Kristin Chenoweth was deeply affected by the backlash to her comments about the death of Charlie Kirk.

In an interview with The Hollywood Reporter published on Nov. 3, the "Wicked" star, 57, addressed the mixed reactions she received in September after writing on Instagram that she was "upset" about the conservative activist's killing. "Didn't always agree but appreciated some perspectives," she said at the time. "What a heartbreak. His young family. I know where he is now. Heaven. But still."

After Chenoweth's statement sparked backlash among Kirk's critics, the Tony winner told the Reporter the reaction was "tough on me."

"It nearly broke me, and that's all I'm going to say," Chenoweth told the outlet. "You probably know my heart, so you probably know."

Kirk, cofounder of the conservative organization Turning Point USA and an ally of President Donald Trump, was shot and killed during an event at Utah Valley University on Sept. 10. A suspect, Tyler Robinson, has been charged with his death.

Chenoweth previously told NY1 in September that she "had a human moment of reflection" and "came to understand that my comment" about Kirk "hurt some folks and that hurt me."

"It's no secret that I have been – that I'm a Christian, that I'm a person of faith. It's also no secret that I am an advocate for the LGBTQ+ community, and for some, that doesn't go together," she said. "But for me, it always has. And it always will."

Jamie Lee Curtis similarly drew mixed reactions among fans in September after she cried about Kirk's death in an interview on the "WTF with Marc Maron" podcast.

Though the "Freakier Friday" star told Maron she disagreed with Kirk and found his ideas "abhorrent," she described the activist as "a man of faith" and said she hopes that "in that moment when he died, that he felt connected to his faith."

Curtis later told Variety in October that she received "threatening" backlash over this statement, which she argued was misinterpreted.

"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, which I wasn’t; I was simply talking about his faith in God," she told the magazine.

Contributing: Anna Kaufman, USA TODAY

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