“It is not journalism, it is harassment”: Millie Bobby Brown responds to criticism

Star actress of Stranger Things delivers a strong message for women victim of Body-Shaming, after being disparaged for her change of look during the promo of Electric State.

Millie Bobby Brown has experienced a meteoric ascent since its interpretation of Eleven in Stranger Thingswhen she didn’t have that 11 years. Between promotional tours and television sets, the girl was propelled to the front of the stage very early. Since then, she has become one of the best known faces of Netflix productions: she is headlining of the two films Elona Holmesof The young lady and the dragon, or very next The Electric State.

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The British actress has always received criticism on her appearance, especially on the fact that she would do more mature than his agemake up or even dress like an adult. Millie celebrated his 21 years Last month, however this type of reflection did not fade. The media keep bringing the young woman back to her appearance, who would now do too much “Mom”. She responds in a video posted on her Instagram account, on behalf of all women victims of the same kind of harassment:

“I want to take a moment to approach something that, in my opinion, is bigger than me. Something that affects each young woman who grows under the spotlight. I started in this sector at the age of 10. I grew up in front of the world and, for a reason that I do not know, people cannot grow with me. Instead, they act as if I was supposed to be frozen in time, as if I should always look like how I was on the set of season 1 of Stranger Things. And because that is not the case, I am now a target ”.

Millie Bobby Brown then evokes Some articles published during his promotional tour for the next Netflix movie The Electric Stateproduced by Russo brothers And broadcast on March 14 on the platform. The actress does not hesitate to give the names of the different authors, “Who desperately need to destroy young women”.

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She cites several examples of titles: “Why are the members of the Z generation like Millie Bobby Brown are getting so bad?” from Lydia Hawken; “What did Millie Bobby Brown do her face?” written by John Ely; “Millie Bobby Brown confused with someone’s mother as she guides her younger sister Ava through Los Angeles”by Cassie Carpenter; or “The creator of Little Britain, Matt Lucas, brings it wildly at the new Malie Bobby Brown mother’s look”written by Bethan Edwards.

This last title refers to A tweet from Matt LucasBritish actor, director and producer who had compared the actress to the character of “Fat pat” of his series Little Britain. Following the video of Millie Bobby Brown, the latter justified and apologized on his Instagram account:

“Dear Millie, I just saw your message and I wanted to answer and provide a little context. Almost 25 years ago, I co-written and I participated in a sketch program entitled Little Britain. There was a character called Vicky Pollard, who had blond hair and always wore a rose top, and in the photo, you had blond hair and a rose top, so I highlighted the similarity by publishing one of his slogans. I found you superb and I was mortified when the press wrote that I criticized you, first because it is not my style, and secondly because I think you are brilliant. I would not have posted it if I had thought it could have thwarted you, but I realize that it is, and I apologize ”.

Millie Bobby Brown says about this type of papers: “It is not journalism, it is harassment”. She adds:

“The fact that adult journalists spend their time dissecting my face, my body, my choices, is worrying. The fact that some of these articles are written by women is even worse. I refuse to apologize for growing up, I refuse to make myself smaller to correspond to the unrealistic expectations of those who do not bear to see a girl become a woman. I will not be ashamed of my appearance, the way I dress or the way I present myself. ”

The actress ends with an encouragement note: “Let’s do better. Not only for me, but for each young girl who deserves to grow without fear of being put into pieces simply because she exists ”. This courageous speech highlights the sexist and reducing behavior that certain media have about celebrities, and more particularly women.