Amanda Seyfried says she received violent threats for controversial opinions on Charlie Kirk

Actress Amanda Seyfried has opened up about her experience after sharing her thoughts on Charlie Kirk, a political commentator who died late last year.

Late last summer, Charlie Kirk was murdered at a public speaking event at just 31 years old. The controversial political commentator was a huge advocate for guns, consistently voiced his lack of support for the lGBTQ+ community, and more. In one podcast episode, Charlie criticised affirmative action, saying Michelle Obama and other women who used it “do not have the brain processing power to be otherwise taken really seriously. You had to go steal a white person’s slot to go be taken somewhat seriously.”

After he died, @so.informed posted a compilation of some of Charlie Kirk’s most controversial comments. Amanda Seyfried left a comment, which instantly went viral.

 

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“He was hateful,” she said.

Later on, she clarified what she meant by these comments after receiving a wave of hate from Charlie Kirk supporters.

“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,” she said. “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?”

Now, in an interview with British GQ, she’s shed light on how deep this harassment went, and doubled down on her right to an opinion – something Charlie Kirk himself supported.

“A, I’m allowed to fucking voice my feelings, and B, do it in a way that’s not unkind necessarily,”  the actress said.

“But there’s just an outsized fear and hatred and impulse to bash and to tear down. And I experienced a very small fraction of that. I want my kids to feel safe voicing their opinions as long as they’re not harmful. So I’m like, ‘What do I do? What do I say?’ And then all of a sudden I find myself with a fucking bodyguard at the airport, and I’m like, ‘This is crazy.’”

Thankfully, the hate against Amanda has died down. Her next project is Steps, an animated Cinderella spin-off about the life of her misunderstood step-sister.

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