Specifically, they have taken offense over the fact that actress Lupita Nyong’o admitted that the villainous voice of her doppelganger in the horror movie is based on spasmodic dysphonia disorder.
Lupita Nyong’o decided to take spasmodic dysphoria and “amplify” it for her character in Us.
Nyong’o revealed that she got the idea while watching Robert F. Kennedy Jr., who has spasmodic dysphonia, speak at a fashion event.
Indie Wire was the first to report the Lupita Nyong’o and Us controversy.