Kristin Chenoweth says outrage over Charlie Kirk tribute practically broke me

Published on: Nov 04, 2025 01:16 am IST

Kristin Chenoweth addressed backlash over her tribute to Charlie Kirk, stating the outrage “practically broke” her.

Kristin Chenoweth just lately addressed the backlash she confronted over her tribute to Charlie Kirk. In an interview with The Hollywood Reporter, the 57-year-old defined that the general public outrage “practically broke” her. The Turning Point USA founder was shot and killed throughout an occasion at Utah Valley University on September 10. The Tony Award winner mourned his dying on social media, leaving her fanbase, which features a sizeable variety of these from the LGBTQ+ group, infuriated.

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Kristin Chenoweth says backlash over Charlie Kirk tribute ‘practically broke’ her

“I’m. So. Upset. Didn’t all the time agree however appreciated some views. What a heartbreak. His younger household. I do know the place he’s now. Heaven. But nonetheless,” Chenoweth wrote below Kirk’s remaining Instagram submit, signing off with a broken-heart emoji. The remark stirred the web, along with her followers lambasting her for supporting the right-wing activist, who was brazenly essential of homosexual and transgender rights.

After going through hate feedback, Chenoweth broke her silence, explaining that she “noticed what occurred on-line with my very own eyes. And I had a human second of reflection.” “I got here to grasp that my remark harm some of us, and that harm me. So I’d by no means — it is no secret that I’ve been, that I’m a Christian, that I’m an individual of religion. It’s additionally no secret that I’m an advocate for the LGBTQ+ group,” she added throughout an look on NY1.

In her newest interview with THR, printed Monday, Chenoweth refused to talk additional on the controversy. When requested about Kirk, who was simply 31 on the time of his dying, she dodged the query, saying, “It was robust on me.” She added that she wouldn’t replicate on the incident “as a result of I handled it. It practically broke me.” “And that’s all I’m going to say. You in all probability know my coronary heart, so that you in all probability know.”