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Shortly after Charlie Kirk was killed, actress Amanda Seyfried’s comment on a post about him sparked backlash. On September 13, 2025, an account called @So.Informed shared an Instagram Reel that included several statements Charlie made about Black people, Gaza, women, reproductive healthcare, trans people, and immigrants. The account urged people to “get to know the man you’re eulogizing…in his own words!” Amanda left a succinct comment on the post: “He was hateful.”
Some people criticized her for it.
As of Thursday, December 11, Amanda’s comment on that post has garnered 21, 719 likes, suggesting that a decent number of people agree with her. But there were also lots who didn’t. The backlash prompted her to share a statement on Instagram. In it, she explained that she could be “angry” about Charlie’s “misogyny and racist rhetoric” while also agreeing that his murder was “absolutely disturbing and deplorable in every way imaginable.”
She made it very clear that she does not condone violence, and was merely reacting to things that Charlie had said before. “No one should have to experience this level of violence,” she asserted. “This country is grieving too many senseless and violent deaths and shootings. Can we agree on that at least?”
Though Amanda responded to the controversy, she doesn’t feel the need to apologize.
The controversy came up during a recent interview with Who What Wear. She told the publication that she briefly considered deleting the comment, but decided against it. The amount of attention it garnered was alarming at first, but she made the choice to address it directly without apologizing for her comment.
After all, all she did was leave a short comment on an Instagram post. She also felt that her comment was “pretty d— factual.”
“I’m not f—ing apologizing for that,” she told the publication. “I mean, for f—‘s sake, I commented on one thing. I said something that was based on actual reality and actual footage and actual quotes. What I said was pretty d— factual, and I’m free to have an opinion, of course.”
She also feels that the comment was taken out of context. Sharing a statement to Instagram allowed her to clarify her stance. “Thank God for Instagram,” she said. “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.”
During that same interview, she reflected on the current political climate.
She admitted that sometimes it feels like she’s not doing enough. “It’s so weird to sit in a civilized restaurant,” she said. “People are serving us food. You can’t unpack it too much, or else you’ll go f—ing insane. Like, how is the world still spinning? Later, she added, “It seems ridiculous at times because people are marching the streets, and I’m not one of them—at least not today. I have to remember that I have nothing to apologize for unless I’m harming someone emotionally, physically, mentally.”
