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Olivia Wilde Wears ‘ICE Out’ Pin at Sundance and Says ‘This Country Is Hurting. I’m Appalled and Sickened…People Are Being Murdered’

January 25, 2026

Jan 24, 2026 6:03pm PT Olivia Wilde Wears ‘ICE Out’ Pin at Sundance and Says ‘This Country Is Hurting. I’m Appalled and Sickened…People Are Being Murdered’ By Pat Saperstein Plus Icon Pat Saperstein Deputy Editor @Variety_PatS Latest Olivia Wilde Wears ‘ICE Out’ Pin at Sundance and Says ‘This Country Is Hurting. I’m Appalled and Sickened…People Are Being Murdered’ 59 minutes ago Yulee Choi on Making Her Acting Debut in Family Comedy ‘Food Truck: Stolen Love…and Moo Deng’ 5 days ago Kianna Underwood, Who Appeared on Nickelodeon’s ‘All That,’ Killed in Brooklyn Hit-and-Run 1 week ago See All Olivia Wilde is at the Sundance Film Festival with two movies, but like most everyone else this weekend, she’s concerned with the devastating news that Alex Pretti, a 37-year old nurse, was killed by ICE in Minnesota Saturday morning.

PARK CITY, UTAH - JANUARY 24: Olivia Wilde attends "The Invite" Premiere during the 2026 Sundance Film Festival at Eccles Center Theater on January 24, 2026 in Park City, Utah. (Photo by Dia Dipasupil/Getty Images)

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On the red carpet for the Seth Rogen comedy she directed, “The Invite,” Wilde had some emotional words about what’s happening in the country right now.
“We’re all here getting to celebrate something really beautiful and hopeful in film storytelling,” she said.
“But the world is hurting right now, and this country is hurting.
And it’s appalling.” Related Stories Entertainment Journalist Zuri Hall on Her New 'Not About Sports' Talk Show, Interviewing Oprah Winfrey and 'Heated Rivalry' Mike Flanagan's 'The Exorcist' Gets Spring 2027 Release Date; Scarlett Johansson and 'Hamnet' Breakout Jacobi Jupe to Star “I’m appalled and sickened,” Wilde continued on the carpet.
“We can’t go another day just sort of accepting this as our new norm.

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Olivia Wilde Wears ‘ICE Out’ Pin at Sundance and Says ‘This Country Is Hurting. I’m Appalled and Sickened…People Are Being Murdered’

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