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When the Duffer brothers’ sci-fi epic Stranger Things first landed on Netflix, it became a cultural phenomenon and turned its 12-year-old star, Millie Bobby Brown, into a household name. Why Millie Bobby Brown is Leaving Stranger Things... - YouTube Queen Millie response is actually iconic. The 14-year-old actor appears to have left the social media platform in reaction to hundreds of posts that misattributed homophobic or racist comments to her.

The homophobic millie bobby brown 'meme' really isn't funny and being gay doesn't gives you a pass to harass an actual child to the point of deactivation. #TakeDownMillieBobbyBrown is a hashtag cataloguing a series of troll quotes and stories that are homophobic, Islamophobic, offensive and insensitive in nature falsely accredited to Stranger ThingsMillie Bobby Brown. Millie Bobby Brown quits Twitter after being turned into an 'anti-gay' meme. Millie Bobby Brown has been having a tough time of it lately. Create a commenting name to join the debate, There are no Independent Premium comments yet - be the first to add your thoughts, There are no comments yet - be the first to add your thoughts. It allows our most engaged readers to debate the big issues, share their own experiences, discuss real-world solutions, and more. Sep 23, 2020 ; AceShowbiz - Millie Bobby Brown's parents could barely afford to get her to auditions before she booked her break-out role on "Stranger Things".. Are you sure you want to mark this comment as inappropriate? The most insightful comments on all subjects will be published daily in dedicated articles. "For those of you unfamiliar: the joke here seems to be that it's so wildly out of character and unbelievable for Millie Bobby Brown to act violently or intolerant, presenting her as such makes people laugh," the Vulture reporter wrote. Please continue to respect all commenters and create constructive debates. Its pride month, grow up. Please be respectful when making a comment and adhere to our Community Guidelines. Tony Awards 2018: Andrew Garfield gives impassioned speech for LGBTQ community, Millie Bobby Brown quits Twitter after being turned into a cruel meme, You may not agree with our views, or other users’, but please respond to them respectfully, Swearing, personal abuse, racism, sexism, homophobia and other discriminatory or inciteful language is not acceptable, Do not impersonate other users or reveal private information about third parties, We reserve the right to delete inappropriate posts and ban offending users without notification. Independent Premium Comments can be posted by members of our membership scheme, Independent Premium. Stranger Things star Millie Bobby Brown has quit Twitter after she was made the subject of a bizarre series of memes. Comments. — ️‍ Radicles ️‍ (@radicles_) June 14, 2018 Brown has been a vocal advocate of LGBT+ rights for some time. You can find our Community Guidelines in full here. Find your bookmarks in your Independent Premium section, under my profile. written by Kaitlin Reilly. The meme is similar to one started around three years ago when Twitter users added fake captions to Demi Lovato's Snapchats to make her appear fatphobic and ableist. One tweet which many reports have cited as the beginning of the meme gives a fictional account of Brown removing someone's hijab when they asked for a selfie. Photo: Courtesy of Netflix. The Independent has contacted a representative of Brown for comment.

Want to bookmark your favourite articles and stories to read or reference later? According to Vulture, the meme was first shared by members of the LGBT+ community in an apparent attempt at satirical humour; however the theme was quickly adopted by mainstream social media users. Are you sure you want to delete this comment? Due to the sheer scale of this comment community, we are not able to give each post the same level of attention, but we have preserved this area in the interests of open debate. Our journalists will try to respond by joining the threads when they can to create a true meeting of independent Premium. TV Shows • Entertainment • News. There's 30 year olds editing her selfies with violent homophobic captions and slurs. The True Story Behind This Scary Meme. The existing Open Comments threads will continue to exist for those who do not subscribe to Independent Premium. Last year, fake stories and memes started to circulate about Millie being homophobic and violent to fans, and people even went as far to photoshop screenshots of racist, homophobic and body-shaming slurs to make it look like they had been written by Millie on her Twitter account. Bizarre trend saw Twitter users post fake quotes and attribute them to the Stranger Things star in an apparent attempt at satire. Critics accused those sharing the memes of "bullying" Brown, while one person with the handle @thelovelessclub defended them, claiming: "It was made by the gays as pure satire and mock of [sic] people who are actually homophobic. Start your Independent Premium subscription today.

You can also choose to be emailed when someone replies to your comment. Want an ad-free experience?Subscribe to Independent Premium. "And the entire idea and meme of mbb [Millie Bobby Brown] being homophobic originated from this iconic stan Twitter moment.".