Evangeline Lilly is addressing her choice to post photos from the anti-vaccine mandates rally that she attended last year in Washington, DC.
When she shared the pictures, the 43-year-old Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania actress stated that no one should be forced into doing something out of fear. She wrote on Instagram at the time:
“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.”
Now, in a new interview with Esquire, Evangeline touched on her decision to post the photos as well as the backlash that she received because of her post.
She admitted that at the time, she asked herself “about 600 times” whether is was a good idea to share what she did. She said:
“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 wait the giant.”
She went on to explain why she ultimately chose to post it despite the controversy that it sparked:
“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.”
That post back in 2022 was not the first one she shared that was anti-vaxx. In March of 2020, the former Lost star made headlines when she refused to social distance.
