Everybody wants to be a celebrity - the money, the fame, being admired for your work. But one part wouldn't be so fun: whenever you're out in public, fans will come up to you, and expect you to stop and chat. Most of the time, that's no big deal. You have a free minute to take a picture. But what if you're busy, or tired, or in a bad mood, or on your way somewhere? Sometimes you want to be left alone. But if you don't give your fans everything they want, they'll get mad, slam you online, and call you a jerk.
That's what happened to 14-year-old "Strangers Things" star Finn Wolfhard. A group of excited fans waited for him outside his hotel. They were hoping to meet the young actor, get an autograph, take a picture, have a slumber party, be friends forever. But when Finn showed up, he just said "hi" and kept walking. One of the fans snapped, "That's rude," then complained about it on Twitter, calling Finn "heartless."
Wow - entitled much? Luckily, a celebrity from another hit show has got Finn's back:
, aka Sansa Stark herself, from Game of Thrones.
Over the past seven seasons, we've watched Sansa grow up, transforming from a quiet, naive young girl into a shrewd, strong young woman. Sophie's grown up as well. When she first auditioned for Game of Thrones, she was 12 years old. Now she's 21. She knows all about what it's like to live in the spotlight and deal with fans overstepping their boundaries. In an epic Twitter rant, Sophie leapt to Finn's defense:
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"Damn... seeing fully grown adults wait outside the ‘Stranger Things’ kids’ hotels etc , and then abuse them when they don’t stop for them is super weird. A. What adult in their right mind waits for a CHILD outside their hotel and B is then is offended when the CHILD doesn’t stop."
Stalking celebrities is creepy enough, but stalking a 14-year-old celebrity? That's a whole new level.
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"It doesn’t matter if they are an actor... they are kids first. Give them the space they need in order to grow without feeling like they owe anyone anything for living their childhood dreams."
Sophie went on to break down what it feels like to be in Finn's situation, and what celebrities
don't
owe their fans.
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"Oh and ps. Imagine.. you, a parent, walking with your 13 year old son/daughter and seeing a fully grown adult pointing their camera phone at your kid. You would do anything you could to delete that persons photograph, and remove your child from that situation as soon as you could. It doesn’t matter if that child happens to be an actor and consented to a professional film crew capturing their moves when in character.. That does NOT mean that this child consented to being followed around with a camera in their face. I don’t care if it “comes with the job”. It doesn’t."
Hey, celebrities are people too. You can watch their shows whenever you want, but you can't make them do whatever you want.
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"And how dare you shun and demean that child when they don’t pose for an adult strangers photograph or walk over and talk to them when they take that NOT CONSENTED FOR photo. Doesn’t that go against everything we teach our children anyway? Pshhhh. Some people man."
Rumor has it that both Arya Stark and the
demogorgon have "dealt with" the angry fan. He won't be bothering Finn, or anyone else, ever again. Great news!
