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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Tom Murray

Amanda Seyfried says she was forced to hire bodyguard after Charlie Kirk controversy

Amanda Seyfried has opened up about the intense period that followed her comments about conservative activist Charlie Kirk last year.

Shortly after an assassin murdered Kirk in September 2025, Seyfried commented on an Instagram Reel montage of the Turning Point USA founder’s most controversial statements, writing: “He was hateful.”

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