Jamie Lee Curtis refuses to be silent.
The Oscar winner spoke out against the Trump administration Thursday morning while helping nonprofit Project Angel Food unveil its new Chuck Lorre Family Foundation Kitchen & Campus in Hollywood.
“Every day you think you’re not going to be shocked anymore, and then you are,” Curtis told me. “It’s just inhumane. The way this administration treats its citizens, voters, people in need is inhumane. What they’re doing is abhorrent. The situation at ICE is out of control. They’re just trying to keep us from paying attention to the Epstein file.”
Mr. Curtis is the latest in a number of high-profile figures to denounce ICE’s enforcement tactics. Bad Bunny, Billie Eilish, Finneas and Kehlani were among those who criticized federal agencies and called for aid for U.S. immigrants during Sunday’s Grammy Awards ceremony.
“I’m probably angrier than ever, and I feel more of a need to do what we’re doing,” Curtis said.
Just before speaking to reporters, Curtis took to the podium to make fiery remarks, calling for unity and calling out the community work happening in Minnesota. “We’re only going to get shit done if we stand together and stand up against these motherfuckers,” she said to applause.
Curtis is a long-time supporter of Project Angel Food. The organization began decades ago as a meal delivery service for people living with HIV and AIDS. Currently, the company serves 1.5 million medically tailored meals annually to 7,152 customers with serious, life-threatening illnesses across Los Angeles.
Curtis and television impresario Chuck Lorre are co-chairs of Project Angel Food’s “Rise to the Challenge” capital campaign.
“Let’s see what we can do with a sitcom,” Lorre said. “Okay, okay? I’m so grateful and honored to be a part of this.”
“I’m starting to feel like (billionaire media tycoon and philanthropist) Haim Saban,” Lorre joked, looking up at his name on the building. “I wish it was in a smaller font instead of to disperse it.”
All kidding aside, Lorre recalled when she was introduced to Project Angel Food. “I was really impressed by their policy of ‘food is medicine.’ Food is not calories, food is medicine. It is food that nourishes and brings health,” he said. “That meant a lot to me because when I was much younger, I had a serious illness and nutrition actually turned things around. So it gave me some knowledge about how important it is to eat properly.”
The Chuck Lorre Family Foundation donated $10 million toward construction of the new $51.5 million campus. In January 2025, the foundation also donated $250,000 to Project Angel Food’s efforts to help those affected by the Southern California wildfires.
Richard Ayoub, CEO of Project Angel Food, also announced at the launch that Lorre has committed to an additional $1.5 million in matching grants.
The Chuck Lorre Family Foundation Kitchen and Campus also includes the Jamie Lee Curtis and Christopher Guest Kitchen Volunteer Center, dedicated to Richard Frank and George Lowe, two of Curtis’ friends who died at the beginning of the AIDS epidemic.
