Everyone, Evangeline Lilly shows up again.
In a recent Instagram post, Lost and Ant-Man and the Wasp The actress said she traveled to Washington, DC this weekend to speak out in favor of “medical sovereignty” — in other words, to oppose vaccine regulations. Lilly attended a similar rally where speaker Robert F. Kennedy Jr., a notorious anti-vaxxer, Compare the role of vaccines with the Holocaust.
Lilly wrote on Thursday that she believes “no one should be forced to inject anything into their body, against their will” under threats including “violent assault,” ” arrest or detention without trial”, homelessness and starvation, and “excommunication from society.” (Note: No one is forcing anyone to get vaccinated and these threats are not real.)
“This is not the way,” she wrote. “This is not safe. This is not healthy. This is not love. I understand the world is scared, but I don’t believe that using force to respond to fear will solve our problems. I was selected pro before COVID and I am still selected pro today. “
Lilly’s vaccination status is unknown; Her post included a photo of someone with a sign that read, “Vaxxed Democrats for Medical Freedom.” That said, her post carries a host of misleading connotations. The vaccine mandate remains divisive among the public but no politician or official has called for punishment for anyone who refuses a vaccine. And as common as the “my body, my choice” co-option may be among the anti-vaxxers, best parallelism is questionable.
However, this is not the first time Lilly made her dangerous stance on COVID to the public. When the pandemic broke out in the US in March 2020, the actress revealed that she refused to self-isolate despite living with her father who has cancer. She compared COVID-19 to a “respiratory flu” and accused the government of taking an over-reach of the “Marshall Law.” [sic]. “There’s ‘something’ every election year,” she wrote.
A few days later, the actress posted an apology.
“I would like to sincerely and sincerely apologize for the insensitivity I expressed in my previous post to the real pain and fear that has enveloped the world through COVID19,” Lilly wrote. , a part. “Grandparents, parents, children, sisters and brothers are dying, the world is rallying to find ways to stop this very real threat, and my subsequent silence has sent a rebuttal, arrogant and confusing message… When I wrote that post 10 days ago, I thought I was infusing calm into hysteria. I can now see that I am turning my own fear into an already fearful and traumatic situation. “
New and old Lilly’s comments sparked the comparison Black Panther actress Letitia Wright, who landing in hot water in 2020 by sharing a video-conspiracy theory on Twitter questioning the safety of a potential COVID-19 vaccine. Last October, the actress refuse One Hollywood Reporter Dispatch claims she has espoused anti-vaxx views on rallying Black Panther 2, calling the report “completely untrue.” Product continued in Atlanta in January, with Wright on board.
