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Millie Bobby Brown Is Homophobic

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Published October 26, 2026

A fake hoax campaign launched on Twitter in November 2017 falsely attributing homophobic and Islamophobic quotes to Stranger Things actor Millie Bobby Brown, spreading under the hashtag #TakeDownMillieBobbyBrown. The hoax drove her off Twitter in June 2018, then resurfaced on TikTok in 2022 as a recurring Pride Month video edit called 'Millie Bobby Brown Is Calling.'

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Overview

The hoax works by pairing fabricated screenshots and invented anecdotes with Brown's name, usually written in a tone meant to sound like an entitled Hollywood teen. Early 2017 examples on Twitter leaned on fake stories about Brown attacking a Muslim fan in an airport and manipulated screenshots of homophobic tweets, which other users then debunked by pointing out the pixelated edges around the typed letters1.

By 2022, the gag mutated on TikTok into 'Millie Bobby Brown Is Calling,' a CapCut template that overlays a fake incoming FaceTime from Brown over clips of gay men kissing or showing affection, cutting them off mid-moment2. The joke flipped the original harassment campaign into an ironic in-joke, treating Brown as a Pride Month boogeyman who personally interrupts queer content every June 1st3.

Origin & Background

Platform
Twitter (hoax origin) / TikTok (viral revival)
Date
2017

On November 17th, 2017, Twitter user @KelsFiona posted a now-deleted tweet claiming she asked Brown for a photo at an airport and that the actor pulled off her hijab and stamped on it after she refused to remove it1. Later that day, @JoIIyBrandon fired back at a Brown fan with what is credited as the first use of the hashtag #TakeDownMillieBobbyBrown, which drew more than 15 likes1.

Fans and skeptics quickly started circulating doctored tweets attributed to Brown containing homophobic and violent slurs. Twitter user @SANGRlAXWINE pushed back on November 18th with a post arguing the screenshots were fake because of visible pixels around the lettering, racking up over 175 likes1.

How It Spread

After the first wave of fake quotes, outlets including Babe.net and Popbuzz covered the harassment campaign in November 2017, framing it as a coordinated pile-on against a then-13-year-old actor41. The bullying intensified over the following months as new fake screenshots kept surfacing.

On June 14th, 2018, Brown deactivated her @milliebbrown Twitter account. CNN reported the deactivation the same day, noting Brown had actually been an outspoken supporter of GLAAD's Together movement and that there was no evidence any of the viral incidents happened5. Four days later, Brown accepted the MTV Movie & TV Award for Best Performance in a Show by video because of a knee injury and used the speech to address bullying directly, telling young viewers 'there should be no space in this world for bullying'6.

The meme returned in a very different shape on May 28th, 2022, when TikToker @sussyjiafei posted a CapCut edit framing Brown as a FaceTime interruption during a clip of two gay men being affectionate, pulling in more than 4.2 million views over the next year2. By May 2023, the format was an annual Pride Month ritual: on May 31st, @xx_christmas.coochie_xx posted an edit of a gay man getting hit by a school bus captioned 'Millie at 12:00 am on June 1st,' which drew more than 10,200 likes in a single day7, while @lenanevermisses' May 8th beach-killing edit cleared 298,000 views in a month8.

Timeline

2017-11-17

Twitter user @KelsFiona posts the now-deleted fake airport hijab story about Brown, and @JoIIyBrandon introduces the #TakeDownMillieBobbyBrown hashtag the same day.

2017-11-21

Babe.net publishes coverage of the hate campaign and the fake homophobic tweets being passed around.

2018-06-14

Brown deactivates her @milliebbrown Twitter account; CNN covers the exit as cyberbullying.

2018-06-18

Brown's video acceptance speech at the MTV Movie & TV Awards addresses her bullies directly.

2022-05-28

TikToker @sussyjiafei posts the first 'Millie Bobby Brown Is Calling' CapCut edit, launching the Pride Month version of the meme.

2023-05-31

TikToker @xx_christmas.coochie_xx posts a school-bus edit captioned 'Millie at 12:00 am on June 1st,' part of the format's annual Pride revival.

How to Use This Meme

The TikTok version typically overlays a still selfie of Brown as an incoming FaceTime call over footage of two men kissing, holding hands, or flirting, with a caption framing Brown as arriving at midnight on June 1st to shut Pride Month down. Common conventions include school-bus edits, beach scenes and sudden cuts to black, played straight-faced for irony.

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