NEWS OF THE WEEK: Aimee Lou Wood receives 'vile' death threats over anti-war post
In the wake of the U.S. bombing Iranian nuclear sites on Sunday, The White Lotus actress took to Instagram to share a clip of British politician Tony Benn's anti-war speech from 1998. In the speech, Benn discussed how civilians are most affected by war. Wood later returned to Instagram to reveal that, since reposting the clip, she had received death threats online. The 31-year-old wrote over the top of a selfie, "Love getting vile threats of violence and death just for saying I'm against war and innocent people dying... The world is crazy.'
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