“I don’t have many friends, because of who I am,” she said, recalling that she and her similarly young Stranger Things co-stars completed their education through private classes on set. “I didn’t go to school, so I don’t have the best social skills when it comes to people my own age and friendships.”

Brown’s husband, Jake Bongiovi, has also welcomed the quieter pace of living. Brown and Bongiovi, 22 — who is the son of Jon Bon Jovi and his wife, Dorothea Hurley — wed in May 2024 after first being linked three years before.