Do we like Chris Evans?
Our score: 8 out of 10. He has backed LGBTQ+ people in his own words for years and put time into sick kids, with only tabloid noise against him.
Evans grew up alongside a gay younger brother, actor Scott Evans, and sisters, and he has said that helped him build compassion and understanding for people whose lives differ from his. He told an interviewer it matters to put faces to the situations society is working through. That's a pretty good foundation for a bloke who went on to play the most squeaky-clean hero in the Marvel universe.
He has put it on the record when it counted. In 2019 he mocked organisers of a Straight Pride parade on Twitter, opening with “Wow! Cool initiative, fellas!!” and then sarcastically suggesting a rival parade. In 2022 he said he was frustrated by the backlash over the same-sex kiss in Lightyear, and told Reuters the objections came from critics' own homophobia.
The one genuine stoush was a photo that kept going viral: Evans signing an object, passed off as a bomb meant for Gaza. PolitiFact rated that claim false, finding the photo was taken in 2016 on a USO visit to a Turkish air base and showed a model training shell. Evans said himself it was not a bomb, a missile or a weapon of any kind. Some critics still wanted him to say more about Gaza, which is a fair debate, but the picture itself was misinformation.
On the harm check there's honestly nothing to flag. We found no harmful words about LGBTQ+ people, women, migrants or the planet, no conspiracy rabbit holes, and no run of films with grievance merchants. In 2020 he co-launched A Starting Point, a site that put officials from both parties in front of voters, and said his biggest issue was getting people to vote.
The comeback is the fun bit. In January 2025 he said it was not true he was returning to Marvel, and called himself happily retired. Then Marvel's December 2025 teaser confirmed Steve Rogers is back for Avengers: Doomsday, so apparently retirement lasted about a year. He also headlines Sacrifice, a Romain Gavras satire with Anya Taylor-Joy that went to Netflix after Toronto.
So: no court record or credible allegation turned up in what we read, and the cheating-rumour noise that does the rounds online is tabloid territory. That's a pass on being a good egg and a distinction on harm. Pretty hard to find a better bloke to cheer for in a cape.