They continue: “She is a f**king child and you are cracking jokes about her hating gay people and wanting to kill them when she hasn’t done anything wrong? €œYou are grown adults, editing photos of her with captions that include the f slur, violence against lgbt community for comedy and it’s f**king gross.†Thank goodness for people like this (zunbarya/twitter) There has been a backlash against the meme, especially since Brown deleted her account, with one user writing that “pretending millie bobby brown, a literal child, is a violent homophobe for memes is f**king disgusting and not funny at all. Ironically, it appears her last post was a quote-tweet of the Being Me Campaign, an anti-bullying group. The star had 2.28 million followers before she deactivated the account. Posted by someone who called the original Snap – not this one – a “photoshop†(psychosociaal/twitter)Īnd another obviously doctored image says: “I hate the word homophobia. One tweet, for instance, shows a Snapchat post by the actor with “just ran over a faggot cant wait to kill all these gays off†photoshopped over it. Many of the posts attribute obviously false quotes like “We don’t need gun control, we need faggot patrol†to the 14-year-old star. This has not affected the viral nature of the meme, however, with one tweet posted on May 12 saying “Millie bobby brown arriving at pride†above a video of someone driving a car into several protesters.
She deleted her account on May 13 (Twitter) Many have pointed out that Brown, who was one of the first recipients of MTV’s gender-neutral awards last year, has long been a vocal supporter of LGBT rights. Schnapp wrote on Instagram after season one that he didn’t want Will to be stereotyped, and that his character’s sexual orientation was “besides the point.†Millie Bobby Brown speaks on stage at an event for Stranger Things (Rodin Eckenroth/Getty) īrown’s exit from Twitter follows Stranger Things actor Noah Schnapp feeling like he had to clear up speculation over his character’s sexuality at the age of 12. The meme’s recent rise in popularity – after starting out with the hashtag #TakeDownMillieBobbyBrown – has been somewhat ironic, but in general it has taken on a deeply sinister tone. According to a report from The Wrap, the 14-year-old actress, who portrays Eleven on the wildly popular sci-fi Netflix show, removed her account, milliebbrown, as of Wednesday.
Millie Bobby Brown, the star of Netflix’s hit series Stranger Things, has left Twitter after a new meme spread which depicted her as a homophobe. Star of Stranger Things Millie Bobby Brown left Twitter after she became the subject of a series of homophobic memes. Stranger Things’ Millie Bobby Brown abandons Twitter after being turned into an anti-gay meme