The Real Reason Millie Bobby Brown Deleted Twitter
Social media is quite a double-edged sword. Connect with family and friends, and also turn a celebrity into a pariah — all in less than 60 seconds! Who would've thought that one of the world's most innovative inventions would eventually become weaponized? Well, a prime example of that weaponization is the case of Millie Bobby Brown and Twitter, when #TakeDownMillieBobbyBrown became a trending topic in 2018.
The meme, Vox notes, initially started as a satirical joke that eventually went awry. "I saw Millie Bobby Brown in the airport and asked for a pic and she said 'only if you take off the hijab' and I said 'its my faith' and she aggressively pulled it off my head and stamped on it," the original tweet read (via Vox). Who would actually believe that the teenage girl from "Stranger Things" would do such a thing? And when pressed about the legitimacy of her story and her religious beliefs, the original user shared a clearly edited image of her face over a hijab.
It only spiraled out of control from there. Soon, other members of Twitter joined in on the "fun," as users began telling outlandishly false stories of meeting Brown in public. The stories, which ranged from meeting Brown at the mall to a McDonald's, all ended with the punchline of the actor hurling homophobic slurs at the users. The whole scenario ultimately led the "Stranger Things" star to delete her Twitter.
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