Pretty soon, #TakeDownMillieBobbyBrown started propagating on social media, attached to false accusations of violent homophobic behavior. After questioning the authenticity of the tweet, and the fact that she did not wear a hijab, Fiona responded “because she ripped it off me.“ The account was suspended, but the hashtag #TakeDownMillieBobbyBrown emerged. The accusation was called out as a fake, many pointing to KelsFiona’s Twitter photo, which did not include the garment. In November of 2017, shortly after the second season premiere of Stranger Things, an account going by the name “Kelsey Fiona” tweeted that Millie Bobby Brown had ripped off her hijab at the airport. As reactions to Brown’s deactivation seem to prove, in the actress’ case, she became a target because she’s the last person who would deserve a crosshair on her back. There is a long history of the internet slinging mud at celebrities at the peak of their popularity. Aside from her acting career, she’s also known for being a genuinely good person she runs a (currently inactive) anti-bullying twitter account, has displayed her support for GLAAD’s Together movement, and has been called wise beyond her years. Her social media following and activity reflected her icon status - with over 16 million followers flocking to her every Instagram post. As part of a wave of young fashion icons, Brown became the youngest person to ever feature on Time Magazine‘s “100 Most Influential People“ list.
In 2016, Brown broke out as Eleven in Netflix’s Stranger Things, a part that earned her nominations for the Screen Actors Guild and Emmy awards, and a shower of praise. These memes are not new, unfortunately, and have been have been circling Twitter since late 2017.
Edits of Brown’s social media pictures are paired with hateful comments and the hashtag #TakeDownMillieBobbyBrown.
The meme is essentially people attributing violent, homophobic language - in particular, the use of the slur “faggot” - to Brown and saying that she attacked them or tried to run them over with her car. Unlike more direct attacks, these memes originated from people who assumed that the false accusations would not leave their “insular” Twitter communities. To make up these wildly false memes and stories about her is especially heinous.Millie bobby Brown when a gay fan asks to take a picture with her /eEVz8KjIU5- Hdhbsshh June 10, 2018 Plus, she became the youngest person ever featured in Time's 100 most influential people list. Also, in the same year, she wore an LGBT pin to the MTV Awards. In 2017, Brown received an Emmy nomination for Outstanding Supporting Actress for her work as the telekinetic teenager on Stranger Things. The trolls posted the horrible memes during Pride month, and one of the completely fake Photoshopped images took off and got wide circulation. With these fake images, she's being bullied, and her likeness is being used to cause pain to the LGBTQ community.
The reality of the situation is that the actress is not only an LGBTQ rights supporter but also an anti-bullying advocate. Users of the popular social media platform took images of the actress and turned them into offensive anti-gay memes and included the hashtag #TakeDownMillieBobbyBrown, which led to her deactivating her accounts on Twitter and Instagram.įor some reason, internet trolls Photoshopped fake anti-gay images onto pictures of Brown, who is active on social media including Twitter and Instagram.
Star of Stranger Things Millie Bobby Brown left Twitter after she became the subject of a series of homophobic memes.Īccording 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, as of Wednesday.