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Millie Bobbie Brown's Friendship with Drake

Millie Bobbie Brown's Friendship with Drake

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Overview

Millie Bobbie Brown's Friendship with Drake refers to the relationship between child-actress Millie Bobbie Brown, best known for playing the character Eleven on Stranger Things, and Canadian rapper Drake. After Brown, 14, revealed on the red carpet that she and Drake, 31, keep in touch via text, people questioned whether the friendship was appropriate.

Background

On September 17th, 2018, at the 2018 Emmy Awards, Access Hollywood interviewed Millie Bobbie Brown about her friendship with Drake. Brown stated, "He's honestly so fantastic. A great friend and a great role model… We just texted each other the other day and he was like 'I miss you so much,' and I was like 'I miss you more.'” She also stated that Drake offers her advice on boys.



Developments

The comments raised concerns that the relationship between the two was potentially inappropriate. This was exacerbated by the fact that it had been recently revealed that Drake was dating 18-year old model Bella Harris.[1] The relationship was questioned by news outlets such as The Independent,[2] with blogger Katie Goh writing:

Maybe it’s easy to read too much into the situation but personally, I can see no circumstances in which a 31-year-old man sending an “I miss you” text to a 14-year-old girl to whom he’s not related is appropriate, no matter how wise beyond her years that girl seems.

Some Twitter users accused Drake of "grooming" Brown, a practice in which older men lay the groundwork for underage girls to date them once they become of legal age (examples shown below).


가시나무 (quee reanfemme) Follow @jasminshere billboard.com/articles/news/... this s--- is NOT okay. it's GROOMING. it is outright predatorial behavior esp w/the other ways Drake has been showing his disgusting ass Millie Bobby Brown Says She and Her Friend Drake Text About Boys.... Stranger Things star Millie Bobby Brown spoke to Access Hollywood at the 2018 Emmy Awards Monday (Sept. 17) about her close relationship with billboard.com loryn wilson carter @ElleWCarter Follow nope, this is a HUGE problem for me. | Millie Bobby Brown Says She and Her Friend Drake Text About Boys: Watch billboard.com/articles/news/ via @billboard Millie Bobby Brown Says She and Her Friend Drake Text About Boys.... Stranger Things star Millie Bobby Brown spoke to Access Hollywood at the 2018 Emmy Awards Monday (Sept. 17) about her close relationship with billboard.com

On September 18th, YouTuber Nerd Suburbs posted a video parody of the controversy in which Drake is arrested for pedophilia. The video gained over 47,000 views (shown below).



After the backlash, Brown posted a defense of her friendship with Drake on her Instagram story, saying it was a "lovely friendship," and she advised the world to get back to "real problems" (shown below).


milliebobbybrown 21h Why u gotta make a lovely friendship ur headline? U guys are weird... For real. im lucky to have people in the business extend their time to help me further my career and offer their wisdom and guidance. Im very blessed to have amazing people in my life. u dont get to choose that for me. its nice to have people understand what i do. Now get back to talking about real problems in this world other than my friendships... jeez

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External References

[1] Consequence of Sound – Drake begins mid-life crisis early, starts dating an 18-year-old

[2] The Independent – We need to talk about Drake texting 14-year-old Millie Bobby Brown

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Walrus the Tree
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Goddammit, why can't the internet just leave her alone? First, you bully her off of a social media platform (I think it was Twitter) just to prove a point that proved nothing. Now, you're harassing her for having friends outside her age group, learning from their experiences and shit. I get being wary about that considering all the news stories where this ends in inappropriate relationships, but that doesn't mean it's newsworthy when a purely appropriate relationship like this develops, too. Drake ain't no goddamn pedo, he just has conversations with the girl and is probably trying to be a good influence. We should be happy about this. Kids could use positive influences from trusted adults, considering many teens don't take their parents seriously enough, and given that their interactions are monitored to prevent it from going bad.

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