CNN claps back at Kirstie Alley: ‘You’re welcome to change the channel’

CNN responded to Kirstie Alley’s attacks by inviting her to get her news from other sources if she’s unsatisfied with their reporting.

“Kirstie, you are welcome to change the channel – just like countless viewers did every time ‘Veronica’s Closet’ came on TV,” CNN tweeted, referencing the sitcom Alley starred in from 1997 to 2000. “But don’t downplay the loss of nearly 230K American lives. And please, wear a mask.”

Kirstie, you are welcome to change the channel – just like countless viewers did every time “Veronica’s Closet” came on TV. But don’t downplay the loss of nearly 230K American lives. And please, wear a mask.

— CNN Communications (@CNNPR) October 30, 2020

CNN’s retort came after the actress criticized them in a series tweets, during which she accused the cable news network of controlling viewers through fear, among other comments.

I now Know why my personal friends who walk around in SHEER TERROR of contracting Covid are simply CNN viewers! I decided to watch CNN myself to get a their viewpoint and oh my God DID I EVER!!!! IF YOU TOO WANT TO LIVE IN TERROR WATCH CNN!!
FEAR OF DYING IS THEIR MANTRA! OMG!

— Kirstie Alley (@kirstiealley) October 30, 2020

Omg CNN you are worse than MARSHA MARSHA MARSHA
Why don’t you report on JOE BIDEN AND HUNTER BIDEN reports and evidence of COLLUSION with UKRAINE RUSSIA AND CHINA? Instead of
COVID COVID COVID

I pity your viewers who you control with FEAR FEAR FEAR

— Kirstie Alley (@kirstiealley) October 30, 2020

I can’t with this girl… the one in the big glasses on CNN.. yeah I know her name. She’s the epitome of the bubble headed bleach blonde who came on at five to talk about the plane crash where everybody died…DELIGHTS in spreading bad news pic.twitter.com/VGXaP8LKig

— Kirstie Alley (@kirstiealley) October 30, 2020

Alley took to Twitter again after seeing CNN’s tweet, writing, “Meow …if only you paid as much attention to Joe Biden’s alleged corrupt business dealings as a TV show that was rated top ten in 1997….. guess you got that wrong too.”

Meow …if only you paid as much attention to Joe Biden’s alleged corrupt business dealings as a TV show that was rated top ten in 1997….. guess you got that wrong too‍♀️ https://t.co/j1BelxVohy

— Kirstie Alley (@kirstiealley) October 30, 2020

Alley, who voted for Trump in 2016, has been vocal about her endorsement of the president’s reelection and distaste for his Democratic opponent, former Vice President Joe Biden.