On June 18th, 2018, during her acceptance speech for "Best Performance in a Show" for her role as "Eleven" on Stranger Things at MTV Movie and TV Awards, Millie Bobby Brown made a statement about bullying. That day, CNN published an article titled "Millie Bobby Brown leaves Twitter amid cyberbullying." Millie Bobby Brown's Response These Millie Bobz brown memes are getting out of hand. On June 14th, 2018, Brown's Twitter account was deactivated, leading many to speculate that the controversy surrounding the hoax memes led to the account's removal. TikTok video from Baran Ayyildiz (baranayyildiz): 'duet with s1ory BYE she deactivated her Twitter because of these milliebobbybrown memes lowqualitymemes humour jokes gay lgbt'. Several media outlets covered the use of the hashtag and the campaign against Brown, including, Popbuzz, and more. #TakeDownMillieBobbyBrown #WeLoveMillieBobbyBrown." The post (shown below) received more than 45 retweets and 175 likes. I was in McDonald’s today and saw Millie Bobby Brown, went up to her and asked. SO HOW CAN YOU SEE IN THE PHOTO, THERE ARE LIKE “PIXELS” AROUND THE LETTERS, WHAT IT MEANS THIS IS SOO FAKE. The memes feature 14-year-old Brown’s face with photoshopped homophobic tweets including murdering gay fans. Twitter user tweeted, "OKAY GUYS, THIS IS SO FAKE, JUST YOU NEED TO INCREASE EXPOSURE AND CONTRAST. Users have been using images of the 14 year old actor, and.
Following the post, people began reporting a series of fradulent tweets supposedly made by the actor in which she uses homophobic and violent language. Stranger Things star Millie Bobby Brown has deactivated her Twitter account after being repeatedly targeted by a homophobic meme.