Millie Bobby Brown clapped back at fans who criticized Jake Bongiovi for not carrying her belongings or pushing their baby’s stroller, pushing back with a pointed message about women holding their own and the hypocrisy of expecting different help one moment an
Millie Bobby Brown isn’t backing down after fans turned her family outings into a performance review.
On Kylie Kelce’s “Not Gonna Lie” podcast, released Thursday, June 11, 2026, the “Stranger Things” star defended her husband, Jake Bongiovi, after critics complained that he wasn’t carrying her bags or pushing their baby’s stroller during recent outings.
In a preview of the episode, Brown directly challenges the backlash. She asks, “When did women become incapable of holding their own bags, car seats and stuff?”
Her response doesn’t stop at the principle—she points to her own routine. Brown says the criticism stems from her handling the work herself: “This stems from me holding all of my suitcases and bags and my kid and people are like. ‘Your husband doesn’t hold a single thing.’ Because I’m three miles ahead. I have been planning this all night.”.
Brown also calls out what she views as contradictory expectations around women helping women. She pushes back on the idea that empowerment can’t coexist with scrutiny aimed at a partner who isn’t doing the same visible tasks people expect in public.
The controversy, she says, has been fueled by vocal fans who want to see Bongiovi “pull his weight” during family outings with Brown and their adopted child—claiming he seemingly never gives her a hand.
Brown’s message to those critics is clear: she insists Bongiovi understands she can carry what she needs, and she isn’t interested in being reframed as someone who needs his help to do it.
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