Why Millie Bobby Brown Apologized to Stranger Things Cast After Finale

Millie Bobby Brown was feeling upside down after Stranger Things ended.

Nearly six months after the Netflix series concluded following five seasons, the actress shared how the finale had taken a toll on her mental health.

“I went into a little bit of a slight, slight depression,” Brown told Josh Horowitz at the June 24 live recording of his Happy Sad Confused podcast in New York City, per Variety. “It was very hard for me. I would not have expected that coming off of the show. I’m a very happy-go-lucky person.”

The 22-year-old admitted that concluding the show—which ran from 2016 to 2025—left her feeling vulnerable in her relationships with costars like Finn Wolfhard, Sadie Sink, Caleb McLaughlin, Gaten Matarazzo and Joe Keery. So much so, in fact, that she felt like she needed to reach out to “mend” their friendships.

“They probably thought I was crazy,” she recalled. “I was like, ‘We’re still friends, right? Like, you’re not gonna stop talking to me anymore?’ I was like, ‘I’m sorry if I ever upset you,’ and was just trying to mend anything. ‘It’s been 10 years, and I really want to be friends. You’re my sibling.'”