--- title: Kaley Cuoco Says Statement on Feminism Was Taken Out of Context description: "I'm completely blessed and grateful that strong women have paved the way for my success," she says canonical: https://time.com/3652129/kaley-cuoco-feminist/ author: Sarah Begley article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2015-01-02T16:03:11.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T08:56:31.636Z og:title: Kaley Cuoco Says Statement on Feminism Was Taken Out of Context og:description: "I'm completely blessed and grateful that strong women have paved the way for my success," she says. og:url: https://time.com/3652129/kaley-cuoco-feminist/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: TIME og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Kaley Cuoco Says Statement on Feminism Was Taken Out of Context twitter:description: "I'm completely blessed and grateful that strong women have paved the way for my success," she says. twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- # Kaley Cuoco Says Feminism Comments Taken Out of Context by [Sarah Begley](https://time.com/author/sarah-begley/) ## Sarah Begley Jan 2, 2015 4:03 PM UTC by [Sarah Begley](https://time.com/author/sarah-begley/) ## Sarah Begley Jan 2, 2015 4:03 PM UTC Kaley Cuoco-Sweeting [took to Instagram](http://instagram.com/p/xUqRLaOWVT/?utm%5Fsource=partner&utm%5Fmedium=embed&utm%5Fcampaign=photo&modal=true) Thursday to defend herself against criticism of a _Redbook_ interview in which she said she’s not a feminist. “If any of you are In the ‘biz’ you are well aware of how words can be taken out of context,” she wrote. “I’m completely blessed and grateful that strong women have paved the way for my success along with many others. I apologize if anyone was offended.” _The Big Bang Theory_ actress is one of the highest-paid women on television, raking in [$1 million per episode](http://time.com/3089216/the-big-bang-theory-million-hollywood-television/). “I’m so in control of my work,” Cuoco-Sweeting said in the _Redbook_ interview, “that I like coming home and serving \[my husband\].” \[[_Us Weekly_](http://www.usmagazine.com/celebrity-news/news/kaley-cuoco-talks-feminism-comments-taken-out-of-context-201521)\] ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/3652129/kaley-cuoco-feminist/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/3652129/kaley-cuoco-feminist/"},"headline":"Kaley Cuoco Says Feminism Comments Taken Out of Context","datePublished":"2015-01-02T16:03:11.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T08:56:31.636Z","description":"\"I'm completely blessed and grateful that strong women have paved the way for my success,\" she says","url":"https://time.com/3652129/kaley-cuoco-feminist/","keywords":["Living","feminism","celebrities"],"thumbnailUrl":"","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Sarah Begley","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/sarah-begley/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/tag/time-section-living/","name":"Living"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/3652129/kaley-cuoco-feminist/","name":"Kaley Cuoco Says Feminism Comments Taken Out of Context"}}]}] ```