Millie Bobby Brown Responded After People Said She Sounds "So American" Now And "Barely" British

Millie Bobby Brown Responded After People Said She Sounds "So American" Now And "Barely" British

Millie Bobby Brown responded to comments about her accent change.

closeup of her talking into a mic
Jun Sato / WireImage

If this is the first you've heard about it, basically, people were saying she sounds less British than before following her appearance on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon last week.

Twitter: @manthonystein

"why does millie bobby brown sound SO American now," one viewer tweeted after the show.

Twitter: @lwtprettygrls

"Her British accent is barely there anymore," another person wrote in part.

User comment on the change in someone's accent after being in America for a long time

While a third said, "It almost sounds like she's doing an impersonation of an American accent throughout this interview."

Comment on a social media post reading "It almost sounds like she's doing an impersonation of an American accent throughout this interview" with likes and replies

Following the comments, Millie defended herself in an interview with podcaster Max Balegde.

closeup of her at the damsel movie premiere
Arturo Holmes / WireImage

"So I'm an actor," she began. "I grew up in the public eye. I grew up in America. I come to set and I'm an actor and I adapt. And so I want to mimic people."

A person in a pink sleeveless dress and a statement necklace, with a bun hairstyle, on a red carpet with a Netflix logo background
Angela Weiss / AFP via Getty Images

She continued, saying, "I can't help that when I'm around my fiancé, or I'm around people like Jimmy Fallon, who have very American accents, I wanna replicate it!"

her and her fiance holding hands as they walk the red carpet
Ndz / GC Images

"I don't do it intentional[ly], and I'm sorry if it offends you. But listen, I'm trying my best," Millie concluded, as Max chimed in to say Millie can do "whatever she wants."

closeup of her in a midi dress
Dimitrios Kambouris / Getty Images for Netflix

You can watch the full clip here.