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

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.

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.”

“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. It’s outrageous. People are being murdered. And, I don’t want to normalize seeing people being murdered on the internet. On film. It’s. It’s hideous. And so if we can do anything out here to support the movement to cast ICE out, to delegitimize this unbelievably criminal organization, then that’s what we should be doing.”

Wilde, who is also at the festival to promote her appearance in Gregg Araki’s “I Want Your Sex,” said it was inspiring to see so many people protesting the government’s deployment of ICE.

“I think so many Americans are [speaking out]. I mean, you see the marches happening around the country. Americans are speaking up in huge numbers, and it’s dangerous to be a protester now and people are still going out to the streets, which is incredibly inspiring.”

Earlier on Saturday, Natalie Portman wore pins saying “ICE Out” and “Be Good” while talking about her film “The Gallerist” at the Variety Studio. “This is such a joyful community celebrating film here and we’re so excited to be showing ‘The Gallerist,’ but we’re also at a moment in our country’s history that is quite devastating,” Portman said. “It’s really impossible not to talk about what is happening right now and the brutality of ICE and how it has to stop immediately. But also, there’s a beautiful community that Americans are showing right now. They’re showing up for each other, protecting each other and fighting for their freedom. It’s a bittersweet moment to celebrate something we’re so proud of on the backdrop of our nation in pain.”