Jamie Lee Curtis cries over Charlie Kirk killing despite disagreeing with his ‘abhorrent’ ideas

Jamie Lee Curtis got surprisingly emotional while discussing last Wednesday’s murder of right-wing political activist Charlie Kirk as he was speaking at Utah Valley University.

‘I’m going to bring something up with you just because it’s front of mind,’ the 66-year-old Oscar winner said on WTF with Marc Maron on Monday.

‘I disagreed with him on almost every point I ever heard him say, but I believe he was a man of faith, and I hope in that moment when he died, that he felt connected with his faith.’

Jamie – an outspoken Democrat – began crying: ‘Even though I find what he, 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.’ 

The 31-year-old Turning Point USA co-founder was shot and killed on the first stop of his 15-date American Comeback Tour where he challenges college students to debate him. 

The suspected gunman – 22-year-old Tyler James Robinson – was turned over to the US Marshals Service by his own father last Friday, and he’s expected to be charged during his first court appearance this Tuesday. 

Charlie – who’s survived by his wife Erika Kirk and their two children under age 3 – will be honored at a memorial service scheduled next Sunday at State Farm Stadium in Glendale, AZ. 

Curtis can relate as she has two adopted daughters – Annie Guest, 38; and Ruby Guest, 29 – from her 40-year marriage to Spinal Tap II star Christopher Guest. 

The Freakier Friday producer-star worries about ‘the longitudinal effects of seeing’ footage of Kirk’s gruesome execution on social media platforms.

‘I know there is video of his assassination. I know people who’ve seen it,’ Jamie said.

‘The Zapruder film is the only visual document that moves, that shares that horror of what happened [to President John F. Kennedy in 1963]. But here we have now these images.’

Curtis continued: ‘And we are inured to them and we are numb to them, but they are in there. We don’t know enough psychologically about what that does. What does that do? That kind of — I don’t ever want to see this footage of this man being shot.’

The Halloween alum has been hard at work promoting Paul Greengrass’ wildfire survival drama The Lost Bus, which she executive produced, that hits limited US theaters this Friday before streaming October 3 on Apple TV+.

The big-screen adaptation of Lizzie Johnson’s 2021 book Paradise – starring Matthew McConaughey and America Ferrera – currently has an 83% critic approval rating (out of 30 reviews) on Rotten Tomatoes.

Jamie recently confirmed she’ll play mystery novelist Jessica Fletcher in Universal’s upcoming reboot of the CBS hit series Murder, She Wrote – which aired for 12 seasons spanning 1984-96.

‘Oh, it’s… happening,’ Curtis told ET in July.

‘We’re a minute away, but yeah, [I’m] very excited. Very excited. But I’m tamping down my enthusiasm until we start shooting. I have a couple of other things to hustle, but then I’ll get to enjoy that work.’

The Bear actress’ other upcoming projects include James L. Brooks’ political dramedy Ella McCray for 20th Century Studios, Liz Sarnoff’s eight-episode series Scarpetta for Amazon Prime Video, and Russell Goldman’s scam psychological horror Sender.

Jamie jokes that she was the ‘OG nepo baby’ having had a leg up in showbusiness thanks to her famous parents Janet Leigh and Tony Curtis.

And Curtis passed on the favor by making Jake Gyllenhaal and Maggie Gyllenhaal her godchildren.