Ryan Murphy Thinks the Menéndez Family Don’t ‘Understand’ ‘Monsters’, Is Their ‘Reflexive’ Reaction Correct (Exclusive)

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The show’s co-creator tells PEOPLE that ‘Monsters: The Lyle and Erik Menéndez Story’ is not intended to be a ‘documentary about the Menéndez brothers’

<p>Kevin Winter/GA/The Hollywood Reporter via Getty </p> <p> Ryan Murphy at the FYC red carpet event for FX” title=”Ryan Murphy speaks on stage at the FYC Red Carpet Event for FX”> </p> <p> <i></i></p> <p>Kevin Winter/GA/The Hollywood Reporter via Getty </p> <p> Ryan Murphy at the FYC red carpet event for FX’s ‘Feud: Capote vs. The Swans’ at the DGA Theater Complex on May 29, 2024 in Los Angeles </p> <ul> <li><strong>The drama of Ryan Murphy and Ian Brennan <em>Monsters: The Story of Lyle and Erik Menéndez </em>premiered on Netflix on September 19 and provoked negative reactions from Erik and the Menéndez family</strong></li> <li><strong>Murphy tells PEOPLE he finds the family’s response “fake outrage” and that he “doesn’t understand what the family can claim didn’t happen” on the show</strong></li> <li><strong>The Emmy winner says about it <em>Monsters</em>“We don’t present any of it as truth. We present it as someone’s opinion.”</strong></li> </ul> <p>Ryan Murphy doesn’t mind being a little controversial.</p> <p>Murphy’s latest show <em>Monsters: The Story of Lyle and Erik Menéndez</em> drew criticism from Erik Menéndez and his family members, with his family calling the Netflix series “phobic, crude, anachronistic” and “full of falsehoods and outright falsehoods” in a September 25 statement on social media.</p> <p>“I feel like this is false outrage,” Murphy, 58, tells PEOPLE. “Because if you look at what we do, we give those guys so much airtime to talk about what they claim is their physical abuse. We live in a kind of culture of outrage that many things are taken for granted, and that’s fine. I’m used to being controversial. It’s not new to me.”</p> <p> Related: Erik Menéndez slams Ryan Murphy’s New <em>Monsters</em> Series like ‘Horrible’ and full of ‘blatant lies’ </p> <p>The 38-time Emmy nominee calls the series “the best thing to happen to the Menéndez brothers in thirty years” since their case returned to the spotlight. </p> <p>“It’s everywhere. Their case is suddenly a water cooler conversation,” Murphy says. “A lot of people think they were dealt a bad hand in that second trial, a lot of people think they should be dealt a new trial, and I think it’s good to have those conversations. And I know the guys from prison have been telling people in prison that they’re happy with this show because it’s starting so many conversations. So if we do something that can promote a conversation about abuse and ask the question, “was that second trial fair?” Then I did my job.”</p> <p><em>Monsters</em> repeats the story of Erik and Lyle Menéndez, two brothers who shot and killed their parents José and Kitty in 1989 after years of what they claimed was physical abuse at the hands of their father. While the brothers initially tried to blame the murders on the mob, Erik, now 53, eventually confessed to his therapist that he and Lyle, now 56, committed the crime.</p> <p> <img decoding=

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Thinks the father of three Monsters “is so controversial” because of the complexity of the story.

“People are uncomfortable with the idea that two things are possible at the same time. They want good and bad people. They don’t want complicated guys,” says Murphy. “I think Eric and Lyle did monstrous things – not just the murders, but the other crimes they committed. I think they were morally corrupt at a young age. If you believe the testimony and evidence, I think the parents were monsters too.

“But the family says: I’m a monster for daring to talk about it, and that’s okay. I don’t mind being complicated. I know my intentions were good. We just really wanted people to talk about this topic and it’s an uncomfortable topic, I understand.”

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Murphy hopes the show “ultimately leads to something positive for those two brothers,” including a re-examination of their case.

“I wouldn’t go so far as to say they should be released, but I think their case should be re-examined, and I think new evidence should be presented,” he said. “If that case had been tried and all the evidence had been admitted today, I think they probably would have been charged and found guilty of manslaughter and they would be out of jail by now. Did they go too far? Yes. Had they gone crazy at the time? Yes. But they have been model prisoners. “I’ve talked to people in prison who say they’ve been fully rehabilitated and can now actually do good for society in some capacity, and I think that deserves to be looked at.”

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Monsters: The Story of Lyle and Erik Menéndez now streaming on Netflix.

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