The Stranger Things<\/a> actress, 21, missed her scheduled slot in the studio on Monday, Dec. 15, and instead appeared via video link with her Christmas tree visible in the background, explaining to the audience and her costar Noah Schnapp <\/a>that an injury had prevented her from getting to the studio.<\/p>\n Schnapp, also 21, said he was \u201cso sad\u201d that Brown wasn\u2019t in the studio with him before the audience was shown the clip of Brown<\/a>.<\/p>\n \u201cHey, everyone at GMA, I\u2019m really sorry I couldn’t be there with you guys,\u201d Brown said, adding, \u201cI took a fall,\u201d while showing her arm in a black sling.<\/p>\n \u201cBut I wanted to still participate in any way I could because, you know, Noah, I have to make it about me,\u201d the new mom quipped before asking her costar, whom she referred to as her \u201cbest friend,\u201d a seasonal question.<\/p>\n Kate Green\/Getty <\/p>\n Millie Bobby Brown attends the “Stranger Things 5” UK Special Screening<\/p>\n \u201cWhat is your favorite family tradition to do at the holidays, slash favorite memory?\u201d she asked him before signing off her clip, \u201cI love you, good morning!\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cAh Mill, I wish she was here,\u201d Schnapp said before responding that he and his family play a funny word game over the holiday season.<\/p>\n As well as being co-stars in the huge Stranger Things franchise, Schnapp and Brown are firm friends off-screen too, with Brown asking Schnapp to play a very important role in her family.<\/p>\n During an appearance on The View<\/a> earlier this month, the actor opened up about what being the godfather to his longtime friend’s newborn daughter means to him<\/a>.<\/p>\n “Oh, it\u2019s like, such an honor. It\u2019s crazy because we\u2019ve grown up together and we\u2019d talk. When we were little kids, she was like, \u2018When I have a kid, you\u2019re definitely going to be the godfather to my kid,\u2019 ” he recalled. “Then we grew up, she had a kid, and like, now I am.”<\/p>\n Never miss a story \u2014 sign up for PEOPLE’s free daily newsletter<\/a> to stay up-to-date on the best of what PEOPLE has to offer\u200b\u200b, from celebrity news to compelling human interest stories.<\/p>\n Meanwhile, this isn\u2019t the first time injury has prevented Brown \u2014 who shares her daughter with her husband, Jake Bongiovi<\/a> \u2014 from appearing on screen. Back in 2018, the then 14-year-old star was forced to miss the MTV Movie & TV Awards after splitting her kneecap<\/a>, explaining her absence via Instagram.<\/p>\n \u201cHi guys. So another milestone in my life. I\u2019ve never actually broken a bone except for now. I have split my kneecap,\u201d Brown said in a video. \u201cFrom the doctor\u2019s orders, he told me to rest up. So I won\u2019t be attending the MTV Awards this weekend.\u201d<\/p>\n![\"Kate](\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/2f69c9922e038e4fd2732b238fca5fcd.jpeg\"\/)
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