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Adams passionately defends free speech, asserting that "free speech is the license to offend period, full stop." She laments what she perceives as an oppressive culture that censors provocative humor and content, making it difficult to push artistic boundaries. Nonetheless, many critics note that Adams’s claims are somewhat disingenuous, considering her own career involves navigating a tightly controlled industry where self-censorship is often necessary to avoid backlash.
She recounts a behind-the-scenes moment where she improvised a line that upset a production assistant—a situation she found amusing, but which also exemplifies the culture of self-censorship prevalent in Hollywood today.