While the 2022 Netflix series, Dahmer — Monster: The Jeffrey Dahmer Story, was one of the streaming network’s highest-grossing series of the year, it’s been continually enveloped in a flood of controversy, most recently following Evan Peters’ 2023 Golden Globes win for portraying the notorious murderer. In a Jan. 12 interview with TMZ, Shirley Hughes, the mother of one of Dahmer’s victims Tony Hughes, expressed her anger over the award and suggested that Hollywood’s pattern of glorifying killers is extremely dangerous.
“There's a lot of sick people around the world, and people winning acting roles from playing killers keeps the obsession going and this makes sick people thrive on the fame,” Hughes told TMZ. “It's a shame that people can take our tragedy and make money. The victims never saw a cent. We go through these emotions every day.”
