“Millie Bobby brown is a Zionist. Not watching the movie. Nope,” a user wrote of the actor and upcoming film “DAMSEL.”
Millie Bobby Brown has been facing fierce backlash online, with many calling her a Zionist and asking people to boycott her new movie.
On October 7, the Palestinian militant group Hamas attacked southern Israel, killing more than 1,200 people and taking another 250 as hostages. Israel declared war on Hamas, firing airstrikes into the neighboring Gaza Strip, where the group is based. Supplies of food, energy, fuel and medicine into the area were suspended before a ground offensive was launched in late October.
As of February 19, over 29,000 people in Gaza have been killed, the Associated Press reports, with a further 68,000 injured, according to the Gaza Health Ministry. Since Hamas launched the shock attack on Israel in October, several celebrities have faced backlash for speaking out about the conflict or for remaining tight-lipped.
When a new trailer for the film, premiering on the streaming platform on March 8, was posted by a variety of X accounts, formerly Twitter, people took to the comments to criticize Bobby Brown, accusing her of being a Zionist.
