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Evangeline Lilly is opening up about her decision to post the pictures from the anti-vaccine mandates rally in Washington D.C. that she attended last year.
At the time, the 43-year-old Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania star declared that no one should be forced to do something out of fear.
“I understand the world is in fear, but I don’t believe that answering fear with force will fix our problems. I was pro choice before COVID and I am still pro choice today,” she had written on her Instagram.
During an interview with Esquire, Evangeline looked back on not only her decision to share the images, but also the controversy that surrounded it.
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Evangeline admitted that she asked herself “about 600 times” on whether it was a good decision to share the image or not.
“I know the beast that I’m attacking. I know that I have a little pebble and there’s this f***ing Goliath giant. If I shoot this pebble, it’s going to wake the giant,” she shared.
She added, “I just wanted people out there who were struggling because they were under severe pressure to do something they didn’t want to do to know that they weren’t alone, and to know that there were people who actually felt they had a right to say no.”
This wasn’t Evangeline‘s first anti-vaxx opposition that she shared.
In March of 2020, she made headlines over refusing to social distance. She later apologized for her views.
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Charna Flam ABC has announced Ashley Graham, Vanessa Hudgens, Lilly Singh will host the upcoming “Countdown to the Oscars,” pre-show, airing ahead of the ceremony on March 12 at 6:30 p.m. ET/3:30 p.m. PT on ABC. Leading into the pre-show will be ABC News’ live coverage during the “On The Red Carpet Live: Countdown to Oscars 95,” hosted by Linsey Davis and Whit Johnson and featuring Variety‘s own Elizabeth Wagmeister and Clayton Davis. Hudgens returns for her second consecutive year co-hosting the pre-show, while Graham and Singh join for the first time. In addition to Hudgens, Graham and Singh, the pre-show will include backstage coverage from content creator Reece Feldman. Alongside Feldman, TV personality Rocsi Diaz will also provide an insider perspective, as the correspondent for the Academy’s member viewing party in NYC.
Vanessa Hudgens, Lilly Singh and Ashley Graham have been tapped to host Countdown to the Oscars, the official lead-in to the 95th Oscars, on ABC. The pre-show will air Sunday, March 12 at 6:30 p.m. EDT/3:30 p.m. PDT on ABC.
Not holding back! Evangeline Lilly broke character when she made an NSFW comment to Michael Douglas while filming their new movie, Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania.
Evangeline Lilly really put her foot in her mouth again!
Evangeline Lilly thinks very highly of her co-star, Michael Douglas. Lilly, 43, currently stars in the Marvel movie "Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania" with Douglas, 78, and announced in a room full of children that she wanted to "f--- him." She blurted out her naughty comment while the two were filming a scene in a restaurant and were in a waiting room full of extras and children. Lilly recalled the moment she called her co-stars "GILFS," including Michelle Pfeiffer, 64. "I turned to Michael and Michelle, and I said, ‘You know, you guys are real GILFs,’" Lilly confessed during an appearance on "The Jonathan Ross" show. "Michael had no idea.
Evangeline Lilly is opening up about an awkward moment with screen icon Michael Douglas.
EastEnders star Danny Dyer has opened up on the "petrifying" prospect of what it'll be like to have three grandchildren under three.The 45 year old actor is dad to pregnant reality star Dani Dyer, 26, who already has little boy Santiago, three, with ex-boyfriend Sammy Kimmence. Now the star is expecting twins with West Ham footballer Jarrod Bowen, as she recently opened up about her pregnancy journey and showed off her growing baby bump. Danny, who guest stars on The Jonathan Ross Show alongside Evangeline Lilly, Will Sharpe, Leomie Anderson, Maisie Adam and The 1975, gushed over his growing family.
Rolling Stone, titled ‘Why Was Letitia Wright Dragged More than Ant-Man star Evangeline Lilly?’. The piece compares the media promotional cycle between last year’s Black Panther: Wakanda Forever, starring Wright, and the recently released Ant-Man And The Wasp: Quantumania featuring Lilly.It highlights an article titled ‘How Personal Baggage Will Impact Oscar Chances’ in The Hollywood Reporter published in November. In the piece, Wright was mentioned for sharing an anti-vax propaganda video in December 2020, alongside those who had been accused of actual crimes like Roman Polanski and Brad Pitt.Wright criticised the article for her inclusion at the time, writing: “This is vile behaviour.
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Lost hard to watch because she doesn’t think her acting was very good back then.Lilly played the role of Kate Austen on the J.J. Abrams series, which ran for six seasons from 2004 to 2010.Speaking on the Happy Sad Confused podcast, Lilly said: “We would have Lost parties where the cast would get together to watch the show, and when it would be a Kate-centric episode, I would want to curl in a hole and die because I knew I was bad.
Esquire that the backlash she received after attending an anti-vax rally in Washington D.C. in January 2022 was something she fully expected.Back in 2022, Lilly revealed on Instagram that she was among the protesters at a rally in Washington opposing COVID-19 vaccine mandates.
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Back in 2020, shortly after the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, Evangeline Lilly became embroiled in controversy when she shared an Instagram post explaining why she wasn’t social distancing.
Zack Sharf Evangeline Lilly said in a new interview with Esquire magazine that she was well aware she’d ignite controversy by posting photos on social media from an anti-vaccine mandates rally in Washington D.C. The “Lost” and Marvel star faced backlash in January 2022 after participating in the rally, which she joined in support of “bodily sovereignty.” “I believe nobody should ever be forced to inject their body with anything, against their will, under threat of violent attack, arrest or detention without trial, loss of employment, homelessness, starvation, loss of education, alienation from loved ones, excommunication from society…under any threat whatsoever,” Lilly wrote on Instagram at the time. “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. I was pro choice before COVID and I am still pro choice today.”
Cassie’s (Kathryn Newton) stepmom, and Hope and Scott (Paul Rudd) aren’t officially married, as far as we know. But at this point, they’re very solidly together, and Hope has clearly struck a good relationship with Cassie — so good, in fact, that the two secretly work together on quantum science projects.With Hank Pym’s (Michael Douglas) help, Hope and Cassie build a device that can send a signal to, and subsequently map the Quantum Realm. It’s something they’re clearly proud of building together, and excited to show off to their loved ones.
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