Despite winning critical acclaim for her acting skills in the show, Millie has also faced brutal scrutiny over the years — with the star being subjected to everything from accusations that she tries to steal the limelight from her castmates, to ridicule over her appearance.
Millie also faced disturbing attention when she turned 18 back in 2022, with NSFW Reddit forums counting down until she was a legal adult.
She later told the Guilty Feminist podcast that she can “see a difference between the way people act and the way that the press and social media have reacted to me coming of age.”
Millie then added: “It’s a very good representation of what’s going on in the world and how young girls are sexualized.”
And in an interview with Allure, Millie opened up about how hard it has been to be subjected to the internet’s opinion of her over the years and revealed that she no longer has social media on her phone as a direct result of the nasty comments.
Millie also said that she has gone to therapy to handle the way that she is treated online, saying: “It’s really hard to be hated on when you don’t know who you are yet. It’s like, ‘What do they hate about me? ‘Cause I don’t know who I am.’”