Amanda Seyfried Addresses Comments on Charlie Kirk: 'Taken Out of Context'
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Amanda Seyfried has clarified her comments about conservative activist Charlie Kirk’s death at 31.

“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,” Seyfried, 39, wrote via Instagram on Wednesday, September 17. “Spirited discourse — isn’t that what we should be having?”

Seyfried recently called Kirk’s political agenda “hateful” in a social media comment shared after his death. (Kirk was shot and killed last week during a speaking engagement at Utah Valley University.)

“We’re forgetting the nuance of humanity,” Seyfried added on Wednesday. “I can get angry about misogyny and racist rhetoric, and ALSO very much agree that Charlie Kirk’s murder was absolutely disturbing in every way imaginable.”

She continued, “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?”

Seyfried had initially responded to an Instagram post from So.Informed, which discussed Kirk’s controversial comments about abortion, immigration, the LGBTQIA+ community, transgender rights and other hot-button issues.

Amanda Seyfried Addresses Charlie Kirk Comments

Charlie Kirk.
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“He was hateful,” the Mamma Mia! actress replied.

Seyfried also seemingly commented on Kirk’s death by resharing a message via her Instagram Stories that read, “You can’t invite violence to the dinner table and be shocked when it starts eating.”

Kirk, the founder of right-wing organization Turning Point USA, was shot and killed while making a speech in Orem, Utah on September 10. Charlie is survived by his wife, Erika Kirk (née Frantzve), and their two children.

“Charlie loved life. He loved his life, he loved America, he loved nature which always helped him [feel] closer to God,” Erika, 36, said during a Friday, September 12, X livestream. “He loved the Chicago Cubs and my goodness did he love the Oregon Ducks. Most of all, Charlie loved his children and he loved me with all of his heart and I knew that everyday. He made sure I knew that every day.”

She continued, “Every day he would ask me, ‘How can I serve you better? How can I be a better husband? How can I be a better father?’ … He was such a good man. He still is such a good man. He was the perfect father. He was the perfect husband.”

A public memorial for Charlie will be held Sunday, September 21, at Arizona’s State Farm Stadium.

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