Michael Keaton has faced backlash after recent comments about Charlie Kirk’s death were shared on social media.
Many gathered under the tweet posted by Variety on Monday to call on the “Batman” star as “idiot” to point out “sarcasm” in the fatal shooting of a conservative activist.
“This is why we’re here, which is why so many people checked out from seeing what Hollywood creates. Michael Keaton is really stupid when he hears him speak.”
“Education for third graders on display again.”
“He just gave him grace, said the last sentence and left it behind,” another social media user tweeted.
Meanwhile someone else said: “Charlie defended the Second Amendment, so we won’t like what they say in the argument, so we will be able to defend ourselves from the tyrannical government so that we can shoot people with the throat.”
But that wasn’t all a bad thing. One fan spoke on behalf of Keaton, 76, in the comments as other social media users urged everyone to be kind to everyone.
“Let’s credit to Michael Keaton for his compassion that Charlie is overlooked by his family. It’s useless to mean your reaction to Michael. If we talk badly to others, we become part of the problem. We all have to be kind to others.
A Keaton representative did not immediately respond to a request for comment on Page Six.
Kirk passed away last week after being fatally shot in one of his talks at Utah Valley University, one of his American comeback tour stops.
Keaton made the original comment on Turning Point USA’s founder (a massive supporter of the second amendment) during a speech at the 50th anniversary gala on Monday night by investigative reporters and editors.
“You probably won’t agree with a lot of things he said before you start to get into the meat of this thing, Charlie Kirk will take a bit longer, regardless of leaving his two children and his wife,” he said in his speech, “You need to remember that.”
“In the end, the shooting doesn’t answer anything, so the irony of him being killed with a gun is unbelievable,” he continued.
Several other stars share their thoughts on the deaths of right-wing critics, including Jamie Lee Curtis, Amanda Safried and Morgan Warren.
