--- title: Golden Globes 2017: Lola Kirke Got Death Threats Over Armpits description: Mozart in the Jungle Lola Kirke actress responded to Instagram death threats over her armpit hair at the 2017 Golden Globes. canonical: https://time.com/4630259/lola-kirke-golden-globes-armpits/ author: Megan Lasher article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2017-01-10T18:36:33.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T09:04:20.741Z og:title: Lola Kirke Got Death Threats for Not Shaving Her Armpits og:description: Really? og:url: https://time.com/4630259/lola-kirke-golden-globes-armpits/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt84f625d9fc334d2d/6988b502524fc01811dfaad8/lola-kirke-golden-globes-armpit.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 4963 og:image:height: 2792 og:image:alt: NBC's "74th Annual Golden Globe Awards" - Arrivals og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Lola Kirke Got Death Threats for Not Shaving Her Armpits twitter:description: Really? twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt84f625d9fc334d2d/6988b502524fc01811dfaad8/lola-kirke-golden-globes-armpit.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Lola Kirke Got Death Threats for Not Shaving Her Armpits > Sponsored content. 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Kevork Djansezian—NBCU Photo Bank via Getty Images via Getty Images by [Megan Lasher](https://time.com/author/megan-lasher/) ## Megan Lasher Jan 10, 2017 6:36 PM UTC Add _Mozart in the Jungle_ actress Lola Kirke to the growing list of [celebrities making waves](http://motto.time.com/4628497/viola-davis-golden-globes-donald-trump/) in political discourse. The Amazon star and sister of [_Girls_ actress](http://motto.time.com/4514861/lena-dunham-girls-wrap/) Jemima Kirke didn’t mean to start a conversation about her armpit hair, but she recently responded to critics who [sent her death threats](http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/lola-kirke-armpits-golden-globes%5Fus%5F587396d4e4b043ad97e47a0f) for not shaving before the Golden Globes. “Thanks to all you beautiful people who didn’t send me death threats on account of my #awesome #hairyarmpits! You rule,” Kirke [wrote on Instagram](https://www.instagram.com/p/BPBmafzBdk8/?taken-by=lolakirke). It seems the bar for 2017 is set so low that _not_ sending death threats is a marker of a good person. Kirke’s Golden Globes look also attracted attention for the [pink “F\*ck Paul Ryan”](https://www.instagram.com/p/BO-x8uEhaA6/?taken-by=lolakirke) pin that blended in with her gown. “Paul Ryan is talking about [defunding Planned Parenthood](http://motto.time.com/4628553/lin-manuel-miranda-planned-parenthood-hamilton/). I think that, along with a number of other decisions that are being talked about being made by the new administration, is atrocious,” Kirke [told ELLE](http://www.elle.com/culture/movies-tv/news/a41933/lola-kirke-golden-globes-interview/). “As a person with a platform, no matter what size it is, I think it’s important to share your views. My body my choice, your body your choice.” \[h/t [Huffington Post](http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/lola-kirke-armpits-golden-globes%5Fus%5F587396d4e4b043ad97e47a0f)\] ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4630259/lola-kirke-golden-globes-armpits/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4630259/lola-kirke-golden-globes-armpits/"},"headline":"Lola Kirke Got Death Threats for Not Shaving Her Armpits","datePublished":"2017-01-10T18:36:33.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T09:04:20.741Z","description":"Really?","url":"https://time.com/4630259/lola-kirke-golden-globes-armpits/","keywords":["motto"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt84f625d9fc334d2d/6988b502524fc01811dfaad8/lola-kirke-golden-globes-armpit.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Megan Lasher","jobTitle":"","url":"https://time.com/author/megan-lasher/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt84f625d9fc334d2d/6988b502524fc01811dfaad8/lola-kirke-golden-globes-armpit.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"NBC's \"74th Annual Golden Globe Awards\" - Arrivals","caption":"74th ANNUAL GOLDEN GLOBE AWARDS -- Pictured: Actress Lola Kirke arrives to the 74th Annual Golden Globe Awards held at the Beverly Hilton Hotel on January 8, 2017.","creditText":"Kevork Djansezian—NBCU Photo Bank via Getty Images via Getty Images","representativeOfPage":true}],"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/motto/","name":"motto"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4630259/lola-kirke-golden-globes-armpits/","name":"Lola Kirke Got Death Threats for Not Shaving Her Armpits"}}]}] ```