Glen Powell defended over alleged dig at Charlie Kirk’s death in new interview
Glen Powell's fans have rushed to defend him after some social media users accused him of 'making a dig' at Charlie Kirk's death.
The 36-year-old American actor appeared on the Therapuss podcast with Jake Shane on Thursday (25 September), where he discussed the concept of cancel culture among celebrities.
He told a story about how he was at a party and bumped into 'someone who'd been on the ropes of cancelled' - so he was hesitant to take a picture with them.
The Anyone But You star explained: "It was one of those Hollywood parties where it's like, there are cameras and press and all of that stuff.
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"This person had made some of my favourite movies, so I was like,' this is great'. He came up and was like, 'nice to meet you'."
Powell recalled how a photographer asked to take a photo of the pair, but he thought it 'wasn't a good idea'.
The actor added: "This person was recently cancelled, and it was not good. I was a fan of their work but not a fan of their choices."
Powell went on to compare the mystery celebrity to his Chad Powers character, Russ Holiday.
He said that his character is 'a guy that just made a mistake' and 'he's not a bad guy'.
The star continued: "Some of these other people that get cancelled, they should lie where they're shot," before he and the host started laughing.
Now, some people have made quite the stretch and accused Glen of making this comment as a dig at Charlie Kirk - a right-wing influencer who was assassinated earlier this month.
Posting on Reddit, one user shared the clip and wrote: "Glen Powell alludes to Charlie Kirk in recent interview."
While another added: "It’s the smirk and giggle afterwards that does it. If they didn’t do that and moved on I would have said it had nothing to do with Kirk."
However, others have rushed to the actor's defence to argue that he most likely wasn't referring to the assassination, it was simply a 'poor choice of words'.
One person wrote: "Super against Kirk’s beliefs myself, but there’s no shot that’s what he’s referring to.
While a second added: "Lie where you’re shot is being used as a saying. I’d say it’s far more likely he’s talking about Hollywood types."
And a third chimed in with: "I can’t tell if he truly intended to allude to Charlie, or if he was planning to use that metaphor and realised that it sounded different now in the wake of someone literally getting shot."
A fourth added: "Not sure this is about Kirk, who was never cancelled."
And others agreed: "I watched this entire interview and did not think he was referencing Charlie Kirk."
Tyla has contacted Powell's representatives for comment.
Topics: Charlie Kirk, Social Media, Celebrity, Podcasts
Madison Burgess