Kirk, a 31-year-old conservative activist, was shot and killed in the neck while giving a speech at a college in Utah on September 10. At first, Seyfried wrote, “He was hateful,” responding to Kirk’s passing. Some conservatives on the internet accused Seyfried of suggesting Kirk’s death was warranted in the remark.
During her press tour for “The Testament of Ann Lee,” Amanda Seyfried told Who What Wear that she would not apologise for calling Charlie Kirk “hateful” following his shooting death earlier this year. “I’m not fucking apologizing for that,” Seyfried said. “I mean, for fuck’s sake, I commented on one thing. I said something that was based on actual reality and actual footage and actual quotes. What I said was pretty damn factual, and I’m free to have an opinion, of course. Thank God for Instagram. I was able to give some clarity, and it was about getting my voice back because I felt like it had been stolen and recontextualized—which is what people do, of course.”
In an independent Instagram post, she addressed the criticism and the backlash she received: ““I don’t want to add fuel to a fire. I just want to be able to give clarity to something so irresponsibly (but understandably) taken out of context. Spirited discourse – isn’t that what we should be having?” Seyfried wrote.
She said, “We’re forgetting the nuance of humanity. I can get angry about misogyny and racist rhetoric and ALSO very much agree that Charlie Kirk’s murder was absolutely disturbing and deplorable in every way imaginable. No one should have to experience this level of violence. This country is grieving too many senseless and violent deaths and shootings. Can we agree on that at least?”
