Overview
- Curtis told Variety on Oct. 28 that an excerpt of her Sept. 15 WTF podcast appearance distorted her intent and that the resulting backlash felt "threatening."
- She reiterated that she disagreed with Kirk on "almost every point" and framed the reaction as a symptom of a polarized climate where people are punished for holding two thoughts at once.
- Criticism intensified online in part because Curtis is the mother of a trans daughter and Kirk had a record of anti-LGBTQ rhetoric.
- Curtis also questioned the repeated sharing of the shooting video, warning about unknown psychological effects of seeing the killing replayed online.
- Kirk, 31, was shot while speaking at Utah Valley University on Sept. 10; 22-year-old Tyler Robinson has been charged with aggravated murder, and prosecutors say they will seek the death penalty.