Penn Badgley, who plays a murderous stalker on the Netflix series You , appeared to blame the streaming platform for fans fixation on real-life serial killers. (Watch the video below.)

Asked by Entertainment Tonight recently about people finding themselves attracted to serial killers, the actor said in an edited TikTok clip: You need to look at that, inside. Now to be fair, with our show, youre meant to fall in love with him. Thats on us. Ted Bundy, thats on you. Jeffrey Dahmer, that is on, that is on Netflix . That is squarely on the shoulders of Netflix.

Yeah, its weird, man.

In addition to the long-running You, featuring Badgley as a charming murderer , Netflix streamed dramatized works about notorious real-life killers Bundy and Dahmer.

Badgleys callout of basically the hand that feeds him appeared lighthearted, but there is a real diagnosis for many crushing on those who carry out heinous crimes. Its called hybristophilia, or Bonnie and Clyde syndrome.

Basically, its a sexual attraction to someone whos committed some sort of outrageous and extraordinary crime, criminologist Jeffrey Ian Ross told Womens Health .