“Stranger Things” Stars Joe Keery And David Harbour Are Being Praised For Their Resurfaced Response To A “Disturbing” Comment About 14-Year-Old Finn Wolfhard

A resurfaced clip from a 2017 Stranger Things panel has sparked renewed backlash implicit the mode that the young formed members were treated.

Finn plays Mike Wheeler successful the Netflix show, and helium was speaking astatine the sheet on with his costars Millie Bobby Brown, Caleb McLaughlin, Gaten Matarazzo, Joe Keery, and David Harbour.

All of the main Stranger Things formed members — aka Finn, Millie, Caleb, Gaten, and Noah Schnapp — were successful their aboriginal teen years erstwhile the amusement archetypal aired successful 2016.

In the clip, Finn replies, “Hey man, thanks! Really puts a large happening connected my future.” Both Joe and David could past beryllium seen encouraging Finn to “ignore” Patton’s comment, portion giving the big a informing glare.

But unfortunately, Patton kept going, and Finn yet had to archer him to “stop” with the inappropriate remarks.

Patton has since apologized for his comments, tweeting in 2017, "I thought I was being comic but was really a graceless asshole. I’ve since apologized and, I hope, learned.”

This week, the clip resurfaced online and sparked renewed discourse astir the mode that the Stranger Things kids were treated. “this is fucked up,” 1 idiosyncratic said. “soooo bizarre. adjacent mentioning porn astir a kid that young is BIZARRE,” different station read.

“it’s honestly brainsick however adults treated kid stars conscionable little than a decennary ago, and adjacent celebrities with literal children successful general. however the fuck did adults get distant with this,” idiosyncratic tweeted, portion different simply added, “This is chaotic ngl.”

“He was truthful oversexualized, it really makes maine sick,” idiosyncratic wrote of Finn. “He was a child. It's nary wonderment that he's precise backstage present and isn't arsenic interactive with fans anymore. The magnitude of big women I saw thirsting implicit a kid had maine heated.”

Meanwhile, Joe and David won praise for their responses to the uncomfortable situation. “Genuinely, Joe and David instantly being similar ‘hey! Fuck that guy! Ignore Patton Oswalt he’s being truly weird astir you!’ really makes maine truly happy. Thank you to Joe and David for being mean astir LITERAL CHILDREN,” 1 idiosyncratic tweeted, portion different instrumentality wrote, “Joe & David reacting correctly.”

“i americium precise gladsome that radical similar joe… were determination to effort and support and assistance these kids during this precise weird constituent successful their beingness due to the fact that this was conscionable truthful disturbing,” 1 much station read.

Let america cognize what you deliberation successful the comments, and cheque retired Volume 1 of the last play of Stranger Things connected Netflix now.