Curtis says her remarks about Kirk were mistranslated, meant faith not praise

Jamie Lee Curtis said she was the target of threatening backlash after an emotional public reaction to the September death of political commentator Charlie Kirk, and she used a recent interview to clarify what she meant. In an interview published October 28, Curtis, 66, said an excerpt of her remarks on a September 15 podcast was "mistranslated" and that people had interpreted her words as praise for Kirk rather than an expression of hope that he felt connected to his faith in the moment of his death.

Curtis spoke about Kirk on Marc Maron’s WTF podcast a week after he was shot while speaking at an event on the Utah Valley University campus on September 10. Kirk, 31, who had been a prominent conservative voice and vocal critic of transgender rights, was killed at the event. Authorities later identified 22 year old Tyler Robinson as the suspect; prosecutors have charged him with aggravated murder and said they intend to seek the death penalty. A video of the shooting has circulated widely online.

On the podcast Curtis said she disagreed with Kirk "on almost every point I ever heard him say" but added, "I believe he was a man of faith, and I hope in that moment when he died, that...