“Criminal Minds” star Paget Brewster apologized Sunday for excoriating a journalist who wrote something she didn’t like, telling her to “work at a shelter” and declaring, “you suck.”

ScreenRant writer Shealyn Scott had compared the series’ newest iteration, “Criminal Minds: Evolution” on Paramount+ to the original CBS series, listing several changes from the original, including its new 10-episode season limit.

“Though logical in theory, the shortened seasons are unfortunately working against Criminal Minds’ greatest strengths,” Scott wrote in a piece headlined “Paramount+’s Criminal Minds Format Change Finally Backfires.” “There’s no doubt that ‘Criminal Minds: Evolution’ has its own unique identity. Plenty of the continuation’s changes have been received warmly, and Criminal Minds unquestionably still works as a gripping crime drama, but there are just as many tweaks that feel more like downgrades.”

The CBS series ended in 2020 after 15 seasons and was revived in the new format by Paramount+ in 2022. In both, Brewster stars as investigator Emily Prentiss.

Brewster, whose Paramount-approved series PR photo adorned the story, lashed out in a post she later deleted. The piece had not critiqued any of the actors’ performances, and writers typically don’t choose a story’s photos or write the headlines.

“Hello critic Shealynn Scott,” Brewster wrote, according to Variety. “You’re young. You don’t know that bad pics and bad reviews can lead to 350 people losing their jobs. Sell vintage. Work at a shelter. Do something better than what you do now. Because right now you suck.”

Fellow entertainment writers leaped to defend the young author, who has analyzed and written about television series for ScreenRant since 2024 and is listed as a “self-publishing senior writer” on the site. On Sunday a contrite Brewster apologized.

“Hi guys, I was mean to Shealyn Scott last night and I profoundly regret it,” she wrote in a follow-up X post. “Shame on me for insulting a human being for doing their job. I’m very sorry, Shealyn. And I’m sorry to those who follow me that you saw me behave like that. Turns out, last night, I sucked.”

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