Netflix Apologizes for 'Inappropriate' Poster Slammed for 'Sexualizing Little Girls'

Netflix has come forward to apologize and has even gone on to withdraw a poster for its upcoming coming-of-age drama “Cuties.”

The artwork for the French-language film depicted four adolescent girls wearing revealing cheerleading outfits and posting provocatively, drawing backlash on social media for “sexualizing” little girls.

The Parents Television Council implored Netflix to remove the film, rated M, from its site.

“It is so revealing that the first major @netflix original to center young Black girls hinges on explicitly sexualising 11 year old children,” Twitter user Claire Heuchan tweeted. “Whether it’s acting or music, a sexualised image is too often the price of mainstream success for Black women & girls. Disgraceful.”

“Netflix has a movie called ‘Cuties’ about 11 year olds in a twerking dance group. Some of the reviews claim it’s a ‘commentary’ on the sexualization of children but this is the poster,” another user, Matt Walsh, wrote. “And keep in mind that the lead actress is actually 11 years old. In the film and real life.”

“We’re deeply sorry for the inappropriate artwork that we used for ‘Mignonnes’/’Cuties,'” a Netflix spokesperson said in a statement to Variety. “It was not OK, nor was it representative of this French film which premiered at Sundance. We’ve now updated the pictures and description.”

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