A resurfaced interview clip has sparked a wave of backlash after Millie Bobby Brown said her husband, Jake Bongiovi, “doesn’t pack any clothes” when they travel—prompting some to call him a “manchild.” Others defended him, pointing to her own description that
When a Crocs interview clip from August 2025 resurfaced online, it didn’t just bring attention back to Millie Bobby Brown’s latest work. It brought something messier: her honesty about a marriage habit that instantly read like a fight over adulthood.
In the interview. the 22-year-old Enola Holmes star said her biggest travel pet peeve is that her husband. Jake Bongiovi. “doesn’t pack any clothes. just ever.” She described the moment they’re about to leave and she’s prepared. while he’s arrived with basically nothing but his phone—no charger. she said.
She told viewers that he typically “steals mine and then takes his computer,” before turning the situation into a plan. Brown said he’ll look at her and say. “Mill. I don’t have any clothes. ” and her response is blunt: “No s***. Sherlock. You didn’t pack anything.” Then comes his solution. according to her: he suggests maybe he’ll “just have to go shopping here.”.
That exchange is where the internet started splitting. On X, one clip of the interview quickly raced past 6 million views, and users reacted with frustration at what they saw as a grown man passing the burden to his wife.
“I actually can’t even fathom her being okay with his,” one person wrote, collecting 46,000 likes.
Another fumed that Brown “shouldn’t be mothering her husband,” adding that every time something new comes out about the couple—photos, videos, interviews—it’s “Millie who does everything like a functional adult, and then there’s him acting like a 10-year-old kid.”
More comments piled on in the same direction: “He’s such a manchild sorry,” one user wrote. Another addressed Brown directly, saying, “You are an amazing woman and deserve better than that useless entitled man child you sadly call a husband.”
But the backlash didn’t go unchallenged. Some users pushed back on the “manchild” framing, arguing that Brown’s own explanation points to something different: a preference, even an addiction, to shopping.
One defender wrote: “Did yall not hear her say he does it so he has an excuse to go shopping for clothes because it’s what he likes doing. I do the exact same thing with some things. He’s not a manchild, the dude just has a shopping addiction it’s really not that deep.”
Brown’s relationship history makes that defense feel plausible to some viewers. She has spoken about Bongiovi’s shopping tendencies before, including in a 2025 episode of Call Her Daddy.
There, Brown said that Bongiovi was the one who “splurged” on a big purchase. She described how the dynamic plays out in real life: she’ll say she needs something simple—“I’ll be like. ‘Oh. I need socks.’”—and he responds with something far more elaborate. telling her. “Let’s go to Prada. ” while she’d rather go to “Target.”.
In that earlier conversation. she said he “refuse[s] to pack a suitcase because he likes to go shopping at the place we’re going. ” adding that she prefers shopping the way he doesn’t—“Amazon Basics.” She also shared her spending philosophy: when she does buy something. she has to call her parents. and she said she “have[s] to think about it. ” unlike what she implied about his quicker. destination-driven approach.
The couple’s timeline helps explain why this clip struck such a nerve. Brown and Bongiovi tied the knot in May 2024, and the following August they announced they had adopted a baby girl.
With a baby now part of their public life—and with Brown’s comments already being interpreted through that lens—the resurfaced interview turned a small travel habit into a bigger argument about responsibility, partnership, and who picks up the emotional and logistical slack.
On one side were viewers who heard “doesn’t pack any clothes” and decided it sounded like childishness. On the other were people who heard Brown’s own reasoning—that he avoids packing so he can shop where we’re going—and saw it as a habit that can be annoying without being a character flaw.
Either way, the clip shows how quickly personal details can become a public referendum, especially when they arrive right after a major life shift—marriage in May 2024, adoption in August of the same year—and when millions of people watch the same moment unfold in the same words.
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If he really just shows up with his phone and no clothes?? That’s wild. Like bro pack your stuff.
People are acting like she’s his mom. But also aren’t they rich and just buy whatever anyway? I dunno, I guess it’s still kinda annoying tho.
Wait, I thought the article said she doesn’t pack any clothes? Like why is everyone mad at him when she literally sounded like she prepared? Maybe I read it wrong but either way “manchild” feels harsh.
Calling him a manchild is dumb. She said “go shopping here” like that’s her solution too. Also Crocs interview?? This whole thing is celebrity gossip, not a news story lol. Half these people never travel, y’all never forgot a charger? somehow you think that means adulthood ends.