The group will now adopt new voting guidelines stating that no one under 18 can be nominated for a Razzie.
The"valid criticism" he and his colleagues received"brought our attention to how insensitive we’ve been in this instance," said Wilson. As a result, the group has removed Armstrong's name from the final ballots its voting members will receive next month ahead of this year's Razzies Awards ceremony on March 11.
Wilson went on to say that the outcry had caused the group to adopt new voting guidelines stating that no one under 18 can be nominated for a Razzie. Armstrong isn't the first child actor to be nominated for a Razzie over the years. Jake Lloyd, who was still a child when he played young Anakin Skywalker in 1999’s “Star Wars: The Phantom Menace," was nominated the same year.
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