--- ---  # Lena Headey Silences Trolls Who Criticized Her For Sharing an Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez Clip by [Melissa Locker](https://time.com/author/melissa-locker/) ## Melissa Locker Mar 28, 2019 4:00 PM UTC  Lena Headey attends Build Series to discuss 'Fighting with My Family' at on February 11, 2019 in New York City. (Photo by Dominik Bindl/Getty Images) Lena Headey attends Build Series to discuss 'Fighting with My Family' at on February 11, 2019 in New York City. (Photo by Dominik Bindl/Getty Images)Dominik Bindl;Getty Images by [Melissa Locker](https://time.com/author/melissa-locker/) ## Melissa Locker Mar 28, 2019 4:00 PM UTC [_Game of Thrones_](http://time.com/4913247/game-of-thrones-season-8-premiere-date/) star Lena Headey has two keywords for Instagram followers who think she is too political in her social media posts: “Unfollow me.” The actress, who plays [Cersei Lannister](http://time.com/5544114/game-of-thrones-season-8-trailer-analysis/) in the [HBO](http://time.com/4454792/game-of-thrones-cersei-lena-headey-2/) series, posted an Instagram video where she responded to some followers who seem to think she should stick to acting, instead of politics. “I just want to say, when I post my views, I don’t see myself as being highly political, I just see myself as a human being,” she told viewers in the post. “I care about the climate, I care about my children and their future, I care about my friends and their children and their future, I care about the crisis going on all over the world, the humanitarian crisis.” In case her message to content trolls wasn’t clear, she then added: “If that offends you, or you think actors have no place in the world to have an opinion – f— off. Unfollow me and I shall not weep.” While Headey does use social media to [connect](http://time.com/5463237/lena-headey-instagram/) with [_Game of Thrones_ ](http://time.com/4773785/lena-headey-cersei-game-of-thrones/)fans, she has not shied away from making her political views clear on the platform. This week alone, she has [posted multiple images](https://www.instagram.com/p/BvXXVroBa9a/) opposing Brexit, [another](https://www.instagram.com/p/BvW-ROth2NX/) from the People’s March urging a second Brexit referendum, one [supporting](https://www.instagram.com/p/BvSRkqBhpoO/) New Zealand’s ban on assault weapons, and [a video](https://www.instagram.com/p/BvhLdJlBs9K/) of Congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez speaking out about climate change, captioning the video, “Brilliant, vocal, fearless, bold and Inspirational women . I f—ing love you and am side by side with every word.” Lena Headey Has No Problem Being Political on Instagram ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/5560423/lena-headey-instagram-2/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/5560423/lena-headey-instagram-2/"},"headline":"Lena Headey Silences Trolls Who Criticized Her For Sharing an Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez Clip","datePublished":"2019-03-28T16:00:37.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T07:58:25.622Z","description":"\"Unfollow me and I shall not weep,” the Game of Thrones star wrote on Instagram.","url":"https://time.com/5560423/lena-headey-instagram-2/","keywords":["Newsfeed","celebrities","Instagram","onetime"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt702912bb22273fc3/6989477c457a5245ded60c77/lenaheadeyinstagram.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Melissa Locker","jobTitle":"","url":"https://time.com/author/melissa-locker/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt702912bb22273fc3/6989477c457a5245ded60c77/lenaheadeyinstagram.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Celebrities Visit Build - February 11, 2018","caption":"Celebrities Visit Build - February 11, 2018","creditText":"Dominik Bindl;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/time-section-newsfeed/","name":"Newsfeed"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/5560423/lena-headey-instagram-2/","name":"Lena Headey Silences Trolls Who Criticized Her For Sharing an Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez Clip"}}]}] ```