Jamie Lee Curtis Breaks Down in Tears over Charlie Kirk’s Death Despite Political Differences

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Actress Jamie Lee Curtis lamented the death of late conservative Charlie Kirk following his assassination last week, stating that she hopes he found comfort in his faith when he died. "I mean, I disagreed with him on almost every point I ever heard him say. But I believe he was a man of faith, and I hope in that moment when he died, that he felt connected to his faith," said Curtis, who appeared on the "WTF With Marc Maron" podcast Monday.

"Even though I find what his ideas were abhorrent to me, I still believe he's a father and a husband and a man of faith, and I hope whatever 'connection to God' means, that he felt it," she added.

She initially called Kirk "Charlie Crist" by accident since she had associated him with his Christian faith, The Christian Post reported.

"Sorry, Kirk. I just call him Crist, I think, because of Christ, because of his deep belief," she said.

Kirk, 31, was assassinated last Wednesday at Utah Valley University in Orem, Utah, after being fatally shot in the neck by 22-year-old Tyler Robinson. 

Curtis reflected on the harmful effects of watching a viral video of Kirk's death as well as footage of other horrific events, such as 9/11, the anniversary of which took place literally a day after Kirk died.

"I don't ever want to see this footage of this man being shot," she said with tears.

"We, as a society, are bombarded with imagery," she said, adding that "we don't know what the longitudinal effects of seeing those towers come down over and over and over and over again."

 

"Or watching [Kirk's] execution over and over and over again," she said.

In retrospect, Curtis recalled her own personal experience of watching the Zapruder film showing the assassination of former President John F. Kennedy, who was killed on her fifth birthday.

"I'm associated with this awful day of someone being assassinated on television," the actress said, expressing concern that society is becoming numb to witnessing violence.

Regarding the images, she added, "We are numb to them, but they are in there. We don't know enough psychologically about what that does. What does that do?"

🔥🚨BREAKING: Hollywood actress Jamie Lee Curtis broke down in tears as she spoke on what the passing of Charlie Kirk means to her and her appreciation for him being a genuine Christian man. Liberals are already calling and a ‘racist Conservative’ after these touching comments. pic.twitter.com/espRMszfOm

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Milton Quintanilla is a freelance writer and content creator. He is a contributing writer for CrosswalkHeadlines and the host of the For Your Soul Podcast, a podcast devoted to sound doctrine and biblical truth. He holds a Masters of Divinity from Alliance Theological Seminary.