The appearance happened days after a report said that Brown had filed a harassment and bullying claim against Harbour.

Millie Bobby Brown and David Harbour appear chummy at Stranger Things season 5 premiere amid bullying controversy

The appearance happened days after a report said that Brown had filed a harassment and bullying claim against Harbour.

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on November 7, 2025 9:36 a.m. ET

'Stranger Things' stars Millie Bobby Brown and David Harbour attend the show's season 5 premiere. Credit:

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Days after a report alleged that Millie Bobby Brown had filed a "harassment and bullying claim" against *Stranger Things* costar David Harbour, the actors put on a united front at the premiere of the show's fifth and final season on Thursday.

Netflix posted video of them embracing to the screams of fans.

On Saturday, *Daily Mail*, citing a source,* *reported that Harbour faced an internal inquiry after Brown complained about his behavior toward her. She had reportedly done so before filming for season 5 began, and as a result, she had a personal representative with her on the set, according to the outlet.

"There were pages and pages of accusations," the source told the newspaper. "The investigation went on for months."

*Daily Mail* noted that none of the allegations involved "sexual impropriety."****Netflix, Harbour, and Brown have not commented on the report.**

***Get your daily dose of entertainment news, celebrity updates, and what to watch with our EW Dispatch newsletter.******* Harbour and Brown have spoken about their family-like relationship before.

Harbour, 50, said in a July 2021 interview on the *That Scene With Dan Patrick* podcast that he had "always felt this kind of deep fatherly affection for her."**

Now 21, Brown was just 12 when the sci-fi series premiered in 2016. At PaleyFest in 2018, the actress said that she and Harbour had an intense relationship. Two seasons of the Emmy-winning show were out at the time.

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"We went through so many different emotions,” Brown said, per Refinery 29. "We get angry at each other, we are like father and daughter. We got angry at each other, we would express our feelings on and off the set, and...those scenes were so raw and real that the reward is the scenes."**

At the same panel, Harbour, who has no children and is currently going through a messy divorce with singer Lily Allen, explained that his role as a father figure was an entirely new feeling.

David Harbour as Jim Hopper, and Millie Bobby Brown as Eleven on 'Stranger Things'.

Courtesy of Netflix

"It's a funny thing. I love acting, I love it so much, and what I love about acting is that it's personal, and that you get to explore parts of your psyche that you may not be able to explore in real life," Harbour said. "Because you don't have, let's say, children, because you don't have things like that...so this was unlocking in me as a human being of a love that was human but that was pure."

The first part of *Stranger Things* season 5 is available Nov. 26 on Netflix.**

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