend according to Box Office Mojo. As the film approaches its first week out in theaters, it's still stuck at a total box office gross of just $1.6 million."This makes Sweeneys Christy the ninth worst opening for a movie in over 2,000 theaters," Paul Tassi writes for Forbes, "behind a number of movies you have likely never heard of, like Hitpig, The King's Daughter, Delgo, and more."Ruby Rose slams Sydney Sweeney's casting and PR rhetoric. View on ThreadsRuby Rose, an out lesbian actor best known for starring on TV shows such as Orange Is the New Black and Batwoman, reacted to Sweeney's performance and the overall box office failure of the Christy biopic."The original Christy Martin script was incredible. Life changing. I was attached to play Cherry. Everyone had experience with the core material. Most of us were actually gay. It's part of why I stayed in acting. Losing roles happens all the time.For her PR to talk about it flopping and saying SS did it for the 'people.'None of 'the people' want to see someone who hates them, parading around pretending to be us. You're a cretin and you ruined the film. Period. Christy deserved better."Rose's Threads post, shared on Tuesday, November 11, has over 4,300 likes as of this writing.Christy Martin's life story deserved better. View on ThreadsEven people who are critical of the Christy biopic and of Sweeney's performance have expressed that Christy Martin's life story as a professional boxing athlete who was outed as a lesbian deserved much better than this.A viral Threads post by @welovemisscassie reads: "One of the very sad things about this Sydney Sweeney controversy is that a film meant to highlight the life of boxer Christy Martin, a woman who hid her queer identity and suffered domestic violence (that nearly ended her life) at the hands of her husband is now being overshadowed because Sydney has made an odd decision to pander to the alt right. Turns out, right wingers don't want to watch a movie about queerness and domestic violence.Christy Martin deserves better representation than this."This story is still developing