Criminal Minds star Paget Brewster hits out at TV critic for review
“Criminal Minds” star Paget Brewster lashed out at ScreenRant contributor Shealyn Scott on X on Saturday afternoon for her story complaining about the changes Paramount+ has made to the long-running procedural drama.
“Hi critic Shealynn Scott,” Brewster wrote in the now-deleted post. “You’re young. You don’t know that bad pictures and bad reviews can cause 350 people to lose their jobs. Sell vintage. Work at a shelter. Do something better than what you’re doing now. Because right now you suck.”
Film and TV critics were quick to fire back in replies. David Rooney, chief film critic at The Hollywood Reporter, wrote in his response to Brewster: “This looks really bad. An actor on a long-running show attacking a young reviewer who contextualizes her respectful criticism with clear knowledge of the material — says a lot more about your thin skin than it does about her professionalism. ‘Working in a shelter,’ really?!”
Senior ScreenRant writer Andy Behbakht also defended Scott, writing: “This is disgusting behavior on your part, and very tragic to see you tear down a young female journalist who you literally say is ‘bad’ and that she shouldn’t be in the field she’s in. I stand with my colleague, and you owe her an apology.”
Brewer rapologized for the post on Sunday. She wrote on
“Criminal Minds” premiered on CBS in 2020 and was revived for Paramount+ in 2022 as “Criminal Minds: Evolution.” Scott’s piece discussed the changes “Criminal Minds” underwent when it went from linear to streaming.
“From details as small as a ratings change to TV-MA — which gives David Rossi (Joe Mantegna) and Emily Prentiss (Paget Brewster) the occasional heated expletive — to new leads like Tyler Green (Ryan-James Hatanaka), there’s no doubt that ‘Criminal Minds: Evolution’ has its own unique identity,” Scott wrote in her story. “Many of the changes in the sequel have been warmly received, and ‘Criminal Minds’ undoubtedly still works as a gripping crime drama, but there are just as many adjustments that feel more like downgrades, including the new 10-episode season structure. While logical in theory, the shortened seasons unfortunately work against ‘Criminal Minds’ biggest strengths.”
