Posted on 09/16/2025 11:54:09 AM PDT by Red Badger
Actor Michael Keaton spoke out about the assassination of conservative activist Charlie Kirk, a rare move in a Hollywood culture where most celebrities have remained silent.
The 74-year-old “Beetlejuice” actor made his opinions known at the Investigative Reporters and Editors’ 50th anniversary gala on Monday night, per Variety.
“Before we start to get into the meat of this thing, I’m going to take a minute to say that, regardless of how I probably — not probably — have disagreed with many things he said, Charlie Kirk leaves behind two kids and a wife,” Keaton said during his speech. “You gotta remember that.”
“Because in the end, shooting people will never answer anything, and the irony that he was killed with a gun is unbelievable,” he said.
“60 Minutes” journalist Scott Pelley also discussed Kirk at the same event, saying his assassination is an affront to First Amendment rights.
“Charlie Kirk was murdered to silence his speech, and three months earlier, former Minnesota House Speaker Melissa Hortman and her husband Mark were murdered to silence their speech,” Pelley said. “Many admired Kirk; many did not. His catchphrase was ‘Prove me wrong.’ To some, that phrase was controversial, even dismissive. But the core idea was: Bring the proof and let’s debate.”
“Whether you agreed with Kirk’s ideas or Hortman’s, their murders, their silencing, is blood on the First Amendment,” he added.
Keaton has supported Democratic candidates in the past, including Barack Obama, Hillary Clinton, and Joe Biden. Despite once saying that celebrities shouldn’t dabble too much in politics, he also came out ahead of the 2024 presidential election to slam Donald Trump and Elon Musk.
The actor is one of several leftists willing to discuss Kirk’s death. Actress Jamie Lee Curtis also mentioned it on Monday, telling Marc Maron during an appearance on his “WTF” podcast, “I’m going to bring something up with you just because it’s front of mind. Charlie Crist was killed two days ago.”
“Kirk, not Crist,” Maron replied, prompting Curtis to say, “I just call him Crist, I think, because of Christ, because of his deep belief.”
The actress stated that she “disagreed” with Kirk on all issues but said, “I believe he was a man of faith, and I hope in that moment when he died that he felt connected to his faith,” as she became emotional.
“Even though I find what his ideas were abhorrent to me, I still believe he’s a father and a husband and a man of faith, and I hope whatever ‘connection to God’ means, that he felt it.”
She also expressed her discomfort with videos of Kirk’s death being shared so much on social media.
Oh look. Irrelevance for all to see. Fidiot!
He always has been one of my favorite on screen actors. Very talented.
I wish he would cut the sh!t.
Micheal WHO? Seriously.
Man, the idiot must be really smart if he figured that far-left brilliance out all by himself. So tell us Mr. Brilliance. Do you think a young blonde girl who worked at a pizza joint getting herself sliced up by a primitive subhuman is “ironic” too?
Et tu, Michael?
I don’t give a crap about anything Michael Keaton (or pretty much any other actor) has to say outside of a paid acting role. 99.9% of the time, it just proves that folks should stay in their own lane.
What is it with these people that think they’re so important that they keep missing great opportunities to just shut up?
These liberals were mind controlled to believe these things by the media cabal.
“shooting people will never answer anything”
If the idiot killer gets the firing squad in Utah, it answers a lot.
Friggen Scott Pelley. Greg Gutfeld went ballistic on Jessica Tarlov the other night for saying the exact thing as a whataboutism to diminish Charlie Kirk's assassination.
These liberal idiots have the brainpower of a gnat.
I find it courageous, inspiring, and admirable beyond expression that he died so we could keep this right
Charlie knew the risk, he clearly stated it, and then he stood on his word and he gave his life for his beliefs.
Charlie was martyred for his staunch convictions on God and the constitution. It was an unforgettable public crucifixion that has changed all patriotic Americans and people of faith.
He used to be cute, too. Unfortunately, libs eventually grow to look as ugly on the outside as they are on the inside.
He played Batman whose parents were killed by a criminal with a gun which then led to him becoming Batman. More irony Michael?
Effing idiot...
They just can’t shut up
No cigar on that one, these people are dolts. Leftists have used guns for their political violence since the beginning. The little chicken sniper wasn’t going to use a knife.
He was really good in that role.
Do we even have a clear motive in the Hortman murders?
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