Amanda Seyfried was forced to travel with a bodyguard amid backlash to Charlie Kirk comments
Amanda Seyfried has opened up about the backlash she faced following her comments regarding the death of Turning Point USA founder Charlie Kirk.
Seyfried received a torrent of abuse after she took to social media to label Kirk “hateful” after he was fatally shot during a speaking event at Utah Valley University on September 10th, 2025.
The Housemaid star later clarified her comments, writing on Instagram, “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.”
She added, “This country is grieving too many senseless and violent deaths and shootings. Can we agree on that at least?”
Subsequently, Seyfried refused to apologise for her earlier comment, explaining, “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.”
Now, in a new conversation with GQ, Seyfried said of the saga, “A, I’m allowed to fucking voice my feelings, and B, do it in a way that’s not unkind necessarily. But there’s just an outsized fear and hatred and impulse to bash and to tear down. And I experienced a very small fraction of that.”
She also said that standing her ground is an important lesson she wants to teach her children, adding, “I want my kids to be able to feel safe to voice their opinions as long as they’re not harmful.”
However, the experience did come with safety concerns with Seyfried revealing, “So I’m like, ‘What do I do? What do I say?’ And then all of a sudden I find myself with a fucking bodyguard at the airport and I’m like, ‘This is crazy.”
In the same interview, Seyfried also lifted the lid on her thwarted plans to star in a Joni Mitchell biopic, which she spent the pandemic preparing for.
Seyfried explained, “It was a movie about her and [manager] Elliot Roberts. Then he died – but not before I met him.”
While the film, which is separate from Cameron Crowe’s upcoming Mitchell biopic, Seyfried did get the chance to listen to Blue alongside her musical hero at the legendary singer-songwriter’s Los Angeles home.
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