Millie Bobby Brown is accosted by fan and urges people ‘to show more respect for others’

Millie Bobby Brown opened up about one of the downsides of fame as she took to Instagram Stories on Monday, explaining how an aggressive fan ruined an outing she had shopping for holiday presents.

‘I’m still trying to navigate this all and it’s still overwhelming,’ the Stranger Things actress said in a teary black and white clip.

She described the circumstances of the situation, as a fan approached her to take a clip but she politely refused.

‘She said, “Can I take a video of you?”‘ she said. ‘I said, “Um, no.” But why would anyone want to be taken a video of? Of me? It’s not like of the both of us.’

Brown, 16, said she doesn’t feel obligated to stop for videos for anyone who asks: ‘I don’t need to justify it to anyone; if I don’t want to be taken a video of, I don’t have to be.’

The British actress said the fan stepped over the line when she continued to film her – against her wishes – after she wrapped up her shopping.

‘I was paying and she walked past me and began to video me again – and I said, “I’m a human being, like, what more can I ask from you?”’ Brown said.

The Enola Holmes star explained to the fan why she was violating her boundaries and making her feel uncomfortable.

‘She said, “So I can’t take a video of a human being?”‘ Brown recalled. ‘And I said, “No, not when I said no.” It just makes me upset when people try to push the boundary, and I just wish people were more respectful.’

The Emmy-nominated performer asked her fans to be understanding and cordial when approaching others in public.

‘You have to show more respect for others, no matter who they are, what they do – it’s just manners,’ she said.

In a later clip, Brown reassured her fans she was ‘totally fine now,’ adding that she felt ’emotional in the moment because [she] felt uncomfortable and disrespected.’

Disrespect seemed to be at the heart of fan speculation over why the actress recently deleted her TikTok, with theories revolving around her receiving taunts about the model of her phone. 

One user wrote: ‘Why would people bully millie bobby brown off tiktok?? for having an android?? wtf- i also have one, do you have a problem with that?? i don’t get people at all.’

Another said, ‘It makes me so sad and mad that people bullied millie bobby brown because she had an android….to the point where she deleted her tiktok acc…. what’s up with this generation tbh.’

One fan said she was ‘so upset that Millie Bobby Brown had to deactivate her tiktok,’ adding, ‘some people really need to know what they say can hurt others.’

It’s been a difficult month for the actress, who lost her grandmother Ruth to Alzheimer’s disease.

‘There’s no words that make sense right now,’ she said on social media following the family tragedy. ‘There’s no feeling to pin point. Loss is something so complex and I go thru spells where I cant stop crying and then I laugh about all the memories and then sit quiet and try to comprehend what happened.’