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Angelina Jolie Says She Doesn’t Recognize the U.S., Warns of Threats to Free Expression

The timing, days after ABC suspended Jimmy Kimmel’s show, intensified media scrutiny of free speech.

Overview

  • Speaking at the San Sebastián Film Festival, Jolie cautioned that limits on personal expression are dangerous and called the current moment very heavy.
  • She was promoting Alice Winocour’s Couture, which premiered at TIFF and is competing for the festival’s Golden Shell.
  • Coverage highlighted that her remarks followed ABC’s indefinite removal of Jimmy Kimmel Live! after his comments about the killing of Charlie Kirk, with Nexstar signaling preemptions.
  • Jolie connected the film’s themes to her own history, noting she chose a preventive double mastectomy due to her family risk and emphasizing the importance of having that choice.
  • Separately, outlets report via People that she is considering selling her Los Angeles home and relocating abroad once her youngest children are adults.