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# Lena Headey Silences Trolls Who Criticized Her For Sharing an Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez Clip

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## Melissa Locker


Mar 28, 2019 4:00 PM UTC

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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

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## 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.”


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