Ryan Murphyis doubling down on hisdefenseofMonsters: The Lyle and Erik Menendez Story.

“Ill tell you my thoughts about the Menendez brothers,” he toldThe Hollywood Reporterin a recent interview.

“The Menendez brothers should be sending me flowers.

NEW YORK, NEW YORK - APRIL 23: Ryan Murphy attends the Time 100 Gala 2019 at Jazz at Lincoln Center on April 23, 2019 in New York City. (Photo by Sean Zanni/Patrick McMullan via Getty Images). Erik Menendez, left, and is brother Lyle, in front of their Beverly Hills home. They are prime suspects in their parents murder.

Ryan Murphy and Lyle and Erik Menéndez.Sean Zanni/Patrick McMullan via Getty; getty

They havent had so much attention in 30 years.

And its gotten the attention of not only this country, but all over the world.

Theres sort of an outpouring of interest in their lives and in the case.

Erik Menendez (L) and his brother Lyle (R) listen during a pre-trial hearing, on December 29, 1992 in Los Angeles after the two pleaded innocent in the August 1989 shotgun deaths of their wealthy parents, Jose and Mary Louise Menendez of Beverly Hills, Calif.

Erik and Lyle Menéndez in court in 1992.VINCE BUCCI/AFP via Getty

Erik Menendezcondemned the seriesin a Sept. 19statementshared by his wife Tammi on X. I can only believe they were done so on purpose.”

Done on purpose by whom?

He stated that he was “never that interested in the Menendez brothers.

What I was interested in was the topic of sexual abuse.

Its something in our culture we rarely talk about.

That was an outrage.”