Hollywood is a sparkling illusion, a place where stars are not just born but made. But take a closer look, and you might start to wonder: is it just an industry or an universe of its own? Tinseltown beats to the rhythm of reality, yet operates on its own set of rules like a microcosm filled with people from all walks of life where age and gender are the lowest barriers. But just like certain alliances in the real world make people do a double take, Hollywood friendships like the one between Millie Bobby Brown and Drake too raise eyebrows. 

Brown and Drake’s bond has invited controversies more than his chart-topping hits, but how did it begin? Here is a rewind and breakdown.

Millie Bobby Brown and Drake’s friendship grabbed Hollywood’s undivided attention a few years ago but not the positive kind. Brown, who was only 14 in 2018, revealed in an interview with W Magazine, that she was a Drake fangirl and the then 33-year-old was hers. The actress later added in a conversation with Access Hollywood at the Emmys about their bond, unveiling they met in Australia and had become his “great friend and a great role model.” 

The Stranger Things actor then went on to share that they are practically pen pals, who frequently text each other, including “miss you” messages, before casually mentioning that he helps her with boy advice. Then came the 2018 SAG Awards, where Brown did not hold back in a red-carpet interview with E! News. She gushed about their bond, reminiscing about a special “Drake moment” when she and her family were welcomed in his dressing room. That year, Drake joined Brown at the Golden Globes party, sparking controversial speculation that their connection was more than just industry talk.

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This, however, was the calm before the storm that was about to unleash on the young Hollywood star and the chart-topping rapper.

Millie Bobby Brown may have been a child celebrity in 2018, but that did not immune her from the dirty traps of showbiz gossip. As per Teen Vogue, Brown took to her Instagram stories to address the controversies brewing because of her friendship with Drake, slamming the skeptics while calling herself “lucky” that people in showbiz “extend their time to help me further my career.” Drake also clapped back at the critics in ‘Another Late Night.’

Fast forward to 2024, Drake and Brown’s alliance again fell under scrutiny with Kendrick Lamar’s Grammy-winning diss track, ‘Not Like Us.’ Although Lamar did not namedrop the Stranger Things actor directly, Drizzy did in his response track, ‘The Heart Part 6,’ denying K-Dot’s laced and disguised suggestions that allegedly associate him with underage girls. Although the conflict was all-consuming at one point in time, Brown and Drake in recent years have chosen silence over statements with Lamar’s shots sparking the last flicker.

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