Trending badgeTrendingPosted 1 hour agoSubscribe to BuzzFeed Daily NewsletterCaret DownJamie Lee Curtis Reacted To Backlash For Her Divisive Charlie Kirk CommentsJamie broke down in tears talking about Charlie's death last month.by Chelsea StewartBuzzFeed StaffFacebookPinterestLink Last month, Jamie Lee Curtis sparked widespread backlash for her emotional comments on the shooting death of conservative activist Charlie Kirk. Jc Olivera / Getty Images Charlie, 31, was fatally shot on Sept. 10 at a speaking event for Utah Valley University. Shortly after, Jamie opened up about his death on Marc Maron's WTF podcast, saying that while she disagreed with many of his beliefs, she still hoped he felt comfort in his final moments. Marc Piasecki / Getty Images "I'm going to bring something up with you just because it's front of mind," she told Marc, later beginning to cry. "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." Amy Sussman / Getty Images "Even though his ideas were abhorrent to me," Jamie said through tears, "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." Anadolu / Getty Images Jamie's comments were widely criticized online, with many readers struggling to empathize due to what they said was a history of "hateful" and "shitty behavior" from Charlie, including on topics like gun control, LGBTQ+ issues, and race. Cindy Ord / Getty Images "Well, that's it. I'm done," one BuzzFeed reader wrote in response to Jamie's comments. "Jamie Lee, I love you - but NO. Do not waste any tears on that dead bigot. He was a man of the cross - yeah, the iron cross. Just NO." Another commented, "Sorry but you are not a man of faith if you align yourself with the devil."Another person said, "i hate how so many people think words are more important than actions/beliefs in what constitutes a christian. many people use it as a cop out of shitty behavior because they know others will let them." One more added, "You can't be a man of faith and a hateful bastard at the same time. Fuck JLC for this." In a new interview with Variety, Jamie responded to the criticism and said her comments were "mistranslated." Emma Mcintyre / Getty Images "An excerpt of it mistranslated what I was saying as I wished him well, like I was talking about him in a very positive way," she said, "which I wasn't. I was simply talking about his faith in God." Alberto E. Rodriguez / Getty Images "And so it was a mistranslation," Jamie continued, "which is a pun, but not. In the binary world today, you cannot hold two ideas at the same time: I cannot be Jewish and totally believe in Israel's right to exist and at the same time reject the destruction of Gaza. You can't say that, because you get vilified for having a mind that says, 'I can hold both those thoughts. I can be contradictory in that way.'" Emma Mcintyre / Getty Images When the interviewer suggested that public figures need to be "careful" about what they say, Jamie reportedly "glare[d]" at him and replied, "I don't have to be careful. If I was careful, I wouldn't have told you any of what I just told you. I would have just said, 'Hi, welcome. I baked you banana bread. Here's my dog. Here's my house, blah, blah, blah. What do you want to know?' I can't not be who I am in the moment I am." Emma Mcintyre / Getty Images You can read the full interview here - then let me know your thoughts in the comments.