A November 2025 report claimed Millie Bobby Brown filed a complaint against David Harbour alleging bullying and harassment during the final season of Stranger Things. Both actors later described their working relationship as repaired and creatively collaborati
When Stranger Things ended last year, fans took a deep breath before the goodbye that never came all at once. But just before the Season 5 finale premiered, another kind of “goodbye” swirled around the show—one that didn’t involve Hawkins or Eleven.
In November 2025. a report said Millie Bobby Brown had filed a complaint against her on-screen dad. David Harbour. alleging bullying and harassment. The story was published by The Daily Mail. and it claimed Brown filed the complaint before the pair started shooting the last season. The report also said there were “pages and pages of accusations,” and that an investigation ran for months. It further stated that Brown had a representative with her on set while filming the final season.
Harbour and Brown didn’t address the allegation head-on at the time. Instead, they turned up together for the Season 5 premiere of Stranger Things with the kind of public warmth that suggested everything on set was moving smoothly.
The clearest response came later, during a June 2026 interview with Variety. Harbour said the report “came out in a weird way” and insisted his working relationship with Brown was in a good place. He told the publication that they were “working on several” projects together. adding. “You’ll see more of me and Millie — 10 years wasn’t enough.”.
Harbour leaned into what the relationship meant to him on a personal level. “There is a special bond there. I love her. She loves me,” he said. He described their differences as something they addressed directly—“a simple rupture-and-repair thing. ” he said. adding that once they cleared things out and talked. “we’re fine.”.
He also spoke about the culture around conflict. saying people today are “very scared of talking about things. ” and that being human has become harder to navigate in the media. Still, he framed the resolution as normal rather than dramatic. “It was completely normal, and we adore each other and always have.”.
Harbour suggested the pair had their share of disagreements while working through a decade-long production. In the same Variety conversation, he compared it to family life. “It’s a show that went on for 10 years,” he said. “We worked together for 10 years during her formative teenage years, playing father and daughter. I don’t know if people have families and friends that you spend a lot of time with for 10 years — you occasionally get in arguments. disagreements.”.
He explained why disputes can feel different on a long-running, high-profile set. “In families, it’s OK because you’re just in a disagreement and then you come back together,” he said. “The problem with a billion-dollar show is that there’s just hundreds of people who want to get involved.”
Brown responded to Variety via email about the alleged complaint. She didn’t confirm details of the report’s claims. but she placed emphasis on how their on-screen and creative partnership had changed over time. “Obviously, I changed so much from season 1 to season 5, and David was there through all of it,” she wrote. Over the years. Brown said. their relationship became “much more collaborative creatively. ” with a chance to “push each other emotionally in scenes.”.
She added that even though the series has ended, gratitude remains. “Even though the series has ended, there’s still a lot of gratitude,” Brown wrote. “Getting to share that experience with him for so many years is something I’ll always remember and value.”
Taken together. the timeline holds two competing pictures: one that says an allegation of bullying and harassment led to pages of accusations and a months-long investigation. and another that Harbour describes as a straightforward rupture-and-repair followed by continued collaboration—and Brown portrays as a relationship that deepened into creative trust.
For now, the public record remains shaped by the clash between a November 2025 claim and two different personal accounts offered years into the show’s legacy—after a decade of filming that both stars insist ultimately brought them closer.
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