She also wrote it was “such a sad, senseless, and disgusting act. Wow… prayers for the Kirk family and prayers for our nation.”
“I came to understand that my comment hurt some folks and that hurt me so badly. I would never,” Chenoweth claimed in an interview after the negative reaction to her comments.
“It’s no secret that I’m a Christian, that I’m a person of faith. It’s also no secret that I am an advocate for the LGBTQ+ community and for some, that doesn’t go together. But for me, it always has and it always will,” she added.
Chenoweth did not address which perspectives of Kirk’s she “appreciated.”
In the same vein of being criticized over politics, Siegel and her family have come under scrutiny for their support of Donald Trump and how that plays a part in the musical.
“I personally have lost two family members from the fentanyl epidemic,” Siegel said when asked about this. “As you may be aware, President Trump recently signed the HALT Fentanyl Act, which, for the first time, significantly criminalizes the Fentanyl enterprise. I greatly appreciate and admire the fact that President Trump signed this Act to prevent other families from enduring the loss of a loved one due to the distribution and use of illicit drugs.”
Not only did Siegel’s sister die of a drug overdose, but her daughter, Victoria Siegel, passed away from one in 2015 at the age of 18.
