Millie Bobby Brown admitted she felt 'Vulnerable' during her 'Unhealthy Situation' with TikToker Hunter Ecimovic
A year after TikToker Hunter Ecimovic (known as Hunter Echo) claimed that he’d “groomed” then-16-year-old Stranger Things star when he was 20, before making a series of crude remarks about their alleged relationship during an Instagram Live, Millie Bobby Brown shed some light on the "unhealthy situation".
Millie was 16 when she and Hunter, then 20, were rumored to be dating. Though they never explicitly confirmed that they were in a relationship, speculation arose after the pair were seen kissing and embracing in a series of photos that surfaced across social media, which had reportedly been taken in 2020.
Hunter "Echo" Ecimovi sparks outrage after admitting he dated Millie Bobby Brown when she was 16 years old & he was 20.
— Pop Crave (@PopCrave) July 13, 2021
In an Instagram Live, the TikTok creator shared extremely explicit & vulgar details about his intimate relationship with the minor.
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Given that the legal age of consent in California — where Hunter is reportedly based — is 18, the TikToker's alleged relationship with Millie sparked severe backlash online. At the time representatives for Millie branded Hunter's comments as “irresponsible, offensive, and hateful," but at the time Millie refrained from making any comments, but now that she's 18 the actress is opening up.
In an interview with Allure, Millie described her and Hunter’s past “unhealthy situation.”
“I felt very vulnerable,” she admitted. “Also, no one on the [Stranger Things] set knew I was going through this. So it was kind of nice to be able to just deal with that myself and no one else knew. Then it was harder when the whole world knew.”