Millie Bobby Brown Slams Body-Shaming Headlines: ‘Toxic Media Coverage Has Made Me a Target
Millie Bobby Brown Condemns Daily Mail’s ‘Bullying’ Headlines Targeting Her Appearance and Age: ‘This Isn’t Journalism’
Once more, Millie Bobby Brown is defending herself against offensive remarks about her appearance.
On the “bullying” remarks she has received on her appearance, the “Stranger Things” star released a PSA. In a Monday Instagram video, the 21-year-old actress blasted remarks about how she was “aging badly,” saying the problem was “bigger than me” and “something that affects every young woman who grows up under public scrutiny.”
Growing up, Brown worked on the science fiction show, which finished filming its last season in December. She claimed that the first episodes, which were released on Netflix when she was twelve, caused people to have irrational ideas about how she “should” look.
The star of “Enola Holmes” now has some free time. She chastised Daily Mail headline writers for asking, “Why are Gen Zers like Millie Bobby Brown ageing (sic) so badly?” and “Millie Bobby Brown mistaken for someone’s mom as she guides younger sister Ava through LA” for their “horrible” and detrimental reportage.
She accused the author of a Daily Mail piece titled “Little Britain’s Matt Lucas takes savage swipe at Millie Bobby Brown’s new’mommy makeover’ look” of “amplifying an insult rather than questioning why a grown man is mocking a young woman’s appearance.”
Brown continued, “This is not journalism. This is bullying. It’s distressing that adult journalists are scrutinizing my looks, body, and decisions. Is it true that some of these articles were authored by women? “Even worse.”
She said more: “We always talk about supporting and uplifting young women, but when the time comes, it seems easier to tear them down for clicks.”
The Florence by Mills founder, who has previously spoken out about being a feminist, highlighted her agency over her attractiveness.
“Disillusioned people can’t handle seeing a girl become a woman on her terms, not theirs,” she told me. “I refuse to shrink myself to meet the false expectations of people who can’t stomach seeing a girl become a woman. I will not be ashamed of how I appear, dress, or present myself.
Brown concluded with a call to action, “Let’s do better.”
She went further: “Not just for me, but for every young girl who deserves to grow up without fear of being torn apart for simply existing.”
