With the release of the Ryan Murphy-produced true-crime series “Monster: The Jeffrey Dahmer Story”, family members of some of the notorious serial killer’s victims are expressing their displeasure with the dramatization.
27.09.2022 - 16:37 / ok.co.uk
Katy Perry has faced a backlash relating to lyrics about Jeffrey Dahmer after a new Netflix series put the serial killer's disturbing crimes in the spotlight for millions of viewers. Having watched the Monster: The Jeffrey Dahmer Story - fans have now taken an issue with the popstar's song 'Dark Horse'.
In particular, the line sung by Juicy J which reads: "She's a beast/ I call her Karma/ She eats your heart like Jeffrey Dahmer." The track was released way back in 2013 and did cause minor controversy at the time and for a few years after, but the new disturbing Netflix series has reinvigorated the hot topic of conversation again as a meltdown about the song looms. People have now taken to Twitter to voice their criticism about the lyrics.
One user wrote: "Katy Perry should catch some heat for using the lyric, 'She eat your heart out like Jeffrey Dahmer'.The level of disrespect to the victims and their families." Another took aim at Juicy J and said: "knowing the depths of what Jeffrey Dahmer did….juicy j wrong for what he said in that katy perry song." Other fans have pointed out that Katy Perry isn't the only singer to have used the bizarre analogy in their song. In Kesha's track, which was released in 2010, a line reads: "Be too sweet and you'll be a goner / Yeah, I'll pull a Jeffrey Dahmer." The new series on the streaming platform Monster: The Jeffrey Dahmer Story has quickly become a hit for Netflix and is currently one of the most watched series on TV at the moment.
With the release of the Ryan Murphy-produced true-crime series “Monster: The Jeffrey Dahmer Story”, family members of some of the notorious serial killer’s victims are expressing their displeasure with the dramatization.
Netflix series about the serial killer.Speaking to The Guardian, Shirley Hughes said that she hadn’t seen all of Dahmer – Monster: The Jeffrey Dahmer Story, which focused one of its 10 episodes on her son. However, she concluded that the events depicted “didn’t happen like that,” before questioning how such a show came to be made.“I don’t see how they can do that,” Hughes said.
Jeffrey Dahmer victim Tony Hughes, has spoken out against the Netflix series,, which depicts the serial killer’s murders. “I don’t see how they can use our names and put stuff out like that out there,” she said. In an interview with the , Shirley, now 85, has joined the growing number of relatives who have slammed Ryan Murphy’s dramatization starring Evan Peters as the gruesome killer who murdered 17 men and teenage boys over 13 years.
criticism from the family members of Dahmer’s victims, with some arguing the platform should have reached out to them beforehand about the series. “No matter what, it isn’t a good feeling for the family members, but it wasn’t a documentary, it’s a work of fiction,” Glass said. “For example, this idea that neighbors called all the time, they didn’t.
Whether it’s a documentary detailing the heinous crimes of the world’s most despicable serial killers or a dramatical exploration of what makes a murderer tick, the Netflix generation has no doubt become addicted to true crime shows. Netflix’s Monster: The Jeffrey Dahmer Story has become one of the most successful series for the streaming giant, with almost 500m hours viewed since its launch.
The Jeffrey Dahmer series Monster has officially landed on the list of Netflix‘s most watched TV shows of all time, just 12 days after debuting on the streamer.
, Ryan Murphy’s scripted true-crime series starring Evan Peters and Niecy Nash, is now one of Netflix’s most successful series of all time. The news comes just almost two weeks after it first debuted on Sept. 21, quickly garnering over 196 million hours of viewership within its first week. Now, according to the streaming platform, has logged in nearly 300 million hours – 299.8 million to be exact – in its second week online, making it the second most watched English-language series in a week behind . Additionally, the series accumulated 496 million hours viewed in just 12 days, with Netflix estimating that at least 56 million households have streamed the series. Unfolding over 10 episodes, the limited series chronicles the life and crimes of Dahmer, who became known as the Milwaukee Cannibal after murdering (and sometimes doing other gruesome things to the bodies) of 17 men and teenage boys from 1978 to 1991. Peters portrays the serial killer while Nash plays one of his suspecting neighbors, Glenda Cleveland.
Kesha's mother explained how the pop star's song "Cannibal" came to have a reference to the serial killer Jeffrey Dahmer. Pebe Sebert revealed that she actually wrote the lyric during a TikTok video she shared Sunday.The song became a topic of online discussion after Netflix released a series about Dahmer's murders. "Some context on the lyric that's bothering people 12 years later," she captioned the video.
Kesha's mum Pebe Sebert has revealed she wrote the controversial lyric about serial killer Jeffrey Dahmer in her daughter's song 'Cannibal'. The 2010 track has been thrust back into the spotlight following the release of Netflix's new drama 'Monster: The Jeffrey Dahmer Story' starring Evan Peters with many suggesting it was insensitive to the victims to name-check the multiple murderer in the song as the pop star sang: "Be too sweet and you'll be a goner. Yeah, I'll pull a Jeffrey Dahmer.
Netflix series about Jeffrey Dahmer.Discussing the controversial series Dahmer – Monster: The Jeffrey Dahmer Story on her talk show The View, Goldberg argued against the show.“Ryan [Murphy] is an amazing artist.
Netflix has removed the LGBTQ tag from series Dahmer – Monster: The Jeffrey Dahmer Story after it was criticised by viewers.The series was categorised with the LGBTQ tag when it was first released on September 21, but it was removed two days later on September 23, according to Variety.At the time of its release, the show was also tagged under “ominous”, “psychological”, “horror”, “vintage crime” and “dark”.As reported by the Los Angeles Times, the tag’s attachment to the series was criticised by some viewers. While Dahmer fits the category as a serial killer who was a gay man, as one viewer on TikTok noted, “this is not the representation we’re looking for”.On Twitter, a viewer wrote: “Why would Netflix put the dahmer story under lgbtq….
Telling the truth. Jeffrey Dahmer’s victim’s family spoke out about the two new Netflix shows about the serial killer. Rita Isbell, brother of Errol Lindsey who was one of the last victims of Dahmer, wrote an essay for Insider about how she and her family were impacted by the show.
Netflix‘s “Dahmer — Monster: The Jeffrey Dahmer Story,” which stars Evan Peters, the song has faced backlash for referencing the infamous serial killer, according to Indy100.The lyrics, which appear midway through the track, are “She’s a beast/ I call her Karma/ She eats your heart like Jeffrey Dahmer,” and were rapped by featured artist Juicy J. “It still upsets me when I hear the line in the song ‘Dark Horse’ ‘She eats your heart out like Jeffrey Dahmer’ and I always make my daughter turn the station,” wrote one angry Twitter user. “It’s so disrespectful to the victims families,” the person continued.
Although serial killer Jeffrey Dahmer is long deceased, his name has caused a buzz again in the news, this time in conjunction with pop stars Katy Perry and Kesha. In the wake of "Monster: The Jeffrey Dahmer Story" being released just under a week ago on Netflix, climbing to the top spot on the streaming service, fans are critical of two songs, sung by Perry and Kesha, that made crude references to the cannibalistic acts of Dahmer.