India, Sept. 18 -- Actor Amanda Seyfried has come forward to defend herself from backlash after calling conservative activist Charlie Kirk "hateful" in a comment posted on Instagram after his assassination.

Just days after Charlie Kirk was shot in the neck during an event in Utah earlier this month, an Instagram video from the account @So.Informed posted a video which highlighted several controversial remarks that Charlie Kirk had made about immigration, trans rights, and more.

The actor had responded to the Instagram post. "He was hateful," the Mamma Mia! actor wrote in the comment section.

Amanda had also seemingly commented on Charlie Kirk's death by resharing a message via her Instagram Stories that read, "You can't invite violence...