Matthew Lillard Says Support After Quentin Tarantino Dissed Him Was ‘Beautiful’ and ‘Like Living Through Your Own Wake’: ‘I Can’t Imagine a More Lovely Reaction’

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Matthew Lillard told Entertainment Weekly that it was “beautiful” to see fans and industry names come to his support last year after Quentin Tarantino publicly dissed him along with fellow actors Paul Dano and Owen Wilson. “It was like living through your own wake,” Lillard said about the resulting tributes to his career on social media that were posted to combat Tarantino’s comments. emails or tweets and Instagram posts and TikToks, all of the things we see after somebody passes are so sweet. I can’t imagine a more lovely reaction to what happened.”Popular on Variety“It was crazy. I keep showing it to my wife to convince her that I am worthy, that people still like me,” Lillard added.