Did David Harbour Quietly Back Millie Bobby Brown’s Claims? Stranger Things Star Admits Past Mistakes
The Upside Down isn’t the only thing rumbling: Daily Mail claims Millie Bobby Brown has filed a formal complaint against co-star David Harbour, and the online buzz exploded after Harbour’s latest interview landed just hours before the report surfaced.
Stranger Things drama alert, and not the fun kind. The internet is buzzing over reports that Millie Bobby Brown filed a formal complaint against her on-screen dad, David Harbour. Then Harbour gave a reflective interview about pain, mistakes, and regret hours before those reports hit. Coincidence? Maybe. Convenient timing? Absolutely.
The short version
- The Daily Mail reported that Millie Bobby Brown allegedly filed a formal complaint against David Harbour before filming the final season, accusing him of bullying and harassment.
- Those reports say the complaint ran pages long and sparked a months-long internal investigation. There was explicitly no allegation of sexual misconduct.
- Just hours before those stories surfaced, Harbour spoke to Esquire Spain (via Just Jared) about living with mistakes and the value of pain in an artist's life.
- He never mentioned Brown or Stranger Things by name, but the tone had fans wondering if he was bracing for impact.
- As of now, neither Brown nor Harbour has publicly commented on the reports.
What Harbour actually said
Asked if he would change anything about his life, Harbour went philosophical. The part everyone keeps circling comes down to this:
"I would change either everything or nothing. You either accept your path completely and realize that even the pain and the slip-ups and the mistakes are all part of the journey... It’s kind of like a house of cards, the minute you try to change one thing you kind of have to change it all."
He also talked about how being an artist means pouring your real life into the work so people can connect with something genuine. If you have not been through anything, he argued, you do not have much to offer creatively. He even admitted that if he could change things, he might make his life easy and carefree — but then he would not be the artist he is, and, as he put it, "that would suck."
From father-daughter vibes to reported fallout
Not that long ago, Brown was openly praising Harbour. In an Entertainment Weekly chat, she called him one of the greatest men and said she admired how much he respects girls and women. Fans loved their father-daughter chemistry as Eleven and Hopper, and it felt like that warmth carried off set.
The new reports paint a very different picture: a formal complaint filed before cameras rolled on the final season, with detailed allegations and an internal investigation that stretched for months. Again, the reporting specifies there was no sexual misconduct alleged. The suggestion is that tensions had been building for a while — which, if true, makes the switch from their earlier mutual admiration to this moment pretty jarring.
What is firm vs. what is fuzzy
All of this hinges on reporting from outlets, not direct statements. The complaint, the investigation, the specifics — none of that has been confirmed by the actors involved. Harbour’s interview is real and recent, but whether it was a cryptic response or just unfortunate timing is up to interpretation. For now, it is a lot of smoke and not much official fire.
Meanwhile, about Season 5
Previous seasons of Stranger Things are streaming on Netflix. One outlet is already planting a flag on November 26, 2025 as the Season 5 premiere date; Netflix has not announced that officially.