Millie Bobby Brown knows what it's like to have coworkers become oddly fascinated by what's in your lunch.
During a recent episode of Hot Ones, the British actor was asked about "British classics" and opened up about one of her favorites: a jacket potato, aka a baked potato.
Millie shared that she likes hers topped with beans, cheese, and HP sauce — but when she brought meals like that to the set of Stranger Things, it was met with a somewhat strong reaction from her American costars.
“When I was on Stranger Things, I used to get food-shamed a lot,” Millie said. “When I would go on, they’d be all American, and they’d be like, ‘Mate, what the fuck are you eating?’”
"Because they were like, ‘It’s like you live in the 1800s and you found some, like, specialty. It’s, like, wrapped in tinfoil,'" she continued.
Millie said the comments eventually got to the point where she would hide while eating.
"I'd, like, hide in a corner, because they'd be like, 'What is that?' And I was just like, 'It's a jacket potato with beans and cheese,'" she said, lowering her voice in an embarrassed tone. "It's nothing."
Although Millie laughed while telling the story, some viewers found the reaction from her costars unnecessarily rude.
"Shamed for eating a baked [potatoe]," one Reddit user wrote. Another replied, "I'm confused, English food is not that exotic."
Others said the issue wasn't the potato itself but the toppings — though they still felt making fun of someone's food was rude.
"Baked potato covered in beans is very British. But making fun of any cultures food is weird," one person wrote.
For many people, the part that stuck out was Millie saying she'd hide while eating.
"The fact she started hiding to eat is the part that actually makes me feel bad," another said.
People also took the moment to defend English cuisine.
"People seriously need to stfu about 'haha england food bad.' It's everywhere, it's constant, and it's largely untrue," one person wrote.
"I moved to England from Canada and heard so many jokes about how I was going to starve because English food was terrible. I got there and was like WTF!? Nothing in the fucking WORLD beats a well made Sunday roast. Toad in the hole? Ham egg and chips with really nice ham!? Sausage rolls from Gregg's!? I'm OBSESSED with English food lol," another shared, while one more added, "Don't forget Fish n Chips from a great chip shop."
Someone else wrote, "We went to London, expecting horrid food a year agoI was walking for 7 days in London with something in my hand to eat or drink cause I was in love with the food and drink."
And one person summed up the reactions by writing, "People really can be judgemental over the dumbest shit."
Have you ever had a jacket potato prepared Millie's way, or another topping combination you'd recommend? Put me on!