If the acting thing doesn’t work out, we think Millie Bobby Brown would make a great Real Housewife in a few years — she’s already married to the Prince of New Jersey (the son of Jon Bon Jovi), and nobody would ever have to tell her to “name ’em.” In a recent Instagram video, Brown denounced recent critiques of her appearance in the media, prompting a “mortified” Matt Lucas to issue an apology statement.
‘This is bullying’
March 4, 10:55 a.m.: In a March 3 video posted to her Instagram, Brown came after various writers who had written poorly about her appearance recently, with headlines like “Little Britain’s Matt Lucas Takes Savage Swipe at Millie Bobby Brown’s New ‘Mommy Makeover’ Look” and “Why Are Gen Zers Like Millie Bobby Brown Aging So Badly?” Though she did not expressly state it, all of the headlines are from British tabloid the Daily Mail. “This isn’t journalism,” Brown says in the video, which is reiterated in the caption. “This is bullying. The fact that adult writers are spending their time dissecting my face, my body, my choices, it’s disturbing. The fact that some of these articles are written by women? Even worse.” Brown attributes the articles to a refusal to let her grow out of her child stardom. “Disillusioned people can’t handle seeing a girl become a woman on her terms, not theirs,” she says. “I refuse to apologize for growing up.”
Matt Lucas is ‘mortified’
March 4, 10:00 p.m.: Matt Lucas issued a statement on March 3 apologizing to Millie Bobby Brown and suggesting that he never meant to insult her. Lucas previously quote-tweeted photos of Brown with a catchphrase used by Vicky Pollard, an obnoxious, inarticulate character from his sketch show Little Britain. Brown criticized outlets for amplifying an “insult” Lucas made about her instead of “questioning why a grown man is mocking a young woman’s appearance.” In his statement, Lucas addressed Brown directly and claimed claimed that he only made the comparison because her hair and shirt color in the photos reminded him of Pollard. “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,” Lucas wrote. “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.”