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Back in September of 2018, Stranger Things star Millie Bobby Brown, then 14-years-old, revealed that she and 32-year-old Drake texted each other on a regular basis.
“I love him,” Brown told Access Hollywood. “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.”
Brown added that she and Drake they “about boys, he helps me.”
Back then many people were put off, saying Drake texting with a 14-year-old was creepy and borderline, if not full blown, “grooming” of a child.
https://twitter.com/stichomancery/status/1042171861092757504
Fast forward a year and in an interview with Vanity Fair, 17-year-old Billie Eilish also says the new 33-year-old rapper regularly exchanges texts with her as well.
“Drake is like the nicest dude I’ve ever spoken to. I mean, I’ve only like texted him, but he’s so nice,” said Eilish. “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?”
Once again, people were creeped out by the fact that Drake exchanges texts with a famous girl in her teens, with some wondering why a 33-year-old man even has these teenage girls’ phone numbers let alone is texting them all the time.
https://twitter.com/morriah_l/status/1199049105844125697
bruh why am i just hearing about drake texting billie eilish? why is a whole 33 year old grown man texting a 17 year old girl?
— may⁷ (@rainbowshrub) November 27, 2019
Why is Drake texting 17 year old Billie Ellish? Are we going to pretend there’s not a pattern here of Drake texting underage girls that don’t have shit to with rap? Okay.
— Inclusive Today (@InclusiveToday) November 26, 2019
https://twitter.com/bearfaceV1/status/1199073029244030977
can we talk about drake texting billie eilish and millie bobby brown… he’s a whole ass grown man and they’re two underage girls… that’s some creepy shit if you ask me..
— chelsea (@chelseabacci) November 27, 2019
People also brought up previous instances of Drake’s behavior around underage women.
You say “unlikely friendship”, I say “latest example of predatory behaviour.” pic.twitter.com/lyYIbl8ZHR
— Mic Wright (@brokenbottleboy) November 28, 2019
https://twitter.com/INDIEWASHERE/status/1199737339754483718
Others pointed out that if Drake wasn’t famous, him texting teen girls would send out much bigger red flags.
https://twitter.com/goregremlin/status/1199797124470198272
https://twitter.com/fayekinley/status/1199340518104166407
https://twitter.com/tipiskyotin/status/1201094940920438785
Harmless friendship or not, it’s certainly inappropriate.