Millie Bobby Brown is calling out this strange double standard.
Less than a year after the Stranger Things star welcomed a baby with her husband Jake Bongiovi, she slammed the online skeptics who claim he doesn’t help her out.
“I’m not gonna lie, when did women become incapable of holding their own bags, car seats and stuff?” Brown said during a June 10 appearance on the Not Gonna Lie podcast. “This stems from me holding all of my suitcases and bags and my kid and people are like, ‘Your husband doesn’t hold a single thing.’ Because I’m three miles ahead. I have been planning this all night.”
While the pair’s recent outings have seen Brown carrying most of the cargo while Bongiovi walks alongside her hands-free, the Enola Holmes actress pointed out the double standard in the critiques they’ve received.
“We’re all about empowering girls and, ‘You got it’ and ‘You don’t need a man,’” Brown posited. “But then when I’m like, ‘Ok, I can carry my own things,’ people are like, ‘Where’s your husband?’”
The 22-year-old maintained, “I can do it on my own.”
And Brown also slammed fans who claim Bongiovi is not a good partner to her.
“Nobody knows my husband,” she continued. “My husband is the most polite, sweet, will-do-anything-for-me. But he also knows I’m capable.”
For her part, Brown has also emphasized how much she has embraced motherhood.
“People say they love their children,” Brown explained during a June 1 conversation with UNICEF. “I couldn’t—I don’t understand how that much happens in my heart. The feeling is so overwhelming. It’s just incomprehensible.”
Trust, Brown has plenty of people in her village, including Bongiovi as well as her mom Kelly Brown and mother-in-law Dorothea Hurley.
“It’s so great, I’m so honored to have support,” she continued. “It’s just so nice to hear reassurance.”
For a deeper look into Brown and Bongiovi’s love story, keep reading…
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The couple officially confirmed their romance with this PDA pic.
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One snapshot showed a photo booth strip of the loved-up couple.
As Millie put it, "grateful for my friends, family, donkey (bernard), my doggies, my puppies teeth, and my partner for life."
Jake marked Millie's 19th birthday on Feb. 19, 2023 with a sweet tribute, writing, "Another year around the sun together happy 19th to the girl of my dreams."
The pair's silly side is depicted in one image of Jake and Millie clowning around in the pool
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Jake shared a tribute to his partner for her 20th birthday, writing, "Happy birthday my beautiful fiancéI love you so much. Big year ahead."
Millie shared this tribute to Jake on their third dating anniversary.
After three years of dating, the duo tied the knot in a private ceremony, multiple outlets reported.
Over a year after their nuptials, Millie and Jake shared they had a new arrival.
"This summer, we welcomed our sweet baby girl through adoption," the couple announced in an Aug. 21 Instagram post. "We are beyond excited to embark on this beautiful next chapter of parenthood in both peace and privacy."