Millie Bobby Brown alluded to her alleged feud with her “Stranger Things” co-star David Harbour over a year before it made headlines.
Following reports that Brown, 21, accused Harbour, 51, of harassment and bullying on the set of the Netflix series, an interview from 2024 resurfaced in which Brown was asked about her co-star’s possible involvement in her wedding to Jake Bongiovi.
During her March 2024 chat with MTV, reporter Josh Horowitz joked to Brown that the wedding — which took place two months later — should be “Stranger Things”-themed.
Millie Bobby Brown and David Harbour at the “Stranger Things” Season 4 premiere in 2022. John Nacion/NurPhoto / Shutterstock“Harbour is officiating,” Horowitz said to the actress.
“Yes,” Brown reluctantly responded as she squinted her eyes.
“I don’t know how I feel [about that]. Sure,” the “Enola Holmes” actress awkwardly added.
Brown and Josh Horowitz during an interview in March 2024. MTV
Brown during her interview with MTV. MTVBrown then declared that her officiant should be Matthew Modine, who plays Martin Brenner, her character Eleven’s father figure, in “Stranger Things.”
“He’s my fake dad,” Brown added of Modine, 66.
Modine did officiate Brown’s private wedding ceremony to Bongiovi, 23, in May 2024.
Brown and Matthew Modine in “Stranger Things.” ©Netflix/Courtesy Everett Collection“The second Jake proposed, I said, ‘I know who needs to marry us. It’s my papa,’ ” she said on “The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon” earlier this year, referring to Modine.
Brown also described her wedding to Jon Bon Jovi’s son as “perfect,” adding, “When I went down the aisle, everything became so real and pure, and nothing about that was like a production. It felt so beautiful and the most meaningful thing I’ve ever done in my life.”
Brown and husband Jake Bongiovi. Instagram/Jake Bonjiovi
Bongiovi and Brown at the “Enola Holmes 2” premiere in 2022. Xavier Collin/Image Press Agency / BACKGRIDOver the weekend, the Daily Mail reported that Brown allegedly filed a complaint about Harbour before filming the fifth and final season of their hit Netflix show.
“Millie Bobby Brown filed a harassment and bullying claim before they started shooting the last season,” a source told the outlet. “There were pages and pages of accusations. The investigation went on for months.”
Harbour and Brown in “Stranger Things.” Courtesy of NetflixHarbour — who plays Eleven’s other father figure, police chief Jim Hopper — reportedly faced an internal investigation over Brown’s claims, though the outcome of the inquiry is unknown.
Additionally, Brown allegedly filmed the series finale accompanied by a personal representative on set.
Harbour and Brown at the Paley Center for Media’s 35th annual PaleyFest. Getty Images
Brown and Harbour in 2022. Getty ImagesHarbour spoke about the “deep fatherly affection” he has for Brown on an episode of the “That Scene with Dan Patrick” podcast in 2021.
“Millie and I have always had sort of a special relationship because I knew her when she was so young. I knew her before any of this big fame hit,” the “Thunderbolts*” actor said.
Brown and Harbour at the “Stranger Things 3” premiere in 2019. Getty Images for Netflix
Brown and Harbour in 2016. Kevork Djansezian/BAFTA LA“I have a real protective feeling for her. I have a real, like, worry,” Harbour continued. “I worry about her and the fame and all that she has to struggle with.”
Harbour is also in hot water for his relationship with estranged wife Lily Allen.
Lily Allen and Harbour at the “Dreamland” screening in 2023. WireImageThe British singer, 40, called out Harbour’s rumored infidelity on her newly released album, “West End Girl,” which she recorded around the same time that the exes separated after four years of marriage.
Harbour has not publicly reacted to the album and affair claims.
