Ryan Murphy On ‘Monsters’ Criticism From Menéndez Brothers’ Family Who Call Series “Phobic” & “Gross”: “I Feel Like That’s Faux Outrage”
deadline.comRyan Murphy is firing back at criticism for his Netflix series Monsters: The Lyle and Erik Menéndez Story from the Menéndez brothers’ family.
In a new interview, the series creator says he is “used to being controversial” and comments on the general culture. “I feel like that’s faux outrage,” Murphy told People. “Because if you look at what we do, we give those boys so much airtime to talk about what they claim as their physical abuse.
We live in a sort of culture of outrage that a lot of things are knee-jerk, and that’s fine. I’m used to being controversial.
It’s not new to me.” Earlier this week, Erik’s wife, Tammi Menéndez, shared a letter written by his aunt, Joan VanderMolen, criticizing the series. “We are virtually the entire extended family of Erik and Lyle Menéndez,” VanderMolen started in the letter posted on X, the social media platform formerly known as Twitter. “We are 24 strong and today we want the world to know we support Erik and Lyle.
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