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International Business Times UK
International Business Times UK
Entertainment
Ria Pathak

Is Millie Bobby Brown Homophobic? Stranger Things Star Never Funded 'Cure' for LGBTQ

Millie Bobby Brown (Credit: Instagram/milliebobbybrown)

A bizarre claim that Stranger Things actress Millie Bobby Brown donated $1 million to the LGBTQ+ community 'to find a cure' has gone viral and, unsurprisingly, it's entirely false. The post originated from @DropPopNet, a parody account on X (formerly Twitter) known for fabricating celebrity 'news' for humour.

Despite the account's clear disclaimer that its posts are satirical, the tweet racked up over 100,000 likes, sending the actress' name into an old, uncomfortable internet narrative.

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