Millie Bobby Brown has boiled down social circle to handful of trusted friends: ‘Nobody’s allowed in!’

17 October 2023

Millie Bobby Brown says she only has a handful of trusted friends as she was trolled as a young star.

Millie Bobby Brown says she only has a handful of trusted friends as she was trolled as a young star

The ‘Stranger Things’ actress, 19, was slammed for talking “too loudly” and accused of trying to steal the thunder of her castmates on the Netflix show when she first found fame playing Eleven on the series and ended up on talk shows and in the media.

She told the new issue of Glamour magazine about how she has designed her life to block herself off from criticism: “Nobody’s allowed in. Nobody can say s***.

“This is my life, and the only people that are allowed are the people that I open the gate for.

“Other than that, everybody’s out. And yes, it’s sad. There are trust issues. And yes, I have issues with having friends.

“I don’t have a lot of friends. Yes, I block out a lot of people. I’m a reserved person, socially.”

Millie – who is engaged to rocker Jon Bon Jovi’s 21-year-old son Jake Bongiovi – also vowed: “I will never let that gate open again. Because everyone’s crossed it.”

Turning to her relationship with Jake, she said she loves they both have parents who married young and are still in love decades later.

She added: “We were modelled wonderful, loving relationships. So it’s something that we both had that mutual drive for.

“(Jake’s) family were so wonderfully accepting of me and embraced me, and it’s so nice to find a second family in that.”

Millie has been named a Woman of the Year by Glamour as she is an award-winning actress, beauty founder, producer, bestselling author and the youngest ever appointed UNICEF Goodwill ambassador.

She also runs her international beauty brand, Florence by Mills and her production company already has a hit on its hands with the ‘Enola Holmes’ franchise.

Glamour named her as one of its Women of the Year 2023 alongside 39-year-old actress America Ferrera, who has got her own cover alongside Millie’s in a special double-edition of the title.