{"id":245426,"date":"2025-09-22T03:49:10","date_gmt":"2025-09-22T03:49:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/245426\/"},"modified":"2025-09-22T03:49:10","modified_gmt":"2025-09-22T03:49:10","slug":"angelina-jolie-admits-she-doesnt-recognize-the-us-while-advocating-for-free-speech-at-2025-ssiff","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/245426\/","title":{"rendered":"Angelina Jolie admits she doesn&#8217;t &#8216;recognize&#8217; the US while advocating for free speech at 2025 SSIFF"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Angelina Jolie candidly discussed the political climate of the United States while promoting her new movie, \u201cCouture,\u201d at the\u00a02025 San Sebasti\u00e1n International Film Festival.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI have to say that I love my country and I don\u2019t, at this time, recognize my country,\u201d\u00a0the actress told reporters at a press conference on Sunday, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hollywoodreporter.com\/movies\/movie-news\/angelina-jolie-us-politics-san-sebastian-film-fest-couture-1236376990\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">per the Hollywood Reporter.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019ve always lived internationally. My family is\u00a0international,\u201d she said, <a href=\"https:\/\/pagesix.com\/parents\/angelina-jolie-brad-pitt-kids\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">referring to her and her ex-husband Brad Pitt\u2019s adopted children<\/a> from Namibia, Vietnam, Ethiopia and Cambodia.<\/p>\n<p>Angelina Jolie discussed the political climate of the United States at the 2025\u00a0San Sebasti\u00e1n International Film Festival. WireImage<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI have to say that I love my country and I don\u2019t, at this time, recognize my country,\u201d\u00a0she said at a press conference on Sunday. WireImage<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMy life, my world view, is equal [and] united,\u201d Jolie, 50, added. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cAnything, anywhere that divides or limits personal expressions and freedoms [for anyone] I think is very dangerous.\u201d <\/p>\n<p>\u201cI think these are such serious times that we have to be careful not to say things casually,\u201d the \u201cMaleficent\u201d star continued.  <\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019ve always lived internationally. My family is\u00a0international,\u201d the actress continued. ZUMAPRESS.com<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMy life, my world view, is equal [and] united,\u201d Jolie continued. ZUMAPRESS.com<\/p>\n<p>Jolie emphasized that she was going to \u201cbe careful\u201d about what she said at the press conference. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cBut these are very, very heavy times,\u201d she concluded.<\/p>\n<p>The \u201cGirl, Interrupted\u201d star treaded lightly with her remarks, as several celebrities continue to face backlash for publicly speaking about politics.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p>The \u201cCouture\u201d star labeled \u201canywhere that divides or limits personal expressions and freedoms\u201d as a \u201cvery dangerous place.\u201d Getty Images<\/p>\n<p>Jolie claimed she was going to be \u201ccareful\u201d with what she said. Getty Images<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\tWant more celebrity and pop culture news?\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p class=\"inline-module__cta\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tStart your day with Page Six Daily.\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\tThanks for signing up!\n\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>Most recently, Jimmy Kimmel\u2019s late-night show, \u201cJimmy Kimmel Live!,\u201d was <a href=\"https:\/\/pagesix.com\/2025\/09\/17\/entertainment\/jimmy-kimmels-late-night-show-pulled-off-the-air-over-his-controversial-charlie-kirk-remarks\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">indefinitely pulled from the air <\/a>by ABC after his comments about the death of Charlie Kirk on Sept. 15. <\/p>\n<p>Kirk <a href=\"https:\/\/pagesix.com\/2025\/09\/10\/celebrity-news\/charlie-kirk-dead-at-31-chris-pratt-dave-portnoy-and-more-celebs-react-to-assassination\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">was shot and killed <\/a>during his appearance at Utah Valley University on Sept. 10, and Kimmel claimed that \u201cthe MAGA gang\u201d had \u201chit some new lows\u201d by \u201ctrying to characterize this kid who killed Charlie Kirk as anything other than one of them.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The TV personality, however, had previously commented on Kirk\u2019s death via social media, writing, \u201cInstead of the angry finger-pointing, can we just for one day agree that it is horrible and monstrous to shoot another human?\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBut these are very, very heavy times,\u201d she concluded. Getty Images<\/p>\n<p>Jolie was at the festival to promote her new film, \u201cCouture.\u201d REUTERS<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOn 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,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n<p>Kimmel, 57, was told that he <a href=\"https:\/\/pagesix.com\/2025\/09\/18\/entertainment\/jimmy-kimmel-told-to-apologize-to-charlie-kirks-family-make-donation-to-lift-abc-on-air-suspension-but-he-refused\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">had to apologize<\/a> and make a donation to Kirk\u2019s family and the political commentator\u2019s company, Turning Point USA, if he wanted to return to the air.<\/p>\n<p>Page Six learned that Kimmel\u2019s show suspension led the hosts of \u201cThe View\u201d to steer<a href=\"https:\/\/pagesix.com\/2025\/09\/18\/entertainment\/the-view-hosts-avoid-talking-about-abc-axing-jimmy-kimmel-but-an-insider-says-they-were-not-silenced\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"> clear of mentioning the contentious news<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Angelina Jolie candidly discussed the political climate of the United States while promoting her new movie, \u201cCouture,\u201d at&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":245427,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[33],"tags":[42125,185,172,171,54977,11171,53,80,128,67,132,68],"class_list":{"0":"post-245426","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-celebrities","8":"tag-angelina-jolie","9":"tag-celebrities","10":"tag-celebrity-news","11":"tag-entertainment","12":"tag-film-festivals","13":"tag-jimmy-kimmel","14":"tag-movies","15":"tag-politics","16":"tag-spain","17":"tag-united-states","18":"tag-unitedstates","19":"tag-us"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/115245912331228593","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/245426","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=245426"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/245426\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/245427"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=245426"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=245426"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=245426"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}