The mother of one of Jeffrey Dahmer’s victims is speaking out following Evan Peters’ win at the Golden Globes. As previously revealed, the 35-year-old scooped up the award for Best Limited Series Actor for his portrayal of the serial killers in the Netflix series, “Dahmer – Monster: The Jeffrey Dahmer Story.” The show had been plagued by headlines from victims’ families following its release, with many saying that the streaming giant was doing nothing but exploiting the seventeen men and boys who Jeffrey murdered during his killing spree between 1978 and 1991.
Now, in an interview with TMZ, Shirley Hughes, the mother of Tony Hughes, is speaking out about Evan being honored with an award for his role in the thriller series on Tuesday, particularly since the actor made no mention of the victims or the families when he got up on stage to give his acceptance speech. “There’s a lot of sick people around the world,” she said, referring back to Jeffrey, who made Tony his 12th victim.
An incredible performance that deserves the win for Best Actor – Limited Series, Anthology Series, or Television Motion Picture! So happy for you, Evan Peters! 🙌 #GoldenGlobes pic.twitter.com/AjEhIqsFjf
— Golden Globe Awards (@goldenglobes) January 11, 2023
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“People winning acting roles from playing killers keeps the obsession going and this makes sick people thrive on the fame,” Shirley explained, clearly unhappy that a show about a real-life serial killer had not only “glorified” the murderous acts on Netflix but was now leading actors of the show to win awards.
Of course, this isn’t the first time Shirley has spoken out against show creator Ryan Murphy’s decision to move ahead with the series, despite claims that multiple families of the victims were not onboard with the series ever seeing the light of day.
Some families said that they didn’t want to be reminded of the horrendous acts caused by Jeffrey, nor did they want to relive the traumatic experience of how they had to come to terms with losing a loved one over heinous acts by the Wisconsin native who was beaten and killed by a fellow inmate in November 1994.
Best Actor winner Evan Peters and his long awaited Golden Globe Award 🖤 pic.twitter.com/qEbWsVWVhu
— evanlicious (@evanliciouss) January 11, 2023
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Rita Isbell, the sister of another victim, Errol Lindsey, was horrified when she caught clips of the show and saw that actress DaShawn Barnes had been cast to play her in the limited series, where she reenacted Rita’s emotional victim impact statement word-for-word.
Rita admitted that the scene “bothered me, especially when I saw myself – when I saw my name come across the screen and this lady saying verbatim exactly what I said.”