She must have not heard or understood the rebuttal. Or maybe she did, she lives and works in Hollywood, where praising US and slamming Cuba would get you blacklisted from juicy lucrative movies. By most standards, comparing to statements of Sean Penn, Tim Robbins, William Robbins, Susan Sarandon et al, this was pretty mild and tame comment. Just enough not to get oneself in trouble with Hollywood commie set.