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In late 2017, a series of bizarre memes set out to paint actress and Stranger Things star Millie Bobby Brown as homophobic, Islamophobic and multiple other types of "-phobics," all without any basis in reality.
The meme, though "just a joke" according to some, involved making up stories about the then-13-year-old Brown and misattributing quotes to her that made her sound like a bigot. Eventually, she deleted her Twitter account and the moment went down as a shameful period in internet history in the eyes of many.
For whatever reason, it appears some memers have attempted to revive the homophobic Millie Bobby Brown meme on the back of Stranger Things season four and Pride Month. This time, however, many people seem to be very quick on stamping them out before they gain attention.
As of now, the only big tweet that seems to be attempting to revive "homophobic Millie Bobby Brown" is by user @edna_days, who posted a video from Stranger Things in which Brown's character Eleven looks at a children's picture that has a rainbow in it with tears in her eyes. @edna_days joked that the clip was of Brown crying upon looking at a symbol of gay pride. The clip has gained over 3.2 million views, but much of this seems to be from quote-tweets criticizing the joke.
i was 14 when this joke started i’m almost 20. Let it the fuck go. im tired, millie is tired, we’re all tired https://t.co/RZsoWZs7By
— HEEDlE (@heyheedie) May 29, 2022
the millie bobby brown homophobic jokes were never funny literally shut the fuck up 😭😭 https://t.co/G4CY1Y1zGo
— angela ✧.* ST4 SPOILERS (@sts80s) May 29, 2022
It’s so weird. People always go “protect child stars” but when it comes to Millie Bobby Brown nobody gives a fuck. In 10 years god forbid she has a mental breakdown or worse people are gonna be like “man we treated her like shit.” Just like they did with Britney.
— katlynn (@herbodys) May 29, 2022
the way twitter talks about Millie Bobby Brown is so nasty I literally just know we're going to get public apologies 10 years from now when she's farther removed from this situation and starts talking about how badly everyone treated her
— its enna (@jessicasfault) May 29, 2022
millie bobby brown just delivered an incredible performance as el for the FOURTH time, yet all the internet wants to do is tear her down with their shitty jokes and takes about her appearance. no wonder she isn’t on social media. everyone’s a fucking bully
— kit ST SPOILERS (@hencIairs) May 29, 2022
if you’re making homophobic millie bobby brown jokes in 2022 im gonna assume you’re the most insufferable person on planet earth that poor girl
— marcy❀ (@wurldprinc3ss) May 29, 2022
Public opinion seems to be firmly in Brown's camp this time around, and if the situation proves anything, it's that it's probably not a good idea to revive 5-year-old memes, particularly if those memes were at the expense of a minor.
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