Nothing says major self-unawareness quite like Amanda Seyfried choosing to double down on her distortion of Charlie Kirk’s character after his assassination (she called him “hateful”) and casting herself as the victim in a recent British GQ interview .
Shortly after Kirk’s assassination, Seyfried commented on an Instagram post that featured clips from Charlie’s speeches purposefully taken out of context to make him appear racist and cruel. “He was hateful,” the Mamma Mia star wrote, which rightfully drew a lot of criticism.
Seyfried tried to temper the flames with her own Instagram post that ironically stated:
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 deplorable in every way imaginable. 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?
Her caption was equally ironic:
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. Spirited discourse- isn’t that what we should be having?
Yes, Amanda. Yes, it is. That’s exactly what Kirk stood for. He wanted everyone to see the humanity in each other no matter what their political beliefs were, which you would understand if you actually bothered to listen to him in full instead of failing to see his humanity because you doom scrolled through twisted distortions of his quotes designed to rage bait you.
In a December interview with Who, What, Wear, Seyfried seemed less interested in spirited discourse and more into expressing anger and defensiveness with yet again, more irony:
I'm not f*cking apologizing for that. I mean, for f*ck'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 damn factual, and I'm free to have an opinion, of course," she says firmly. "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."
Thank God for Instagram? Too bad Charlie can’t defend himself against people like you on social media anymore. See, Amanda, that’s just it. What you said was not factual because Kirk’s voice was also “stolen and recontextualized.” In fact, you’d probably be able to commiserate with him on that if he were alive. But sadly, he’s not.
That’s because he’s the real victim here, not you. He’s the one who paid the ultimate price for speaking his mind because so many people did what you did. They stole his words, recontextualized them, and then used all of it to dehumanize and vilify him. To the point an unhinged young man thought it would be a noble and valiant effort to put a bullet in his neck.
Then, your side cheered. And you spit on his character before he was even in the grave. And because people held you accountable, you want to play the victim now? It doesn’t work that way. Maybe in Hollywood, but not in the real world.
Unfortunately, all of that wasn’t enough for the star of The Housemaid. She recently received a glowing write up in British GQ that was heavy on the fan boy vibes, and the controversy was brought up yet again. This time, Seyfried whined harder because she had to… *gasp* …hire a bodyguard. Something completely unheard of for a Hollywood starlet:
Talking about it today, Seyfried is still in disbelief: “A, I’m allowed to f*cking 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.”
“I want my kids to be able to feel safe to voice their opinions as long as they’re not harmful,” she continues. “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.’”
Cue the violins! Gee, Amanda, that must have been so hard for you, having to be alive and all, walking around with a bodyguard after sharing your (extremely misguided) opinion rather than being shot in cold blood over it for all to see like Kirk was. The only thing “crazy” is that you see yourself as the victim in this scenario and still haven’t grasped how dehumanization like yours is what led to his murder in the first place.
Also, notice Seyfried’s qualifiers- “in a way that’s not unkind necessarily,“ and “as long as they’re not harmful.” The underlying implication being that no one should have a right to voice an opinion that someone might falsely interpret as unkind or harmful.
Since Kirk is no longer here to defend himself against Seyfried’s mischaracterizations, we’ll speak up for him. Visit this site to see his quotes in context with explanations for his true intent, and/or check out the video beloe for an in-depth dive into each quote/accusation:
