Millie Bobby Brown, 19, announced her engagement to Jake Bongiovi, 20, as many social media users have blasted the news due to their young age leading to an old Ariana Grande comment resurfacing.
The Instagram post by the Stranger Things star was filled with comments about her being to young to marry but Ariana’s, 29, comment from a 2018 post may have been the most eyebrow-raising of all.
At the time Millie was dating musician Jacob Sartorius , 20, as she shared a snap of them kissing by the beach.
Many celebrities had flooded the comments at the time but it was Ariana’s reply which has come back into the spotlight amid recent events.
Grande wrote: ‘i wasn’t even allowed to leave my house til i was 20’
Millie Bobby Brown is engaged! Stranger Things star, 19, reveals she is set to tie the knot with boyfriend Jake Bongiovi, 20
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Hmm: The Instagram post by the Stranger Things star was filled with comments about her being to young to marry but Ariana Grande’s, 29, comment from a 2018 post may have been the most eyebrow-raising of all as at the time Millie was dating musician Jacob Sartorius , 20
Grande wrote at the time: ‘i wasn’t even allowed to leave my house til i was 20’
Stunning: The songstress is seen in a recent photoshoot for her REM Beauty range
Meanwhile Stranger Things actress announced the news with a sweet Instagram post on Tuesday alongside her beau who is the son of legendary singer Jon Bon Jovi.
Showing off her glimmering rock with a monochrome picture, the teenage star beamed from ear to ear while in the arms of her new fiancé.
She penned in the caption: ‘I’ve loved you three summers now, honey, I want ’em all’.
The comments section was filled with many celebrities and fans showing their support but there were a fair share of detractors.
One commented: ‘Sorry to be a killjoy but this is not going to last, millie you grew up too fast, you deserve a normal and fun adolescence. You are 19.’
Another said: ‘You are too young to be making this decision,’ while a separate commenter wrote: ‘Girl didn’t you just turn 19?’
Regardless of the negativity, Jake also shared an announcement post to his own page, simply writing ‘forever’ alongside two snaps of the couple.
Celebrating the joyous news, the smitten couple took part in a beachy photoshoot – with Millie dressed in a crochet dress while Jake donned a cream polo shirt.
The comments section was filled with many celebrities and fans showing their support but there were fair share of detractors as one commented: ‘Sorry to be a killjoy but this is not going to last, millie you grew up too fast, you deserve a normal and fun adolescence. You are 19’
The announcement confirms some speculation that has been circulating on social media over recent weeks, after she flashed a glimpse at the ring in a recent post.
Posing behind the wheel of a convertible car in a picture last month, Millie looked away from the camera and lifted her hand in the air, showing the prominent diamond ring on her finger.
While she also sparked rumours in August when she was seen wearing a gold diamond ring on her wedding finger during a PDA-packed outing.
Sharing that they had spent ‘three summers’ together in the announcement post, it comes after the actress recently dished the dirt on how she and Jake met.
Millie explained that they connected on Instagram and became friends through the platform, before romance was sparked.
Forever: Regardless of the negativity, Jake also shared an announcement post to his own page, simply writing ‘forever’ alongside two snaps of the couple
Hinting: The announcement confirms some speculation that has been circulating on social media over recent weeks, after she flashed a glimpse at the ring in a recent post
Answering the internet’s most searched questions about her, she said: ‘We met on Instagram. And we were friends for a bit, and then, what can I say?’
She introduced Jake to her 62.7M followers in June 2021 with a cute photo of him posted to Instagram, but it wasn’t until she posted a picture of him planting a kiss on her cheek that they were ‘Instagram official.’
Millie called Jake her ‘partner for life’, in a gushing post where she shared a series of pictures of the couple back in January 2023.
The English actress became an internationally recognized child star on the smash hit Netflix series Stranger Things.
Smitten: The duo are thought to have gone official with their romance in 2021 (pictured in October)
Famous family: New Jersey-born Jake (far left) is the third child of rocker Jon Bon Jovi, real name John Francis Bongiovi Jr (pictured far right)and his wife of over 40 years Dorothea (pictured second right)
Jake accompanied the star on the red carpet in New York, at the star-studded premiere for Stranger Things season four in May.
Millie’s romance has gone into overdrive just as her career has flourished. She currently stars on the fourth season of the hit Netflix show.
The 1980s-set show follows a group of teens in a fictional Indiana town as they battle supernatural forces unleashed by shadowy government organisations.
While New Jersey-born Jake is the third child of rocker Jon Bon Jovi, real name John Francis Bongiovi Jr, and his wife of over 40 years Dorothea.
Source: dailymail.co.uk
