PublishedFebruary 16, 2024 11:34 AM EST|UpdatedFebruary 16, 2024 11:34 AM EST
Actress Lily Gladstone wants people to know she’s very offended by Kansas City Chiefs fans doing the Tomahawk chop.
The Tomahawk chop is done by a handful of major college and pro teams with the Chiefs, Florida State Seminoles and Atlanta Braves being the most notable.
The chop is done to intimidate opponents, and let’s be honest, a stadium chanting it prior to kickoff is awesome and downright chilling under the lights.
Just don’t tell any of this to Lily Gladstone.
The “Killers of the Flower Moon” star told Variety the following:
“Honestly, you could hold both teams accountable. The 49ers are based on the California Gold Rush, which was an incredibly brutal time for California Indians. And then the Chiefs. There are many ways that you could interpret the name ‘chief.’ It’s not the name that bothers me. It’s hearing that damn Tomahawk chop. Every time, it’s a stark reminder of what Hollywood has done to us, because the Tomahawk chop directly ties to the sounds of old Westerns where we were not playing ourselves, or if we were, we were merely backdrop actors. It’s this ‘claiming’ of that sound and saying it’s in ‘honor’ and the commodification of who we are as people. It’s great to love the game and your players, but it still hurts.”
Lily Gladstone offended by Chiefs fans doing Tomahawk chop. (Photo by PATRICIA DE MELO MOREIRA/AFP via Getty Images)
Lily Gladstone isn’t impressed with Tomahawk chop.
While people are welcome to have any opinion they want on literally any subject – this is America, after all – Gladstone is way off base with her assessment.
The Tomahawk chop has nothing to do with “ties to the sounds of old Westerns where we were…