Zachary Levi leaves actor 'utterly heartbroken' following anti-vax remarks citing Gavin Creel's tragic death Have YOU got a story? Email [email protected] READ MORE: Levi urges 'closeted conservatives' in Hollywood to support Trump Follow MailOnline's presidential election live blog for all the latest news and updates By Adam S. Levy For Dailymail.
com Published: 22:47 EDT, 24 October 2024 | Updated: 22:48 EDT, 24 October 2024 e-mail View comments Zachary Levi was widely slammed after linking the COVID-19 vaccine to the recent death of Gavin Creel at 48 , with fellow actor Norbert Leo Butz saying he was 'utterly heartbroken' by the move. The 44-year-old actor posted a controversial one-hour rant Sunday on his Instagram, saying he believed that Creel - his one-time costar in the Broadway revival of She Loves Me who died September 30 following a battle with cancer - 'would be alive right now' had he not gotten vaccinated. Butz, 57, left a comment condemning the Shazam! star for mentioning Creel in his politically-charged statement, after Levi endorsed Republican Donald Trump over Democrat Kamala Harris ahead of the forthcoming presidential election.
'So incredibly disappointed you would politicize Gavin’s death,' the Tony winner said. 'Really tried to give you the benefit here. Made it halfway through, which was hard as hell.
'But was utterly heartbroken, as he would have been, that you felt the need to use his life and legacy to promote this awful platform.' Zachary Levi, 44.
