Actor Millie Bobby Brown has named a number of British journalists in a web-based put up who she claims are responsible of bullying and writing dangerous articles about her look.
On Monday, Brown, who shot to fame on the age of 10 for her function as Eleven within the hit Netflix collection Stranger Things, shared a three-minute video on Instagram by which she named 4 Daily Mail reporters and accused them of being “desperate to tear young women down.”
Global News reached out to the reporters named by Brown for remark however didn’t obtain a response earlier than publication time.
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The 21-year-old has been below heightened public scrutiny in current weeks as she promotes her upcoming movie The Electric State, and has made a number of high-profile appearances, together with on the Brit Awards and the SAG Awards.
“I think it’s necessary to speak up about this. I started in this industry when I was 10 years old. I grew up in front of the world, and for some reason, people can’t seem to grow with me,” she wrote within the video caption.
“Instead, they act like I’m supposed to stay frozen in time, like I should look the way I did on Stranger Things season 1,” Brown continued.
The tales she’s referring to are vital of her hairstyles, clothes decisions, make-up and physique. They additionally counsel she has “aged far beyond her years.”
In the video, Brown says, “I will not be shamed for how I look, how I dress or how I present myself,” earlier than encouraging the media to “do better” for the sake of younger girls rising up within the public sphere and out of doors of it, including that berating her and different girls for his or her seems is “not journalism.”
Brown referred to as out British comic and actor Matt Lucas, who reportedly stated she appeared to have had a “mommy makeover.” Brown additionally accused a reporter who wrote a chunk primarily based on Lucas’ remark of “amplifying an insult rather than questioning why a grown man is mocking a young woman’s appearance.”
Lucas apologized to Brown in a written assertion on Tuesday morning, the place defined the reasoning behind his feedback.
“Dear Millie, I just saw your post and wanted to respond, and provide some context,” he wrote. “Nearly 25 years ago I co-wrote and appeared in a sketch show called Little Britain. There was a character in it called Vicky Pollard, who had blonde hair and always wore a pink top, and in the photo you had blonde hair and wore a pink top so I pointed out the similarity by posting one of her catchphrases.”
“I thought you looked terrific and I was mortified when the press wrote that I ‘slammed’ you, firstly because that’s not my style, and secondly because I think you’re brilliant. I would not have posted it if I had thought it would have upset you but I realise it has and for that I apologise. Matt x”
Meanwhile, fellow actors and public figures have praised Brown for pushing again.
“Enormously proud of you,” wrote Sex and the City star Sarah Jessica Parker.
Similarly, Louis Partridge, her Enola Holmes co-star, stated Brown dealt with the scenario “with grace.”
Mckenna Grace, a former youngster actor who starred in The Handmaid’s Tale, additionally recommended Brown.
“No young woman or person deserves to feel pressure or cruelty for simply existing. You are so well spoken and so beautiful. Very well said, thank you for making this video,” she stated.
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