Apparently, there wasn’t much support for publicly lampooning a 12-year-old as one of the worst actresses of the year. Alongside predictable nominees like Tom Hanks in Elvis and, well, everything about Morbius,

Rising young actress Ryan Kiera Armstrong has worked with A-listers including Julianne Moore, Scarlett Johansson and Nicolas Cage.

Since our motto is ‘Own Your Bad,’ we realize that we ourselves must also live up to it,” Razzie co-founder John Wilson said, citing a new 18 years and older policy for

Drew Barrymore—who played Armstrong's character in the original Firestarter adaptation—called the Razzie nomination "bullying"

After facing intense backlash for targeting 12-year-old actress, the "anti-Oscars" issues apology and rescind nomination.

The Razzie Awards are making some changes following the backlash surrounding 12-year-old Ryan Kiera Armstrong’s nomination for “Worst Actress” for her performance in Firestarter. First, the organizers of the film awards have retroactively removed Armstrong from the nominee list.

John Wilson, the head of the Golden Raspberry Awards (The Razzies Awards), issued an apology after receiving backlash for nominating 12-year-old “Firestarter” actress Ryan Kiera Armstrong for Worst Actress.