Amanda Seyfried reminded individuals of the distinction between disagreeing with somebody and wishing them hurt as she issued an announcement defending an Instagram remark she made criticizing Charlie Kirk after he was killed.
The star confronted vital blowback after responding to an Instagram video highlighting a few of Kirk’s most excessive public statements and social media posts.
It included a number of remarks denigrating Black girls, villainizing immigrants and trans individuals, denouncing contraception and one the place Kirk dismissed your complete idea of “empathy.”
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Among the many video’s 16,000 feedback was one from Seyfried that mentioned, “He was hateful.”
On Wednesday, the “Jennifer’s Body” actor issued an announcement on Instagram.
“We’re forgetting the nuance of humanity,” the Instagram textual content submit started. “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,” it went on. “This country is grieving too many senseless and violent deaths and shootings. Can we agree on that at least?”
Persevering with her commentary within the caption, the “Mamma Mia” star wrote, “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?”
Kirk was shot and killed final Wednesday throughout an occasion at Utah Valley College.
The suspected shooter, Tyler Robinson, was taken into police custody two days later and charged with aggravated homicide and a number of other associated offenses throughout a Tuesday court docket listening to.
Charging paperwork embody texts Robinson allegedly despatched to his roommate following Kirk’s assassination. One learn, “I had enough of his hatred. Some hate can’t be negotiated out.”
