Amanda Seyfried has refused to apologize for her comments on Charlie Kirk following his death.
Kirk was killed in September
Charlie Kirk, a right-wing political commentator, was shot and killed on September 10 during a campus event run by his group Turning Point USA at Utah State University. He was 31.
After his death, Seyfried, 40, commented on an Instagram post about the shooting. She wrote, “He was hateful.”
She then clarified her comment
The comment she made at the time received a lot of backlash, which prompted her to clarify her stance in a September 17 post.
She wrote, “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 imaginable.”
Seyfried wasn’t on board with his messages
“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?” she went on in the post.
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In the caption, she added, “I don’t want to add fuel to a fire.”
She feels it was taken out of context
The Housemaid actress added in her caption, “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?”
She recently also said she wasn’t apologizing
In a more recent interview with Who What Wear, published on Wednesday, December 10, Seyfried said that she refuses to apologize for her comments.
“I’m not f****** apologizing for that. I mean, for f*** sake, I commented on one thing,” she said.
Seyfried is standing her ground
“I said something that was based on actual reality and actual footage and actual quotes,” she added to the outlet.
“What I said was pretty damn factual, and I’m free to have an opinion, of course.”
She’s at least glad to be able to express herself
“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,” Seyfried added.
