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Jameela Jamil made a controversial comment about the man who was accused the assassination of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson.
Luigi Mangione26, was held without bail under Pennsylvania in jail as he faces murder and weapons charges in two states.
The computer science graduate quickly gained an online fan base for his “hot” looks, with Jamil among social media users who showed mixed respect for the murder suspect.
Jamil, 38, wrote in the comments of an Instagram post from the account sainthoaxwhich included a photo of Mangione in a black suit, as well as another picture of him walking topless.
The caption read: “Person of interest in CEO shooting identified as Luigi Mangione” and “allegedly nabbed with the caption “(allegedly) nabbed” to which Jamil commented, “A star is born.”
The Good Place The actor’s remark was met with mixed reactions, with one social media user calling her comment “shameful”.
Others took the comment lightly, but acknowledged the moral dubiousness of calling the alleged killer a “star.”
“You made my wig leave my body,” another person wrote. Meanwhile, a third user added: “Omg I snorted at this comment.”
Ex Selling Sunset star Christine Quinn also commented on the post: “Imagine orchestrating the death of a CEO as a 26-year-old Ivy League valedictorian, quoting Nietzsche and Kaczynski like a Bond villain giving a Ted Talk, complete with cryptic Easter eggs on stage only to reveal all your a smart Ivy League theater can’t outsmart a McDonald’s security camera,” she wrote.
Mangione was arrested after he was spotted by a patron at a McDonald’s in Altoona, Pennsylvania, who alerted police after recognizing him from the pictures which were distributed by the NYPD last week.
He allegedly possessed a ghost gunsuppressor, “multiple false identification documents” and handwritten manifesto that allegedly disrupted the health care system, authorities said.
The 26-year-old was reported missing by his mother weeks before Broan Thompson, the CEO of UnitedHealthcare, was killed in Manhattan.
One of the suspect’s former colleagues, Aaron Cranston, said The Post that he had not been in contact with his relatives since a few months ago during back surgery.
Mangione cousins broke their silence in a statement shared on X/Twitter by Mangione’s cousin, Nino, saying they were “shocked and devastated” by the arrest, sending their “prayers to the family Brian Thompson“.