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By Giulia Carbonaro
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Netflix has denied claims it was mocking Charlie Kirk's assassination in a social media post made on the anniversary of the Turning Point USA founder's death.
The streaming service's Netflix UK & Ireland account had posted on X two screenshots from the second season of Guy Ritchie’s “The Gentlemen,” a show starring Theo James and Kaya Scodelario.
The scene shows James’ character Eddie marrying Italian countess Isabella, played by Benedetta Porcaroli, and turning around to see Scodelario’s Susie (Kaya Scodelario) leave the cathedral.
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“Nearly did himself a neck injury,” the post read. There is no reference to gun violence in the scene referred to by Netflix.
The timing of the post, one year after Kirk was shot in the neck while on stage at Utah Valley University in Orem, Utah, sparked outrage.
“Joking about a ‘neck injury’ on the anniversary of a man being shot in the neck is vile. A young father was murdered while talking to students. Netflix personifies evil,” one comment in response to Netflix’s post reads.
“This is a shocking level of evil, even by Netflix’s standards. The biggest streaming company in the world is mocking Charlie Kirk’s assassination,” another wrote.
“This is DISGUSTING. Netflix appears to be subtly mocking Charlie Kirk’s ass*ssination on this anniversary of his death. Woke Netflix hates us. So glad I cancelled my subscription,” popular conservative account Libs of TikTok wrote.
Several users called for people to cancel their subscriptions to Netflix, including Rudy Giuliani, who joined calls for a boycott of the company. “Cancel your Netflix subscription. Pure Evil,” he wrote on X.
Netflix has rejected claims that the post had anything to do with Kirk, telling Fox News Digital that the comparison was “ludicrous.”
In response to a Newsweek email, a Netflix spokesperson said, "This post directly references a plot point from our UK series, The Gentlemen, which launched its second season on September 3. Suggestions that it has any link to sensitive real world events are inaccurate and ludicrous.”
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One Year On: ‘Charlie Kirk Day’
Yesterday marked a year since Kirk was shot and killed in Utah. In an attempt to celebrate the prominent conservative activist, Utah Governor Spencer Cox, a Republican, declared the anniversary “Charlie Kirk Day.”
On Truth Social, President Donald Trump shared a post published by the account “Trump War Room” saying: “We will NEVER forget the great Charlie Kirk.”
On the university plaza where Kirk was shot, Turning Point USA held a memorial on Thursday evening which spokesman and “The Charlie Kirk Show” executive producer Andrew Kolvet told Fox News host Jesse Watters was “a deliberate act reclaiming that space in his honor and for his legacy.”
The event was attended by thousands, according to KSL, including mourners praying around a 10-foot-tall wooden cross, as reported by The New York Times.
A bell tolled at the time Kirk was shot one year earlier, at 12:20 p.m.
Since then, the criminal case against the man suspected of shooting Kirk, 23-year-old Tyler Robinson, has moved slowly. Only this month, a judge decided there was enough evidence for the case to go to trial. Robinson, who has pleaded not guilty to aggravated murder, could face the death penalty if convicted.
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