Amanda Seyfried Says “I’m Not Apologizing” After Calling Charlie Kirk “Hateful”

Amanda Seyfried recently spoke about the fallout from a comment she made in September, when she reacted to an Instagram post about Charlie Kirk by calling him “hateful.”

She said that she typed the comment, paused for a moment, and thought about removing it. She chose to leave it up. Soon after, she started getting messages from worried friends, and the wave of backlash made her lose sleep. She said she felt scared for her family over what she described as a single Instagram comment.

The next morning, she said she felt more sure of herself and posted on her own Instagram page to explain her point instead of stepping back. Seyfried said she refused to walk anything back. “I’m not f**** apologizing for that. I mean, for f**** 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 told Who What Wear.

She added that she used Instagram to take back control of her words after seeing people twist what she said. “It was about getting my voice back because I felt like it had been stolen and recontextualized—which is what people do, of course.”

Seyfried said politics were already on her mind the day of the interview. While she sat in a Brooklyn restaurant, she said she was thinking about how many Americans were close to losing their SNAP benefits during the government shutdown.

She said the contrast between that situation and the calm setting around her made her uneasy. “It’s always hard to see people who are tricky and harmful have success—like our gorgeous president, the best possible example of that,” she said. She also said it felt strange to sit in a quiet dining room while people across the country were struggling. “You can’t unpack it too much, or else you’ll go f**** insane. Like, how is the world still spinning?”

She also talked about her place in public conversations and how she views her own responsibility. She said she doesn’t think she needs to apologize unless she is causing harm to someone. “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,” she said.

Seyfried explained that things feel overwhelming, but she tries to stay focused on her work and her day-to-day life. “It’s getting so dark that I feel like I gotta just keep my head on and make sure that I get the train on time and promote my movies. A lot of people’s lives depend on that movie being promoted.”

Seyfried had addressed Kirk’s death earlier. After calling him “hateful,” she later clarified in a separate Instagram post that she did not support violence and condemned the shooting. She said her criticism was aimed at Kirk’s views, not at the act that ended his life.

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