Comic Matt Lucas has apologised to actress Millie Bobby Brown after he posted a Little Britain catchphrase alongside pictures of the 21-year-old on social media.
Lucas, 50, wrote “no but yeah but”, a phrase utilized by delinquent teenager Vicky Pollard within the sketch comedy sequence he co-created, on an X publish that reshared photos of the Stranger Issues star.
The pictures present Brown in Los Angeles carrying hoop earrings and a pink high, which Lucas mentioned had prompted him to level out “the similarity by posting one of her [Vicky’s] catchphrases”.
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Matt Lucas as Vicky Pollard in 2005. Pic: Shutterstock
Lucas mentioned: “Expensive Millie, I simply noticed your publish and needed to reply, and supply some context. Almost 25 years in the past I co-wrote and appeared in a sketch present known as Little Britain.
“There was a character in it called Vicky Pollard, who had blonde hair and always wore a pink top, and in the photo you had blonde hair and wore a pink top so I pointed out the similarity by posting one of her catchphrases.
“I believed you appeared terrific and I used to be mortified when the press wrote that I ‘slammed’ you, firstly as a result of that is not my fashion, and secondly as a result of I feel you are sensible.
“I would not have posted it if I had thought it would have upset you but I realise it has and for that I apologise.”
Little Britain, which additionally starred David Walliams, started as a radio present in 2000 and moved to TV in 2003, working for 3 sequence.
In her video, Brown mentioned: “I want to take a moment to address something that I think is bigger than just me, something that affects every young woman who grows up under public scrutiny.
“I feel that is very essential to speak about. I began on this trade after I was 10 years previous. I grew up in entrance of the world, and, for some motive, individuals can not seem to develop with me.
“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.”
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She quoted headlines from articles, amongst them references to Lucas’s feedback, which she mentioned had been “amplifying an insult rather than questioning why a grown man is mocking a young woman’s appearance”.
“This isn’t journalism. This is bullying. The fact that adult writers are spending their time dissecting my face, my body, my choices, is disturbing.
“The truth that a few of these articles are written by ladies makes it even worse. We all the time speak about supporting and uplifting younger ladies however, when it comes all the way down to it, it appears loads simpler to tear them down for clicks,” she added.
“Disillusioned individuals cannot deal with seeing a woman turn into a girl on her phrases, not their very own. I refuse to apologise for rising up. I refuse to make myself smaller to suit the unrealistic expectations of people that cannot deal with seeing a woman turn into a girl.
“I will not be shamed for how I look, how I dress, or how I present myself. We have become a society where it’s so much easier to criticise than it is to pay a compliment.”
She ended her publish by saying: “Let’s do better. Not just for me, but for every young girl who deserves to grow up without the fear of being torn apart for simply existing.”
Celebrities together with Intercourse And The Metropolis’s Sarah Jessica Parker, in addition to singers Pixie Lott and Lily Allen, left messages of help for the younger actress.
Brown grew to become a family identify after starring as Eleven within the hit Netflix sequence Stranger Issues.
The fifth and remaining sequence of the present, which began in 2016, is because of air this 12 months.
The British actress additionally landed the title function as mystery-solving sleuth Enola Holmes within the 2020 movie and its sequel two years later.
Brown, who married Jake Bongiovi, the son of rock star Jon Bon Jovi, final 12 months, has been selling the brand new Russo Brothers movie, The Electrical State, during which she stars alongside Chris Pratt.
