The Boys‘ fourth season debuted on June 13, 2024, and concluded on July 18, 2024, earning a Certified Fresh rating and high viewership numbers, but because of its political satire, it has also been subjected to review-bombing from hateful and toxic fans. The production did not care about this and, in fact, publicly mocked and criticized these fans, with Eric Kripke telling these fans to simply stop watching the show.

The season was an especially successful outing, and among the things that helped were the new characters introduced in this season, some of which will also return for Season 5. One of them is Firecracker, played by actress Valorie Curry, who was one of the most interesting additions to the series.

We have reported on both the character and the actress’ comments on more than one occasion, but the actress has once more entered the spotlight after a fairly troublesome incident that happened to her in Belfast, as she took to the Internet to criticize the “fans” for such behavior.

Valorie Curry is currently in Belfast, Northern Ireland, where she is attending the Northern Ireland Comic Con and is part of the series’ panel. The actress appeared in full costume in front of the fans, and from what we could understand, the fans could approach her, talk to her, and probably get a photograph or an autograph. But, two “fans” (because we cannot call such people fans) crossed the line, and while the actress has not been specific about what happened, she has made it abundantly clear that such behavior is not acceptable in a video posted online:

“Hey guys. Just got back from the first day of Comic-Con in Northern Ireland, Belfast. And by and large, everyone was fantastic, I’ve only just started doing these conventions on my own and everyone for the most part has been so lovely, kind and respectful. (…) We do need to talk about boundaries and what is appropriate in terms of behaviour. I know people saw a character that I played do some pretty extreme things – on The Boys. I don’t care if you’re in costume. I don’t care if you are in character. It’s not okay and it’s not funny to demand those things from me in person at my booth. It’s not okay. Frankly, to the person who did that repeatedly today, I made it pretty clear that it wasn’t okay and that only seemed to make this person and their friend angry. I didn’t think this needed to be explained, but I was deeply uncomfortable. It was quite clear I was uncomfortable. I really want to be able to do [conventions]. I really enjoy getting to meet the fans and talk about the characters that I played – honestly, I really love it. I want to be able to do this. I’m not going to be able to do [conventions] if people are acting this way because it makes me so uncomfortable and honestly you should know better. Everybody else knows better, and again, I don’t know what reaction you were looking for [because] nobody was laughing.”

Source: Covered Geekly

It is more or less clear what the fans were demanding from these comments and we can only support and stand by the actress, as such behavior is inappropriate and unacceptable, especially towards a woman. We just hope that she does not experience any similar incidents in the future and that this was an exception.

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