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 “toxic fandom” 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 “Dad of four, Christian,” which she calls “hilarious.”
The comment has now been picked up by the New York Post’s PageSix and Fox News, putting even more attention on Supergirl’s 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 didn’t 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 ‘Dad Of Four, Christian’ Critics
Alcock’s comments came while discussing the reaction to her previous Vanity Fair remarks, where she said people have become too comfortable with a “weird ownership of women’s bodies.”
In Variety, Alcock says she never specifically said “men,” only “people,” 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 “Dad of four, Christian,” which she said was “hilarious.”
PageSix covered the remarks under the headline: “‘Supergirl’ actress mocks critics, says a lot of them are Christian dads.”
Fox News also picked up the story, reporting that Alcock pushed back against online critics ahead of Supergirl’s release while calling out those same “Dad of four, Christian” 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 “handling it beautifully,” adding that she would never make everyone happy and should “just be true” 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 Alcock’s 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 Gunn’s 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 Gunn’s Nazi-world storyline.
The same season also included a crude prison line involving Nicholas Hoult’s Lex Luthor, stating that DC characters rape each other.
So when the new Supergirl star is now getting headlines for mocking “Dad of four, Christian” 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.
