Amandla Stenberg Defends the DM She Sent a Film Critic After Receiving Lots of Backlash

Amandla Stenberg is speaking out to defend the Instagram DM she sent to a film critic who reviewed her new movie Bodies Bodies Bodies.

The DM was sent to The New York Times‘ film critic Lena Wilson, who then shared the message in a tweet.

In the review, Lena wrote, “The only thing that really sets Bodies Bodies Bodies apart is its place in the A24 hype machine, where it doubles as a 95-minute advertisement for cleavage and Charli XCX’s latest single.”

“ur review is great, maybe if you had gotten ur eyes off my tits you could’ve watched the movie!” Amandla wrote to Lena.

“do you think she instagram DM’d Alison Willmore, Justin Chang and Anthony Lane like this or,” Lena wrote, referring to other film critics. She added, “always weird when the homophobia is coming from inside the house but this is something.”

Click inside to find out what she said while defending the DM…