{"id":6419,"date":"2026-06-22T19:58:39","date_gmt":"2026-06-22T19:58:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/criminal-minds-star-paget-brewster-lashes-out-at-tv-critic-for-negative-article\/"},"modified":"2026-06-22T19:58:39","modified_gmt":"2026-06-22T19:58:39","slug":"criminal-minds-star-paget-brewster-lashes-out-at-tv-critic-for-negative-article","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/criminal-minds-star-paget-brewster-lashes-out-at-tv-critic-for-negative-article\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8216;Criminal Minds&#8217; star\u00a0Paget Brewster lashes out at TV critic for negative article"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/pagesix.com\/wp-content%2Fuploads%2Fsites%2F3%2F2026%2F06%2Fpaget-brewster-slams-critic.jpg?quality%3D90%26strip%3Dall\" \/><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>\u201cCriminal Minds\u201d star Paget Brewster told off a ScreenRant\u00a0TV critic for writing <a href=\"https:\/\/screenrant.com\/criminal-minds-paramount-plus-seasons-too-short-backfires\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">a negative article<\/a> about the long-running series. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cHello critic Shealynn Scott,\u201d Brewster began her since-deleted X post on Saturday, calling out the article\u2019s author, Shealyn Scott, directly \u2014 though misspelling her name. \u201cYou\u2019re young. You don\u2019t know that bad pics and bad reviews can lead to 350 people losing their jobs.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSell vintage. Work at a shelter. Do something better than what you do now,\u201d the the 57-year-old actress added. \u201cBecause right now you suck.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-full\"><figcaption>\u201cCriminal Minds: Evolution\u201d actress Paget Brewster lashed out at ScreenRant TV critic Shealynn Scott on X (post above) for writing what she considered a \u201cbad\u201d article about the show. <span class=\"credit\">Twitter\/pagetpaget<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-full\"><figcaption>Brewster (seen above) told Scott to go \u201cwork at a shelter\u201d and \u201cdo something better than what you do now.\u201d <span class=\"credit\">Instagram\/@pagetpagetgram<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<aside class=\"single__inline-module aligncenter wp-block-nypost-editor-primary-tag\">\n<\/aside>\n<p>In Scott\u2019s article from Saturday, titled \u201cParamount+\u2019s Criminal Minds Format Change Finally Backfires,\u201d she called out some of the show\u2019s \u201cdowngrades,\u201d including the reduced episode order.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThough logical in theory, the shortened seasons are unfortunately working against \u2018Criminal Minds\u2019\u2019 greatest strengths,\u201d Scott wrote, in part.<\/p>\n<p>The article\u2019s main image was of Brewster\u2019s character, FBI agent\u00a0Emily Prentiss, whom she\u2019s portrayed since 2006.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-full\"><figcaption>Brewster (seen above in the show with Joe Mantegna) also told the journalist she \u201csuck[s].\u201d <span class=\"credit\">Justin Lubin\/Paramount+<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-full\"><figcaption>Brewster (pictured above in the show with Aisha Tyler and Zach Gilford) received backlash from fans and other journalists for her scathing post. <span class=\"credit\">Paramount +<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Brewster\u2019s post sparked backlash from fans and other journalists, including Scott\u2019s colleague, ScreenRant senior writer\/interviewer Andy Behbakht.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis is disgusting behavior on your part, and really tragic to see you tearing down a young female journalist whom you are literally telling that she \u2018sucks\u2019 and that she shouldn\u2019t be in the field that she is in,\u201d Behbakht wrote back to Brewster on X. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cI stand by my colleague, and you owe her an apology,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, ScreenRant\u2019s branding, PR and editorial director, Rob Keyes, noted on X that Scott\u2019s article \u201cwasn\u2019t even a review,\u201d but rather \u201ca feature about how the show would benefit from more episodes due to its storytelling.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-full\"><figcaption>One of Scott\u2019s colleagues told Brewster (seen above) that she\u2019s \u201cdisgusting\u201d and owed Scott an apology. <span class=\"credit\">Getty Images for  Alex&#8217;s Lemonade Stand Foundation<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-full\"><figcaption>Brewster (seen here picketing outside Warner Bros. Studio in 2023) deleted her post and apologized to Scott. <span class=\"credit\">Getty Images<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Following the backlash, Brewster deleted her post and apologized the next day.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHi guys, I was mean to Shealyn Scott last night and I profoundly regret it,\u201d\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/pagetpaget\/status\/2068771495854420028?s=20\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">she wrote<\/a> on Sunday. \u201cShame on me for insulting a human being for doing their job.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m very sorry, Shealyn,\u201d Brewster continued. \u201cAnd I\u2019m sorry to those who follow me that you saw me behave like that. Turns out, last night, I sucked.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Scott, in <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/shealynwrites\/status\/2068855584376426591?s=20\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">her own post<\/a>, confirmed Brewster \u201calso reached out privately to apologize to me.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201c\u2018Criminal Minds\u2019 is still one of my all-time favorite shows, and I\u2019m very excited to continue covering s19 (and hopefully beyond!),\u201d Scott added.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-full\"><figcaption>The actress wrote in part, \u201cI was mean to Shealyn Scott last night and I profoundly regret it.\u201d <span class=\"credit\">Twitter\/pagetpaget<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-full\"><figcaption>In her own post (above), Scott said Brewster also apologized to her privately. <span class=\"credit\">Twitter\/pagetpaget<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cCriminal Minds\u201d has been on the air since 2005. <\/p>\n<p>After Season 15 concluded in CBS in 2020, <a href=\"https:\/\/pagesix.com\/2026\/06\/11\/entertainment\/how-to-watch-connor-storrie-in-criminal-minds-evolution-for-free\/\">the show<\/a> moved to Paramount+ in 2022 under the new title, \u201cCriminal Minds: Evolution.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The series is currently in its 19th season and was renewed for Season 20 in March.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/pagesix.com\/2026\/06\/22\/entertainment\/criminal-minds-star-paget-brewster-lashes-out-at-tv-critic-for-negative-article\/\" target=\"_blank\">Source link<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u201cCriminal Minds\u201d star Paget Brewster told off a ScreenRant\u00a0TV critic for writing a negative article<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":6420,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6419","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-entertainment"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/paget-brewster-slams-critic.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6419","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6419"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6419\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/6420"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6419"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6419"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6419"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}