'The Boys' star Valorie Curry sets boundaries after incident with crazy fan

Valorie Curry, who plays the MAGA-inspired superhero character Firecracker in Amazon’s The boysposted a video on social media asking for “boundaries” to be set after an “unpleasant experience at a fan convention.”

When I saw this, the first thing I thought of was the video Chappelle made to Roan a few weeks ago, where she demands the same thing from fans who feel they owe her more than public appearances they buy tickets for. Roan has set the tone for a new generation of celebrities who don't believe that being an artist means handing over your personal life to some idiots demanding selfies and autographs.

Howeverin this particular case, Valorie Curry was at a fan convention, a safe place where idiots can pay for the right to ask for selfies and autographs. What could have prompted Curry to post a video saying the following?

“I know people have seen a character I play on The Boys do really extreme things, and I don't care if you're wearing a costume, I don't care if you're acting your part – it's not OK and it's not funny to ask those things of me in person on my booth. It's not OK.”

“Honestly, I made it pretty clear to the person who did this repeatedly today that this was not OK, and that just seemed to make that person and their friend angry. I didn't think it needed an explanation, but I felt deeply uncomfortable – it was pretty clear that I was uncomfortable.”

In my poor, naive mind, I thought maybe some drunk fans were daring her to repeat some of her most outrageous MAGA-inspired quips. But I did a little research and while that would be annoying, what actually happened is much worse.

Curry's character in The boys is not only a right-wing extremist; she also knows how to turn Homelander, Trump’s superhero figure, into The boys. She's breastfeeding Homelander. And during that interaction, two guys dressed as Homelander repeatedly joked that Curry should breastfeed her, a joke that elicited no laughter from Curry or the others in line, all of whom were made extremely uncomfortable by the entire exchange.

In the video, Curry said that for the most part, she enjoys attending fan conventions, but that she can't continue “when people act like that, because it makes me so uncomfortable – and frankly, you should know better.”

I can't blame her. I also spent some time on Curry's Instagram while writing this article. She's badass.