02-06-2025
Madeline Brewer Calls Out You Fans Who Called Her Ugly
Back in April, the fifth and final season of the hit Netflix series You finally hit our screens, and viewers were introduced to a brand new central character called Louise 'Brontë' Flannery, played by Madeline Brewer.
Brontë ended up being the person to bring down protagonist Joe Goldberg once and for all, but unfortunately, a lot of viewers did not take kindly to the character. In fact, Madeline ended up being cruelly trolled by fans of the show on social media, with the star even hitting back at some of the negative comments that were left on her account.
When one You fan claimed that she 'cannot act,' Madeline cooly replied: 'I've literally been nominated for an Emmy.'Madeline was also targeted for her looks, with one troll writing: 'You ruined season 5 with your looks,' to which Madeline said, 'no I didn't.' When somebody else made fun of her chin, the star quipped: 'I do have great bone structure! thank you.' Madeline ended up addressing these nasty comments during an interview with L'Officiel, where she said: 'If you don't like my character, I don't care — but you don't need to call me ugly."
And the actor has opened up some more about how she was treated in a new interview with People, where she admitted that she was 'a little' surprised by how her character was received by the You fandom.
'I'll be honest, I didn't expect people to like Brontë, but I didn't expect them to call me ugly, because I'm not,' Madeline told the publication. "I get that I'm not everybody's cup of tea, but I'm not ugly.'
"I had thought that the largest fan base of this show is women, young women, and I never anticipated the amount of misogyny to be fired at me,' she continued.
Madeline then shared her theory that You fans turned on her as an actor in retaliation for Brontë explicitly exposing Joe Goldberg's misogyny. She said: 'That deconstruction of their hero, it makes them upset.'
'They can't help but get on their cell phones and comment on my pictures and go: 'Oh, you're so ugly. You look like a goblin,'" she said. "And I'm like: 'Girl, lighten up. I'm not ugly.'"While Madeline is thankfully able to brush off the nasty insults about her appearance now, she did admit that she 'would have crumbled' if the backlash had happened 'at an earlier time' in her life. 'Being in my 30s, I don't care. I knew I could handle it,' she explained.
Needless to say, I couldn't be happier to hear that Madeline has risen above the cruel internet trolls — let me know what you think of her latest quotes in the comments below!
