The Truth About Drake's Relationship With Millie Bobby Brown

Highlights

• Drake's friendship with Millie Bobby Brown has sparked controversy due to their age gap.
• The rapper met the Stranger Things star in Australia and has frequently texted her for advice.
• Fans are divided on whether Drake's relationships with young stars are innocent or concerning.

Drake is one of the biggest rappers in the world today. The Canadian superstar has sold upwards of 260 million records, making him filthy rich in the process. With a massive entourage and an inner circle that boasts the likes of Beyoncé and The Weeknd, the rapper is living the high life, but he's also extended invites into his friend-group from those you'd least expect.

In 2017, Drake and Millie Bobby Brown, from the hit Netflix series, Stranger Things,formed quite a close friendship, sparking a lot of questions as to how this all came to be. While their age gap has raised a few red flags, it's clear that the duo are, in fact, friends, so much so that Millie had to put a stop to the incessant questioning.

The Stranger Things star was, after all, a teenager when the two started being friends. Brown's celeb pal is a grown man, so this enigma requires a deep dive. Here's the truth about Drake's relationship with Millie Bobby Brown.

Updated May 2024:It is not just fans who have noticed that Drake makes friends with teenagers, despite being in his thirties. Most recently, he was called out in Lamar Kendrick's diss track, "Not Like Us." However, on the track no one was mentioned by name. But when responding to the track via "The Heart Part 6," Drake specifically mentioned Millie Bobby Brown's name in the song. A move that has many scratching their heads and wondering just what the relationship was like over the years between Drake and Brown.

11 The Age Gap Between Drake Millie Bobby Brown

Millie Bobby Brown was 13 when she started being friends with a then-30-year-old Drake

First off, the elephant in the room needs to be addressed: Drake is a (now) 37-year-old man, while Brown has only recently turned 20. While that may seem odd, it's actually not uncommon for adult celebs to befriend younger stars. After all, just look at Michael Jackson's friendship with Macauley Culkin.

10 How Drake And Millie Bobby Brown First Met

Millie Bobby Brown and Drake met in 2017 at the Brisbane Supernova Convention

The pair first met in Australia at the Brisbane Supernova Convention in 2017. At the time, Drake was 30, while Brown was a mere 13-year-old.

Drake is a massive Stranger Things fan, so he fanboyed over Brown, who plays Eleven. It seems that they immediately hit it off and have been friends ever since.

9 Drake Texts Millie Bobby Brown Frequently

Drake started texting Millie Bobby Brown in 2018

Ever since their first meeting, Drake has been texting Brown all the time.

At the 2018 Emmy Awards, Brown openly spoke about her relationship with the rapper.

"You know we text," Brown explained. "We just texted each other the other day and he was like 'I miss you so much', and I was like 'I miss you more', he's great."

Flexx Mag claims to have the receipts for Drake and Brown's text conversations.

In the screenshots, Drake sends Brown a selfie and then asks her to send one back. When Brown doesn't reply, he writes, "R u mad at me?"

It should be noted that the veracity of the screenshots is unclear.

8 Mille Bobby Brown Was Not The Only Teen Star Drake Texts

Drake also texted Billie Eilish when he was texting Millie Bobby Brown

It turns out that Millie Bobby Brown isn't Drake's only teenage friend. When interviewed by Vanity Fair in 2019, Billie Eilish, who was 17 at the time, revealed that Drake had been texting her.

"I've only like texted him, but he's so nice," Eilish explained. "Like, he does not need to be nice, you know what I mean? He's at a level in his life where he doesn't need to be nice, but he is, you know?"

7 Fans Think The Relationship Between Drake And Millie Bobby Brown Is A Little Creepy

People thought that a 33-year-old Drake texting a 14-year-old Millie Bobby Brown was inappropriate

When it was revealed that Drake had been texting Brown, some fans said that they found it quite creepy. As one fan wrote on Twitter, "I am sorry, but after news came out a while ago that 33-year-old Drake was texting 14-year-old Millie Bobby Brown, this is creepy as hell."

With regards to Billie Eilish, fans have said that it's pretty normal for the singer to view Drake as merely being "nice" to her, but as Eilish gets older she will likely see the relationship as problematic.

"I loved it when I was 17 and adult men wanted to know me," one Twitter user wrote. "It's only in hindsight that I found it weird, and it's really on adults to interrogate what 'being nice' actually means here."

6 Some Fans Say The Relationship Between Mille Bobby Brown And Drake Is Sweet And Innocent

Other fans said that the relationship between Drake and Millie Bobby Brown is nothing but positive

Not everyone thinks that Drake's relationship with Brown is inappropriate. As one Reddit user wrote, "I don't know where the questionable comments come from, what I've read seems innocent. Like say one celeb who started young sees another and is friendly as way [sic] of being a positive mentor?"

It does make sense that child stars are inevitably going to befriend adult actors, since kids are the minority in the industry. For instance, when making Taxi Driver, Jodie Foster was 12, while co-star Robert De Niro was 33. The older actor adopted a mentor role and, according to a W Magazine interview with Foster, "it was De Niro who taught her the alchemy of acting."

5 Drake Gives Millie Bobby Brown Boy Advice

Milly Bobby Brown went to Drake for teenage dating advice

What exactly does a man in his 30s have in common with a teenager? Well, it seems that Drake has adopted a mentor/big brother role.

Talking to Access Hollywood, Brown explained that Drake gives her advice "about boys, he helps me".

When asked about the details of this boy advice, Brown said that it "stays in the text messages", which some found a little troubling.

4 Millie Bobby Brown Said She Loved Drake

Millie Bobby Brown confessed to loving Drake when she was 14 years old

When interviewed on the red carpet in 2018, the then 14-year-old Brown said of her relationship with Drake, "I love him." Moreover, when posting a photo of herself and Drake on Instagram, Brown's caption simply read, "this guy..." followed by a red heart emoji. Fans didn't take too kindly to this, with one commenting, "highly sus activity".

However, others pointed out that people needed to stop looking too deeply into the relationship.

"He's not even dating her or grooming her. She literally said they just TEXT," commented another fan.

3 Millie Bobby Brown Addressed The Backlash

Millie Bobby Brown defended the relationship with Drake as a friendship and nothing more

Brown is not oblivious to the backlash that her friendship with Drake has garnered.

In 2018, she addressed the unsavory rumors. "Why u gotta make a lovely friendship ur headline? U guys are weird... For real."

Brown explained that she felt blessed to have someone like Drake enable her career and offer wisdom and advice.

2 A Worrying Pattern Of Behavior Or Innocent Fun Between Drake And Millie Bobby Brown

Drake has a pattern of befriending and dating teenagers

Many fans have been quick to pull out some skeletons from Drake's closet. In particular, fans have noted his penchant for dating teenagers.

According to Vice, Drake met his ex Bella Harris when she was just 16 years old. He has also been linked to Hailey Bieber, who would have been 19 at the time of their relationship in 2016, though he has known her since she was 14 years old.

Moreover, a video in 2019 surfaced of Drake kissing and touching an underage girl at a concert in 2010.

1 Millie Bobby Brown's Friendship With Mariah Carey

Millie Bobby Brown has been friends with other adult celebrities, including Mariah Carey

With regards to Millie Bobby Brown, it seems likely that the relationship is innocent. For instance, Brown is evidently aware of the dangers that girls face, as she has been vocal in her support of women's equality.

What's more, she is friends with Mariah Carey, another adult celeb. That relationship has not attracted any backlash whatsoever, mainly because Mariah Carey's kids, Monroe and Moroccan, are fans of the show.

Source: Reddit, Vice