Jamie Lee Curtis says she was mistranslated over tearful comments she made about Christian nationalist Charlie Kirk days after he was shot dead at an open-air college event in Utah.In a revealing interview with Variety, Curtis clarified her comments about Kirks death with her trademark wit and fierce intelligence. Related Jamie Lee Curtis fights back tears as she discusses man of faith Charlie Kirks death The controversy over Curtiss words began with an interview she gave just two days after Kirk was shot and killed live on the internet.I disagreed with him on almost every point I ever heard him say, Curtis said during an appearance on theWTFpodcast with Marc Maron on September 12. Never Miss a Beat Subscribe to our newsletter to stay ahead of the latest LGBTQ+ political news and insights. Subscribe to our Newsletter today Fighting back tears, she added, 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.Even though his ideas were abhorrent to me, I still believe hes a father and a husband and a man of faith, and I hope whatever connection to God means, that he felt it, the Halloween actress said.A longtime LGBTQ+ ally, Curtis has shared unwavering support for her trans daughter Ruby since they came out in 2020. When Curtiswon the Best Supporting Actress Oscar for Everything Everywhere All at Once, she gave the statuette they/them pronouns in Rubys honor. Christian nationalist Kirk considered transgender people a disease to be stamped out of society.The transgender thing happening in America now is a throbbing middle finger to God, he said in 2023.Critics called the sympathetic words in Curtiss podcast interview a betrayal, but the actress doesnt see it that way. An excerpt of it mistranslated what I was saying as, I wished him well,' Curtis said pukishly. Like I was talking about him in a very positive way, which I wasnt; I was simply talking about his faith in God. And so it was a mistranslation, which is a pun, but not.Curtis zoomed out to describe how the internet and public debate in general today dont welcome nuance.In the binary world today, Curtis continued, you cannot hold two ideas at the same time: I cannot be Jewish and totally believe in Israels right to exist and at the same time reject the destruction of Gaza. You cant say that, because you get vilified for having a mind that says, I can hold both those thoughts. I can be contradictory in that way.Curtis disputed the idea that, as a public figure, she has to be careful.I dont have to be careful, Curtis replied sharply to Varietys correspondent. If I was careful, I wouldnt have told you any of what I just told you. I would have just said, Hi, welcome. I baked you banana bread. Heres my dog. Heres my house, blah, blah, blah. What do you want to know? I cant not be who I am in the moment I am, she said.Subscribe to theLGBTQ Nation newsletterand be the first to know about the latest headlines shaping LGBTQ+ communities worldwide.