Dahmer's victim's mother slams Golden Globes for awarding actor over Netflix series

Evan Peters, who essayed the role of Dahmer won an accolade at the event

Netflix's much-acclaimed docu-series Dahmer—Monster: The Jeffrey Dahmer Story recently bagged an award at the Golden Globe. After Evan Peter, the lead actor in the true crime anthology won an accolade for his acting skills, the mother of one of Jeffrey Dahmer's victims spoke out against the series, reports Forbes.

In a recent interview with TMZ, Shirley Hughes, the mother of Tony Hughes, whose gruesome murder by Dahmer was dramatised in the Netflix series, expressed her disappointment at the situation. She said, "People winning acting roles from playing killers keeps the obsession going and this makes sick people thrive on the fame. It's a shame that people can take our tragedy and make money."

Hughes then went on to note how Peter should have used his Golden Globes acceptance speech to pay tribute to the serial killer's victims and their families. She also believed that Peter shouldn't have opted to participate in the series in the first place "out of respect for the families still living with heartbreak from losing loved ones."

On the other hand, during his acceptance speech, Peter detailed his experience working the show, calling it "a difficult one to make, difficult one to watch," adding that he sincerely hoped "some good came out of it." It's impertinent to note that he didn't mention Dahmer's victims or their families.

Dahmer was nominated for four Golden Globes, but only took home Peter's win for Best Performance by an Actor in a Mini-Series.

After the show's release in September 2022, multiple family members of victims have come forward to criticise the show's creator Ryan Murphy and Netflix for never contacting them before filming the series.

In an interview with Los Angeles Times, Eric Perry expressed his disappointment at Netflix. His cousin Errol Lindsey was murdered by Dahmer in 1991. "We're all one traumatic event away from the worst day of your life is reduced to becoming your neighbour's favourite binge show. If a company like Netflix is going to create something that uses real-world people and experiences, you should at minimum contact those people out of respect," shared Perry.

Currently, Murphy has denied all claims that no one from the Dahmer team reached out to the families during an October Directors Guild of America event in Los Angeles, as per The Hollywood Reporter.

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