Matt Lucas issues public apology to Millie Bobby Brown following comment about her appearance

Posted On March 5, 2025March 5, 2025

Comedian Matt Lucas is apologising to Stranger Things star Millie Bobby Brown after she shared an Instagram video on March 3rd in which she hit back at those, including Lucas, who have commented on her appearance.

Significantly, Brown was only 11 years old when she was cast in the hit Netflix series but is now 21. Her post named various journalists and commentators and the headlines they wrote that targeted her appearance. One of them was Lucas, who posted a side-by-side photo of Brown and his character on Little Britain, Vicky Pollard, with the character’s catchphrase, “No but yeah but.”

In response, Lucas shared his own Instagram post, writing, “Dear Millie, I just saw your post and wanted to respond, and provide some context. Nearly 25 years ago I co-wrote and appeared in a sketch show called 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.”

He continued, “I thought you looked terrific and I was mortified when the press wrote that I ‘slammed’ you, firstly because that’s not my style, and secondly because I think you’re brilliant. 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. Matt x.”

Brown previously said in her post earlier this week, “I started in this industry when I was ten years old,” she said. “I grew up in front of the world, and for some reason, people can’t seem to grow with me. Instead, they act like I’m supposed to stay frozen in time, like I should still look like I did on Stranger Things Season 1. And because I don’t, I’m now a target.”

She quoted the headline of an article in the Daily Mail about Lucas’s X post. “Little Britain’s Matt Lucas takes savage swipe at Millie Bobby Brown’s new ‘mommy makeover’ look.” Brown cited the writer, Bethan Edwards, and pointed out that she was “amplifying an insult rather than questioning why a grown man is mocking a young woman’s appearance.”

Brown’s post has earned widespread praise for calling out a practice that has become a tabloid routine for nearly every female child actor who grows up in the spotlight. 

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