Evangeline Lilly Criticized By Co-Stars for Attending The Anti-Vaccination Rally In Washington

Evangeline Lilly Gets Backlash From Fans And Co-Stars After Attending Anti-Vaccination Campaign

Actress Evangeline Lilly is facing a huge backlash after she posted about attending the Anti-Vax Rally. But not only her fans but, few of her colleagues also have criticized her by calling her act irresponsible. Evangeline starred in popular movies like, Hobbit, Ant-Man, Real Steel etc.

This Is Not The Way

Evangeline Lilly Instagram
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On July 27th, Evangeline posted on her social media against the Covid Vaccination. And announced that she attended the Anti-Vaccination Rally in Washington, DC. And She wrote in her post, “This is not the way. This is not safe. This is not healthy. This is not love. I understand the world is in fear, but I don’t believe that answering fear with force will fix our problems,”

Rampant Protestors

Anti-Vaccine Rally
Anti-Vax Rally, Buzzfeed
Thousands of unmasked protesters gathered on Sunday. They chanted the offensive comment of Robert F. Kennedy Jr. where he compared U.S vaccination policies with the Holocaust. Till now, its not clear if Evangeline is vaccinated or not. Her spokesman has refused to comment on anything.

An Irresponsible Act

David Dastmalchian, who plays Kurt in ‘Ant-Man’ has commented against her statement. He said that it is unfortunate when people use a large platform share such irresponsible things. Simu Liu who stars in Marvel’s Shang-Chi has also denounced Evangeline’s act. He recalled the passing of his grandparents due to covid-19 last year.

This is apparently not the first time when Evangeline faced backlashed. In March 2020, Evangeline compared Covid-19 with respiratory flu. Consequently, Sophie Turner called her out. Sophie told, to stay in home and stop being stupid, even if you count freedom over health.

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