"I believe he was a man of faith": Jamie Lee Curtis gets emotional remembering Charlie Kirk despite differences

Jamie Lee Curtis went candid as she talked about the tragic death of Charlie Kirk despite their differences in opinion.

During her guest appearance on Marc Maron's WTF podcast, the actress brought up the conservative activist, who was fatally shot while he was speaking in front of 3,000 college students. According to the Freakier Friday actress:

“I disagreed with him on almost every point I ever heard him say, but I believe he was a man of faith, and I hope in that moment when he died, that he felt connected with his faith."

Jamie Lee Curtis, long recognized as an outspoken Democrat, weighed in on the tragedy with held-back tears:

“Even though I find what he, his ideas were abhorrent to me. I still believe he’s a father and a husband and a man of faith. And I hope whatever connection to God means that he felt it.”

The Borderlands star also mistakenly called the late activist "Charlie Crist" due to his "deep, deep belief" as a Christian.

Jamie Lee Curtis also mentioned on the podcast that seeing the footage of Charlie Kirk being shot in the neck inside a campus reminded her of watching towers collapsing during 9/11.

“I know there is video of his assassination. I know people who’ve seen it. We watched again these images of those buildings coming down."

She went on:

"Today, we as a society are bombarded with imagery. So we don’t know what the longitudinal effects of seeing those towers come down over and over and over and over again, or watching his execution over and over and over again.”

She further reflected on it, saying:

“We don’t know enough psychologically about what that does. What does that do? That kind of — I don’t ever want to see this footage of this man being shot.”

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Celebrities mourn Charlie Kirk's death

Meanwhile, several stars expressed their condolences following Charlie Kirk's passing on Sept. 10, one of whom was Jimmy Kimmel. In an Instagram post, the host-comedian wrote:

“Instead of the angry finger-pointing, can we just for one day agree that it is horrible and monstrous to shoot another human? On behalf of my family, we send love to the Kirks and to all the children, parents and innocents who fall victim to senseless gun violence.”

He continued:

“I’ve seen a lot of extraordinarily vile responses to this from both sides of the political spectrum. Some people are cheering this, which is something I won’t ever understand.”

Choi Siwon, Super Junior member and UNICEF ambassador, took to his page and wrote in his Story:

“Well done, good and faithful servant.”

Broadway star Kristin Chenoweth wrote under Charlie Kirk's Instagram comments:

“I’m. So. Upset. Didn’t always agree but appreciated some perspectives. What a heartbreak. His young family. I know where he is now. Heaven. But still.”

Christ Pratt, on the other hand, took to his X/Twitter.

"Praying for Charlie Kirk right now, for his wife and young children, for our country. We need God’s grace. God help us."

Other public figures who grieved Charlie Kirk's passing include Josh Duhamel, Stephen Colbert, Rosie O’Donnell, James Woods, Arnold Schwarzenegger, and more.