Shonda Rhimes, the producer of the Netflix series Bridgerton, released a different statement. “What began as a joyful social media celebration by Barlow & Bear has degenerated into the brazen appropriation of intellectual property purely for Barlow & Bear’s commercial profit,” Rhimes says. “Just as Barlow & Bear would not allow others to benefit off their intellectual property, Netflix cannot sit back and let Barlow & Bear do the same with Bridgerton.”
