Amid the Los Angeles riots in early June 2025, Wyatt Russell turned a serious subject of dialog on social media. This, after a video of the actor calling out the Nationwide Guard went viral. There’s only one drawback: it wasn’t Wyatt. 

ICYMI, on June 9, a variety of social media customers shared a video of a person addressing members of the Nationwide Guard, imploring them to face with protestors in wake of the ICE raids. Stated man occurred to have shoulder-length hair (which Wyatt as soon as sported, although he is all the time been blond, and the person appeared to have gentle brown hair), an identical (ish, from some angles) facet profile to the star, and donned a Los Angeles Kings hoodie (and as many know, Wyatt is a serious ice hockey fan and former skilled participant). All these particulars, and naturally, social media customers quickly claimed he was Goldie Hawn and Kurt Russell’s son. 

Granted, not everybody hopped on the bandwagon, and a variety of folks throughout platforms fact-checked the accounts claiming the person was Wyatt. “That is actually not Wyatt Russell,” wrote one X consumer. “That does not even appear to be Wyatt,” chimed one other — and TBH, whereas some stills had us considering perhaps it was the actor, upon watching the precise video, we’re in settlement there. X finally included a group notes element mentioning that it seemingly wasn’t Wyatt. On Instagram, one account additionally known as out Name to Activism for claiming it was Wyatt, writing in a caption, “Information matter. That is NOT Wyatt Russell. The identify of the person who has helped to revive my religion in humanity is Mr. @aaronjfisher89.” Talking of Aaron Fisher, he spoke to Leisure Weekly and confirmed that it had been him, however joked that if Wyatt’s identify helped unfold his message, he was advantageous with being misidentified. 

Whereas Wyatt Russell is one in every of many celebs who do not use social media, which means he could not debunk the video claims himself, a spokesperson for the actor cleared issues up. “That is certainly NOT Wyatt Russell, and we have now been working to attempt to right the mis-identification,” they instructed the Unbiased.

That Wyatt and his workforce needed to distance themselves from the state of affairs is not that stunning when making an allowance for that he is one in every of many celebs who aren’t tremendous eager speaking about their private views. Granted, he isn’t a recluse, and he has spoken about being raised by his well-known mother and father. The truth is, he and Kurt Russell even did a joint interview on “Jimmy Kimmel Stay,” the place they particularly spoke about their similarities. Nonetheless, it is exactly these similarities which had us saying, “Aha,” when Wyatt’s workforce put out its assertion. In a 2020 interview with The New York Instances, Kurt identified that he did not assume actors ought to share their commentary on present affairs. “So far as I am involved, it is best to step away from saying something so to nonetheless be seen by the viewers in any character. There is no purpose entertainers cannot study simply as a lot as anyone else a few topic, no matter it’s. However I believe that what’s unhappy about it’s that they lose their standing as a courtroom jester,” he stated. Kurt went on to make clear the significance of that function, noting, “A courtroom jester is the one one who can stroll into the fortress and put the king down so long as he does not hit too near dwelling.”

In fact, it wasn’t Wyatt who stated that, so it is potential his distancing himself from the video was completely unrelated. Nonetheless, we positively would not rule out the opportunity of there being a hyperlink right here.