Angelina Jolie: I love America but don't recognize it amid free-speech tensions

Angelina Jolie said she loves the United States but does not recognize it at the moment, telling reporters Sunday at the San Sebastián International Film Festival that she is troubled by what she described as restrictions on personal expression and freedoms. Speaking ahead of the premiere of her new film, Couture, the Oscar winning actress framed her remarks in personal terms, saying her international life and worldview made the current political climate feel alien to her.

"It is a very difficult question," Jolie said when asked what she fears as an artist and an American. "I have to say that I love my country, but at this time I do not recognize my country." She added that she has "always lived internationally" and that anything that "divides or limits personal expressions and freedoms for anyone" is dangerous. She concluded by warning that "these are very, very heavy times" and that she would be careful with her words during a press conference.

Jolie's comments came amid a broader controversy over free speech and media decisions in the United States following the fatal shooting of conservative activist Charlie Kirk earlier this month. In the aftermath, ABC announced it had...