Millie Bobby Brown Opens Up For First Time About ‘Unhealthy’ Relationship With TikTok Star Hunter Echo

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Millie Bobby Brown is looking back on a painful moment in her life. In a cover story with Allure published on Wednesday, the Stranger Things actress opened up about her former relationship with TikTok star Hunter Echo (real name Hunter Ecimovic) for the very first time.

Millie shared with the outlet the pair were in an “unhealthy situation” before she decided to walk away from him in January 2021.

While going through the troubling time, she recalled how she channeled all her energy into her performance as Eleven for season 4 of the popular Netflix series: News broke in July 2021 that Millie and Hunter had been in a relationship when she was only 16 years old and he was 20.

And after fans called him out about their age difference, the influencer took to Instagram Live to make hurtful and crude comments about Millie, including that the two were in a sexual relationship, living in her parents’ house for eight months — he also called her a “coward.” He even claimed at one point he “groomed” the young star. Related: Millie Says There’s A ‘Difference’ In How People Treat Her Now That She’s 18 Her reps denied his “offensive” remarks about the Enola Holmes star at the time, saying: Meanwhile, Hunter — who said he would “never apologize” — did eventually post a (since-deleted) TikTok video apologizing for his public outburst, saying it “should have never happened in the first place.” He also walked back his admission of grooming her, saying: See how he’s trying to downplay any wrongdoing?