DAVID HARBOUR AND MILLIE BOBBY BROWN MAKE BOLD STATEMENT AFTER BRUTAL LILY ALLEN ALBUM

David Harbour shut down claims of a feud and struggles between him and Stranger Things co-star Millie Bobby Brown with one simple gesture at the show's premiere. This comes after the actor was embroiled in both personal and professional controversies, one of which was sparked by his ex-wife Lily Allen's bombshell album about their relationship.

It had been reported that Millie filed a harassment and bullying claim before they started shooting the last season. A source said: "There were pages and pages of accusations. The investigation went on for months."

However, David and Millie made a public display of unity by walking into the Stranger Things red carpet final premiere on 6 November and hugging in front of the media. Millie also likened co-star and screen dad David to her father calling their friendship "special". This happened despite recent reports claiming that she filed complaints to Netflix about his behaviour during past seasons.

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Millie opened up on how the estranged husband of Lily Allen has been a support to her on her career breakthrough role, while David described how he was "proud" to be at her side on set. Asked what David means to her, she responded: "He is like my dad. I am so connected to him for life. We are so lucky to have each other." She spoke to NBC TV on the media arrivals carpet and then told Fox about their reunion: "It has been amazing".

She continued: "We are so lucky to have each other and the show means so much to both of us, This has been the last ten years of our lives and we have dedicated a lot to it. And we are so excited to see that come to screen."

She added to ET: "It has been so special to have him along the journey for me, Winona and the kids. I obviously have had a really special bond with David because we have a father daughter relationship and we do every scene together.

"And you really get to see that in season five. So I am really honoured to have played 11 and to have met such amazing people along the way."

Millie and David laughed and hugged each other on the red carpet upon their arrival, as well as posed for photos together. Millie, 21, plays Eleven on the show, and Harbour, 50, plays her adoptive dad, Jim Hopper.

David said of Millie: "I adore her and I've been proud to watch all of them grow up and become such great artists. I doubt it will be the last time we will see each other in this world or work together. This particular family and project has been so special and we got to know each other so deeply. And you rarely get to do that in this business. Here we get to hunker down for 10 years.

"And they grow up in front of you and you get to watch them go through all kinds of stuff. It has been an incredible experience. It has been the role of a lifetime. I am not happy it is ending, but I am happy to have had it as an experience . It is really extraordinary."

David added to CBS that he was "excited to be with my friends and this family that I have shared this ten years with to celebrate this incredible show."

Netflix posted a video of Brown and Harbour's entrance and hug at the premiere with the caption, "David Harbour and Millie Bobby Brown arrive together for one last Stranger Things premiere "

Amid the run-up to the release of the final series of Stranger Things, David has been caught up in a controversy surrounding the breakdown of his marriage to Lily Allen. The two met on exclusive dating app Raya in 2019 and married quickly after.

But earlier this year, the pair divorced. In a semi-autobiographical album dropped at the end of October, the singer appeared to be making many references to what caused their split and implied David was not only unfaithful, but pushed her to make their relationship non-monogamous while she was in London to do a West End play.

In the song West End Girl, Lily plays her half of a phone call in which someone is thought to be asking to open their relationship up, and even though it "makes me really sad" she wants him "to be happy" and agrees. In another song, Dallas Major, Lily sings about being in non-monogamous relationship and explains that "my marriage has been opened since my husband went astray".

David hasn't said anything about the album, but in September, opened up to Esquire Spain about his life and seemed to address the divorce by talking about his "slip-ups and mistakes".

When asked if he would change anything about his life, he said: "I would change either everything or nothing. You either accept your path completely and realise that even the pain and the slip-ups and the mistakes are all part of the journey, and that there's truth and growth, wisdom and deeper empathy and connection in all that."

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2025-11-07T09:43:35Z