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Supergirl star Milly Alcock is drawing more attention for her latest
comments about online critics, and this time the backlash is expanding
beyond the usual otoxic fandomo debate.

In the same Variety profile where Alcock attacks fans, the actress singles
out some critics as anonymous burner accounts or profiles with names like
oDad of four, Christian,o which she calls ohilarious.o

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The comment has now been picked up by the New York PostAs PageSix and Fox News, putting even more attention on SupergirlAs fan problem before the
movie opens.

Instead of hearing how good the movie is, the starring actress is looked
at as attacking fans. The approach didnAt work out for similar-type
actresses and movies such as Brie Larson and The Marvels, Rachel Zegler
and Snow White, Amandla Stenberg and The Acolyte, and Ncuti Gatwa and
Doctor Who.

Alcock Mocks aDad Of Four, ChristianA Critics
AlcockAs comments came while discussing the reaction to her previous
Vanity Fair remarks, where she said people have become too comfortable
with a oweird ownership of womenAs bodies.o

In Variety, Alcock says she never specifically said omen,o only opeople,o
and argued the backlash proved her point.

She then described some of the criticism as coming from faceless accounts, burner profiles, or someone calling himself a oDad of four, Christian,o
which she said was ohilarious.o

PageSix covered the remarks under the headline: oaSupergirlA actress mocks critics, says a lot of them are Christian dads.o

Fox News also picked up the story, reporting that Alcock pushed back
against online critics ahead of SupergirlAs release while calling out
those same oDad of four, Christiano profiles.

Peter Safran Backs Alcock
The Variety article also reveals that DC Studios co-head Peter Safran
reached out to Alcock after the reaction to her earlier comments.

Safran told Alcock she was doing great and ohandling it beautifully,o
adding that she would never make everyone happy and should ojust be trueo
to herself.

That makes this more than just an actor talking off the cuff. DC Studios
knows about the fan reaction, and Safran appears to be backing AlcockAs approach instead of steering the campaign away from the topic.

For a movie already facing box office pressure, that is a risky strategy.

DCU Already Has A Religion Problem
The comments also land at a bad time because James GunnAs DCU has already faced criticism over how it handles religion and shock content.

As previously covered, Peacemaker Season 2 included a scene mocking Jesus Christ and glorifying the Nazi-controlled alternate Earth, which drew
backlash for tying Christian references to GunnAs Nazi-world storyline.

The same season also included a crude prison line involving Nicholas
HoultAs Lex Luthor, stating that DC characters rape each other.

So when the new Supergirl star is now getting headlines for mocking oDad
of four, Christiano accounts, it feeds into an existing concern: James
Gunn and DC Studios may be alienating part of the same audience it needs
to show up.

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