Angelina Jolie doesn’t ‘recognise’ the US anymore: ‘These are very heavy times’
US actress Angelina Jolie gave a press conference for the film ‘Couture’ during the 73rd San Sebastian International Film Festival. (ANDER GILLENEA/AFP via Getty Images)
US actress Angelina Jolie gave a press conference for the film 'Couture' during the 73rd San Sebastian International Film Festival. (ANDER GILLENEA/AFP via Getty Images)
Bisexual icon Angelina Jolie has voiced concerns over threats to free expression in the US, stating, “I don’t recognise my country”.
The Mr, & Mrs. Smith star presented her latest film, Couture, directed and written by Alice Wincour, at Spain’s San Sebastián film festival on Sunday (21 September).
Amid US president Donald Trump suggesting that TV networks opposed to him should have their licenses “taken away,” and the recent suspension of Jimmy Kimmel Live over his comments about Charlie Kirk’s death, Jolie spoke out about feeling she no longer ‘recognises’ her country.
‘…I think is very dangerous’
She said when asked about freedom of speech in the US: ”I love my country, but I don’t at this time recognise my country.
”Anything, anywhere, that divides or, of course, limits personal expressions and freedoms and, from anyone, I think is very dangerous.”
“These are very, very heavy times we’re all living in together,” she concluded.
Disney confirmed that the Jimmy Kimmel show will be back on air on Tuesday (23 September).
In 2021, Angelina Jolie, who starred in Eternals as Thena, a member of the celestial race of superhumans known as the Eternals, said it was “sad” for the “ignorant” countries that had banned the film reportedly over its gay content.
The film sees gay tech maverick Phastos (Brian Tyree Henry) in the Marvel Cinematic Universe’s first same-sex kiss, but it was quietly yanked across the conservative Gulf nations, per reports.
At the time, Jolie said she was “proud of Marvel” for “refusing to cut those scenes out”.
“I still don’t understand how we live in a world where there’s still [people who] would not see the family Phastos has and the beauty of that relationship and love.”
Jolie added: “How anybody is angry about it, threatened by it, doesn’t approve or appreciate it is ignorant.
“I’m sad for [those audiences]. And I’m proud of Marvel for refusing to cut those scenes out.”
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