You're all caught up on Stranger Things 2, right? We imagine you are, seeing as how something like four million people watched each episode (so far). We also would assume that you've been keeping up with Beyond Stranger Things, the series that features the cast and crew of Stranger Things 2 digging deeper into the behind-the-scenes of the series as well as offering some tidbits about the future of the series. One of those discussions, which is centered around the Stranger Things 2 finale, has the internet up in arms.
For those who are unaware—spoiler alert!—the series ends with a kiss being shared between Lucas and Max at the Hawkins Middle School's Snow Ball. During an episode of Beyond Stranger Things featuring series creators The Duffer Brothers, producer Shawn Levy, and Sadie Sink (who plays Max in the series), it was revealed that their kiss, which was part of a growing romance between the two of them throughout Stranger Things 2, wasn't in the script.
On Beyond Stranger Things, Sink commented on how Ross Duffer told her that the kiss was "all [her] own fault."
"I get there, the first day of Snowball," Sink recalled, "one of you, I think it was you Ross, you say, 'Ooh, Sadie, you ready for the kiss?' I’m like, 'What! No! That’s not in the script...that’s not happening.' So the whole day I was like stressed out, I was like, 'Oh my god, wait, am I gonna have to…' and it didn’t happen that day, but then the second day of Snow Ball."
Duffer responded by saying, "You reacted so strongly to this—I was just joking—and you were so freaked out that I was like, well, I gotta make her do it now…that’s why I’m saying it’s your fault."
Once the internet caught wind of this exchange, people on Twitter expressed anger and frustration over the ordeal.
As of now, The Duffer Brothers haven't released a statement on the Beyond Stranger Things discussion, but this is far from the first time the question of the kids on this cast being pushed to grow up faster and/or being looked at in a more sexual way has come up. Model Ali Michael was recently in hot water over sharing a photo of Finn Wolfhard (who plays Mike on Stranger Things) with the caption "not to be weird but hit me up in four years."
Of course, it sounds weird to basically say you're waiting to pounce on a 14-year-old, and while Michael said her joke was "tongue-in-cheek," she got flamed online, forcing her to release an official apology on the ordeal. "It was never my intention (nor has it ever been) to sexualize a minor in any way shape or form," she toldTeen Vogue. "To those I offended or misled, I apologize for a post made in haste and lacking in sensitivity, particularly considering the landscape of the present culture."
Speaking of Wolfhard (who also starred in 2017's horror megahit It), he's also come under fire over a video of him ducking fans who were posted up at his hotel. Shannon Purser, who played Barb in Stranger Things, hopped on Twitter to succinctly come to Wolfhard's defense.
Sophie Turner, who has portrayed Sansa Stark on Game Of Thrones since she was 15, also stuck up for Wolfhard, adding some much-needed perspective on his situation.
The fact of the matter is, we need to be protecting the Stranger Things kids at all costs.
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