Paget Brewster has apologized after lashing out at ScreenRant writer Shealyn Scott on X, telling her “you suck” over coverage of “Criminal Minds: Evolution,” and then regretting the language publicly.
Paget Brewster didn’t just take issue with a piece of coverage—she went after the person behind it.
The “Criminal Minds: Evolution” actress apologized on X after telling ScreenRant writer Shealyn Scott “you suck” for her coverage of Brewster’s show. “Hi guys, I was mean to Shealyn Scott last night and I profoundly regret it,” Brewster wrote on X.
She followed that with a sharper admission of intent and impact. “Shame on me for insulting a human being for doing their job. I’m very sorry, Shealyn. And I’m sorry to those who follow me that you saw me behave like that. Turns out, last night, I sucked.”
Before the apology, Brewster’s original post—since deleted—was far less measured. She lambasted Scott for the Paramount-approved photo Scott chose for an article about the series, and for what Scott wrote.
“Hello critic Shealyn Scott,” Brewster wrote. “You’re young. You don’t know that bad pics and bad reviews can lead to 350 people losing their jobs. Sell vintage. Work at a shelter. Do something better than what you do now. Because right now you suck.”
The wording—and the directness of it—prompted immediate pushback from readers. One person wrote on X on June 21. 2026: “Publicly telling a young woman that she sucks because she wrote an article criticising the 10 episode structure of criminal minds is kinda gross. No Paget Brewster, right now you suck.”.
They added criticism aimed at the personal nature of the message. “Especially for using her full name.” The same commenter continued: “What does this achieve?. One screen rant article is not going to cost 350 people their jobs. Right now Paget is the one looking bad, even when she’s trying to publicly shame someone else.”.
Brewster has starred on the long-running series since its second season in 2006. The show is now in its 19th season, and was rebranded by Paramount+ in 2022.
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She apologized so it’s fine right? People say dumb stuff all the time.
Okay but why was she even going at a writer like that. “350 people losing their jobs” sounds like she’s making stuff up or exaggerating.
Wait so the writer chose a photo and that made 350 people lose jobs?? I’m confused. Also ScreenRant writers are basically bots half the time so idk.
This is why I hate X, everyone’s mad for like 10 minutes then “apologizes” and everyone moves on. But the full name thing is super weird… like she’s not mad at the article, she’s mad at the person. Also why is this about Paramount approved pics? sounds like a PR mess to me.