Actress Amanda Seyfried refuses to apologise for calling conservative activist Charlie Kirk ‘hateful’
Actress Amanda Seyfried has doubled down on her assessment of the late Charlie Kirk as “hateful”, as the accused killer of the conservative activist faces court for the first time.The Oscar-nominated actress, who has starred in movies including Mean Girls, Mamma Mia, Les Miserables, The Housemaid, and The Testament of Ann Lee, originally commented on an Instagram post about Kirk on September 14, several days after his death.
“He was hateful,” she wrote.
Actress Amanda Seyfried has refused to apologise for calling Charlie Kirk “hateful”. (Getty)
“I’m not f—— apologising for that. I mean, for f—- sake, I commented on one thing,” she said.
“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.”
Charlie Kirk hands out hats before speaking at Utah Valley University the day he was killed. (AP)
The post in question featured a sequence of quotes by Kirk, whose views on feminism, people of colour, immigration, gun rights, LGBTQ+ people, and more, made him the darling of the far right.
Since his alleged murder at a public speaking event on September 10 at Utah Valley University, his supporters, including US President Donald Trump and Vice President JD Vance, have celebrated him as a champion of free speech and Christian faith.
Meanwhile, people critical of Kirk’s comments have been subject to a widespread online name-and-shame campaign that has led to job losses and even visa revocations.
Following her original post, Seyfried took to Instagram again to explain her position.
“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 wrote.
“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?”
Tyler Robinson, accused of the murder of Charlie Kirk, appears during a hearing in Fourth District Court in Provo, Utah, on December 11. (Rick Egan/Pool/The Salt Lake Tribune via CNN)
Her comments were published as Kirk’s accused killer, 22-year-old Tyler Robinson, faced a Utah court for the first time.
Robinson has been charged with aggravated murder and felony use of a firearm, as well as obstruction of justice, witness tampering, and commission of a violent offence in the presence of a child.
He has not yet entered a plea to the charges.
