Millie Bobby Brown Reveals Her Actual Title — And Why She Modified It!

Throughout their press tour for The Electrical State, the Stranger Issues star revealed that her precise center identify is not Bobby — surprising costar Chris Pratt in an interview with BuzzFeed UK.

“My center identify is Bonnie,” Brown, 21 stated. “No, it isn’t Bobby … It is Millie Bonnie Brown. I’ve by no means instructed anybody that.”

Pratt was stunned by the reveal, exclaiming, “Actually? Your center identify is Bonnie? However you simply modified it to Bobby for …,” earlier than she interjected, “S–ts and giggles.” She then confirmed it was simply her stage identify.

“No s–t,” quipped Pratt.

All through the press tour for the Netflix movie, Brown’s look has come beneath scrutiny on-line.

In one in every of her most up-to-date Instagram submit, Brown addressed critics and media shops speaking about her appears to be like, accusing them of “bullying” her. She talked about a number of headlines in her Instagram caption from “information shops, articles, and people who find themselves so determined to tear younger ladies down.”

Brown known as out a headline about British Comic Matt Lucas‘ feedback evaluating the actress to his Little Britain character, Vicky Pollard. She learn, ”Little Britain’s Matt Lucas takes savage swipe at Millie Bobby Brown’s new ‘mommy makeover’ look,” questioning why the outlet settled on “amplifying an insult reasonably than questioning why a grown man is mocking a younger lady’s look.”

The article targeted on how Lucas shared a submit on X, previously Twitter, during which he commented on Brown’s leaving a restaurant in Los Angeles together with her youthful sister. As proven within the photograph, beneath, the Enola Holmes star wore a pink monitor jacket and her blonde hair was styled in an updo.

“This is not journalism. That is bullying. The truth that grownup writers are spending their time dissecting my face, my physique, my selections, is disturbing. The truth that a few of these articles are written by ladies makes it worse,” Brown continued. “We all the time speak about supporting and uplifting younger ladies, however when it comes right down to it, it appears so much simpler to only tear them down for clicks. Disillusioned individuals cannot deal with seeing a woman change into a girl on her phrases, not their very own.”

“I refuse to apologize for rising up. I refuse to make myself smaller to suit the unrealistic expectations of people that cannot deal with seeing a woman change into a girl. I can’t be shamed for the way I look, how I costume, or how I current myself,” she added. “We’ve got change into a society the place it is a lot simpler to criticize than it’s to pay a praise. Why is it the knee-jerk response to say one thing horrible reasonably than to say one thing good? You probably have an issue with that, I’ve to surprise — what’s it that truly makes you so uncomfortable? Let’s do higher. Not only for me, however for each younger lady who deserves to develop up with out worry of being torn aside for merely present.”

A couple of hours later, Lucas issued an apology to Brown on Instagram, and provided context behind his joke.

“Pricey Millie, I simply noticed your submit and needed to reply, and supply some context,” he started in an announcement. “Practically 25 years in the past I co-wrote and appeared in a sketch present known as Little Britain. There was a personality in it known as Vicky Pollard, who had blonde hair and all the time wore a pink high, and within the photograph you had blonde hair and wore a pink high so I identified the similarity by posting one in every of her catchphrases.”

“I assumed you appeared terrific and I used to be mortified when the press wrote that I ‘slammed’ you,  firstly as a result of that is not my fashion and secondly as a result of I feel you are sensible,” he continued. “I’d not have posted it if I had thought it could have upset you however I reali[z]e it has and for that I apologi[z]e. Matt x.”

Brown has not publicly commented on Lucas’ apology.