Matt Lucas has issued an apology to Millie Bobby Brown for feedback he’s made about her look.
The British actor and comic took to his Instagram proper after the Stranger Issues star posted a video, publicly calling out journalists for criticizing the best way she appears to be like.
“Pricey Millie, I simply noticed your put up and wished to reply, and supply some context,” Lucas wrote. “Almost 25 years in the past I co-wrote and appeared in a sketch present known as Little Britain. There was a personality in it known as Vicky Pollard, who had blonde hair and at all times wore a pink high, and within the picture you had blonde hair and wore a pink high so I identified the similarity by posting one among her catchphrases.”
The Gladiator II actor continued, “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’s not my fashion, and secondly as a result of I believe you’re good. I’d not have posted it if I had thought it will have upset you however I realise it has and for that I apologise. Matt x.”
Lucas was referencing a put up he just lately shared on X (previously Twitter) of Brown sporting a pink jacket and blonde updo. He wrote within the put up, “No however yeah however,” one among Vicky Pollard’s catchphrases from Little Britain, which ran from 2003-2006. The Each day Mail then wrote an article accusing Lucas of taking a “savage swipe” on the actress.
Lucas’ apology got here after the Emmy-nominated actress hit again at critics on social media and journalists who’ve commented or written tales about her look throughout The Electrical State press tour.
“I grew up in entrance of the world, and for some purpose folks can’t appear to develop up with me,” Brown mentioned in a three-minute video. “As a substitute, they act like I’m supposed to remain frozen in time, like I ought to nonetheless look the best way I did on Stranger Issues season one, and since I don’t, I’m now a goal.”
She added, “The truth that grownup writers are spending their time dissecting my face, my physique, my decisions, is disturbing, and the truth that a few of these articles are written by ladies makes it even worse. We at all times speak about supporting and uplifting younger ladies, however when it comes all the way down to it, it appears lots simpler to only tear them down for clicks.”