“This isn’t journalism. This is bullying,” she said in a video shared to her Instagram March 3. “The fact that adult writers are spending their time dissecting my face, my body, my choices, it’s disturbing.”
The 21-year-old also called out critics for tearing women down just to drum up attention, saying, “We always talk about supporting and uplifting young women, but when the time comes, it seems easier to tear them down for clicks. Disillusioned people can’t handle seeing a girl become a woman on her terms, not theirs.”
And Millie—who was 11 years old when she made her breakthrough as Eleven on season one of Netflix’s Stranger Things—cited her early rise to stardom as the reason for her unfair treatment in the public eye.
“I grew up in front of the world, and for some reason, people can’t seem to grow with me,” she continued. “Instead, they act like I’m supposed to stay frozen in time, like I should still look the way I did on Stranger Things season one. And because I don’t, I’m now a target.”
