Millie Bobby Brown is finally addressing all the controversy surrounding her husband and baby.
ICYMI, for a while now fans have been concerned with how Millie’s hubby Jake Bongiovi is often seen standing next to her on outings and not helping with their daughter. There have been several instances where the Stranger Things actress has been spotted carrying all the bags or pushing the stroller, with Jake seemingly not really doing much to help.
One instance even included Millie getting overwhelmed and snapping at paparazzi (rightfully so). But when Jake didn’t step in to defend his baby momma, fans were going as far as to say she should divorce him!
But what does the 22-year-old think of all that? Well, she got real on Kylie Kelce‘s Not Gonna Lie podcast Wednesday, and shut it all down:
“Hi, I’m Millie Bobbie Brown and I’m not gonna lie, when did women become incapable of holding their own bags, car seats and stuff? 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’.”
She went on to explain that her reasoning for Jake not helping out is she’s “miles ahead, I have been planning this all night”. She continued:
“We’re all about empowering girls and, ‘You got it’ and ‘You don’t need a man.’ But then when I’m like, ‘Ok, I can carry my own things,’ people are like, ‘Where’s your husband?’”
Millie also took a moment to dote on her husband, saying of Jake:
“I can also do it on my own. Nobody knows my husband. My husband is the most polite, sweet, will-do-anything-for-me. But he also knows I’m capable.”
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Makes sense! And, of course, you know Kylie had to agree! She said, referring to her own marriage with Jason Kelce:
“I love this. The number of times that I have people come up to me and be like, ‘Do you need help with that bag?’ and I’m like, ‘Hey guys, I really appreciate it but if I needed help, I’d ask for it.’ The first person I’m asking — you guessed it — my husband. Thank you.”
The 34-year-old added:
“I want there to be a degree of politeness and catering to your woman and whatever, but at the same time, don’t act like I’m broken or dainty.”
Millie seemed to REALLY resonate with this, echoing:
“I’m not broken!”
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In the comments, there were lots of varying reactions. Some fans loved that Millie stood her ground and addressed this:
“People need to leave Millie and her husband alone!!! She does a lot of humanitarian work but all people want to talk about is her husband!!! Let her be!!! She’s an independent woman and we need to treat her like one!!!”
“I absolutely love that she addressed this!”
“don’t just, like, boss me around, you know? Like, lead me. Lead me when I’m in the mood… to be led!”
“The amount of women saying Millie is wrong here is weird. She’s entitled to her take on things. Just because you don’t agree doesn’t make her wrong.”
“Yes, women can do their chores alone too! Millie said it all!”
“I’m the same way so I completely get it. My husband is always there but I tell him “I got this!” and he lets me be. He does so much for me, but also knows I can handle my own.”
But others still weren’t convinced! They wrote:
“I get the sentiment, however there’s a difference between chivalry and co-parenting.”
“When you have an equal partner – he should DO SOMETHING!”
“I love this for her, but at the same time I think you are making your man lazy, I can carry my own stuff but I love when my man does it for me without me even asking”
“his is not even about gender. When one person carries all stuff, and other doesn’t carry anything, it shows they are just too self centered and lazy. It should be 50/50 or close to that in relationship or friendship for ALL genders.”
“It’s almost like she’s missing the point… this is not the flex she thinks it is. Strength isn’t doing it all yourself, it’s letting people help so you don’t have to do it all yourself.”
“It’s not really about chivalry when people see you carrying all the bags and ask where your husband is. It’s more about the fact that he sees you carrying everything and doesn’t step up to help. As far as I know, that’s his daughter too.”
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