"American Horror Story" alum Naomi Grossman is coming to Ryan Murphy's defense amid the growing debate surrounding "Monsters: The Lyle and Erik Menendez Story."
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00:00You played such an iconic role in Ryan Murphy's American Horror Story, Pepper.
00:07I wanted to ask, a lot of fans are really upset with him over his recent casting choices.
00:13Travis Kelce, he cast Kim Kardashian, he's working with her again in All is Fair, he
00:19cast Gaga, he cast a lot of people at the moment.
00:22I wanted to know, what do you say to fans and to people that are kind of upset with
00:26him, that think he's sort of ruining his reputation, ruining his brand, and they don't like him
00:32casting these of the moment celebrities?
00:35I mean, I think haters gonna hate, you know?
00:39I mean, he just put out six new shows in the last two weeks, so I would challenge anyone
00:46hating on him to try doing that.
00:48Do you feel like it's good work?
00:51Do you like the shows he's been doing?
00:53Yes.
00:54I mean, I've been deep diving the Eric Lyle Menendez brothers right now, and that fifth
01:02episode, I'm sure you know all about it, but it's literally a wide shot that pans so slowly,
01:12you can't even, it's like a glacier.
01:15But by the end, 33 minutes later, it's like a close-up of Eric, and it's masterful.
01:22A lot of people think that he's essentially responsible for Eric Menendez and the brothers
01:27getting out of jail.
01:28You feel like he had a DPA to that?
01:29Did that happen?
01:30Well, they might get out of jail.
01:32Good!
01:33And Menendez's brother says they hate the show.
01:38Yeah, I don't understand that.
01:42Only because, again, having watched it, and I don't know anything about them.
01:46I mean, I remember when that happened, but obviously the show has given them a lot of
01:57attention lately, obviously.
02:00But also, I mean, they're such sympathetic characters, I mean, you're rooting for them.
02:05You think, boy, that Kitty and Juan had it easy with their heads blown off.
02:12Honestly, what those boys went through, again, I don't know the real story, I don't know
02:18how much is fiction, how much is alleged abuse, but I think they're painted as total victims,
02:25and my heart goes out to them.