Three years ago, she went viral after Twitter users edited her Snapchat photos with fatphobic and ableist captions. The story of Millie Bobby Brown being a monster bigot began as trolling This meme about Brown is an exercise in sincerity versus absurdity. 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.
Photos of the star on Snapchat with edited anti-LGBTQ captions have also gone viral.įans of Brown have condemned the tweets, saying it misrepresents the actress, because she has taken a pro-LGBTQ stance throughout her career. Last year, she sported a blue pin to honor the Gay and Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation (GLAAD) Together movement at the MTV Movie Awards.Īmerican singer Demi Lovato has also been a victim of slanderous memes. Star of Stranger Things Millie Bobby Brown left Twitter after she became the subject of a series of homophobic memes. Since then, Twitter users have been providing their own fictional accounts of aggressive encounters with the 14-year-old, accompanied by the hashtag ‘ #TakeDownMillieBobbieBrown.’ The tweet that started the craze reads: “I saw Millie Bobby Brown in the airport and asked for a pic and she said “only if you remove the hijab” and I said “it’s my faith” and she aggressively pulled it off my head and stamped it on it.” The American actress – best known for her Emmy-nominated role on Netflix’s Stranger Things – quit the social media platform in reaction to hundreds of satirical homophobic and racist comments. Journal Media does not control and is not responsible for the content of external websites.Millie Bobby Brown has deactivated her Twitter after being turned into an anti-gay meme. Users are reminded that they are fully responsible for their own created content and their own posts, comments and submissions and fully and effectively warrant and indemnify Journal Media in relation to such content and their ability to make such content, posts, comments and submissions available. 15 June 2018 Roisin O'Connor, ' Millie Bobby Brown quits Twitter after being turned into an ' anti - gay ' meme ', the Independent, 14 June 2018. Journal Media does not control and is not responsible for user created content, posts, comments, submissions or preferences. Millie Bobby Brown Vanishes From Twitter After Anti-Gay Memes Stranger Things actress had been object of homophobic meme, hashtag campaign (Newser.
Wire service provided by Associated Press. Star of Stranger Things Millie Bobby Brown left Twitter after she became the subject of a series of homophobic memes.
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TheJournal.ie supports the work of the Press Council of Ireland and the Office of the Press Ombudsman, and our staff operate within the Code of Practice. Millie Bobby Brown, the 14-year-old best known for playing Eleven on Netflix’s Stranger Things, deleted her Twitter account Wednesday after becoming the subject of a slew of homophobic memes.