SAT . Erika Kirk Unleashes Furious Message at People Who Applauded Her Husband’s Assassination
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Updated 09:19 12 Dec 2025 GMTPublished 08:58 12 Dec 2025 GMT
Erika Kirk issues brutal message to anyone who celebrated husband Charlie’s assassination
Charlie Kirk, a right-wing activist and close political ally of Donald Trump, was assassinated in September
Erika Kirk, the widow of late right-wing activist Charlie Kirk, has slammed those who celebrated his assassination as ‘sick’.
For those in need of a reminder, Turning Point USA founder Kirk, 31, was fatally shot during a college campus debate at Utah Valley University back in September.
The suspect, Tyler Robinson, 22, is believed to have fired a single bullet at the conservative campaigner while he took questions from attendees, with harrowing video footage of the incident going viral at the time.
US President Donald Trump later confirmed that Kirk had passed away.
In the weeks since Kirk’s death, Erika Kirk was unanimously elected as the new Turning Point USA lead, attending college campuses in his place as part of his ‘American Comeback’ tour, focused on conservative educational outreach.
Charlie Kirk was assassinated during a debate event in Utah in September (Trent Nelson/The Salt Lake Tribune/Getty Images)
She has also been seen accepting an inaugural accolade at the Fox Nation Patriot Awards, speaking at the New York Times DealBook Summit, and making a number of television interview appearances.
The latter included this week, when Erika will issue a brutal message on TV to those who explicitly rejoiced in the wake of her husband’s killing – especially those who took to social media to have their say.
Appearing in a CBS News town hall that’s set to air on Saturday (13 September), the mother-of-two will remind viewers of who Kirk left behind.
“He’s a human being,” Erika will begin. “You think he deserved that? Tell that to my three-year-old daughter.”
Erika referenced her daughter in her emotional plea (Instagram/@mrserikakirk)
The heartbroken widow will continue: “You want to watch in high-res the video of my husband being murdered, and laugh, and say he deserves it? There’s something very sick in your soul, and I’m praying that God saves you.”
She’ll add her belief that the internet is guilty of ‘dehumanising’ people, and will tell anyone who attempted to justify Kirk’s very public killing: “You’re sick.”
Also during the episode, Erika will be asked a number of questions from live attendees, and will discuss controversial conspiracy theories that a Turning Point USA insider might have been behind the attack, and the apparent rise of political violence.
On the latter, Erika – who, like her husband, bears a series of right-leaning beliefs about society – recently claimed that guns shouldn’t take any element of the blame in her husband’s killing, despite the nature of the attack.
Erika previously insisted that gun violence had nothing to do with Kirk’s murder (ANDREW CABALLERO-REYNOLDS/AFP via Getty Images)
Appearing at The New York Times’ Dealbook Conference last week, she instead hit out against the state of mind of her husband’s assassin, alongside divisive politics in general.
“What I’ve realised through all of this is that you can have individuals that will always resort to violence,” she explained. “And what I’m afraid of is that we are living in a day and age where they think violence is the solution to them not wanting to hear a different point of view.
“That’s not a gun problem, that’s a human, deeply human, problem. That is a soul problem, that is a mental… that is a very deeper issue.”
Erika also reiterated: “I wouldn’t wish upon anyone what I have been through, and I support the Second Amendment as well.”Featured Image Credit: Michael M. Santiago/Getty Images
Topics: Charlie Kirk, Erika Kirk, Politics, US News
Rhianna Benson
Published 13:31 4 Dec 2025 GMT
Erika Kirk explains why husband Charlie being fatally shot is not a ‘gun problem’
Charlie Kirk was fatally shot by in September
Charlie Kirk’s widow has insisted American doesn’t have a ‘gun problem’.
For those in need of a reminder, the right-wing activist was fatally shot back in September at a Republican rally he hosted at Utah Valley University.
Tyler Robinson, the 22-year-old suspected shooter, is believed to have fired a single bullet at 31-year-old Kirk in the presence of 3,000 spectators, including his wife Erika, with whom he shared a three-year-old daughter, and a son, one.
Despite the heartache that she and her children have endured in the wake of Kirk’s death, his widow doesn’t believe that guns should take any element of the blame.
Instead, appearing at the The New York Times’ Dealbook Conference on Wednesday (3 December), she hit out at Robinson’s state of mind, as well as divisive politics in general.
Kirk was shot during a rally in Utah (Trent Nelson/The Salt Lake Tribune/Getty Images)
“What I’ve realised through all of this is that you can have individuals that will always resort to violence,” the mother-of-two explained. “And what I’m afraid of is that we are living in a day and age where they think violence is the solution to them not wanting to hear a different point of view.”
Erika went on to insist: “That’s not a gun problem, that’s a human, deeply human, problem. That is a soul problem, that is a mental… that is a very deeper issue.”
Reported messages between Robinson and his roommate provided prosecutors with an insight into why he might have been motivated to murder one of Republican leader Donald Trump’s closest allies.
“I had enough of his hatred,” he’d told them. “Some hate can’t be negotiated out.”
The suspect’s mother also told police in the days after his arrest that Robinson had become ‘more pro-gay and trans-rights oriented’, with his roommate supposedly having been transgender.
Robinson is the suspected killer of Charlie Kirk (BBC)
“I had the opportunity to take out Charlie Kirk and I’m going to take it,” he also allegedly told the latter in another message.
Going one step further, the new Turning Point USA founder, who, like Kirk, bears a series of severely conservative, Christian views, also reiterated that she’s still an avid supporter of the Second Amendment. As a reminder, this element of the US Constitution protects the right for Americans to possess weapons for the protection of themselves, their rights, and their property.
“I wouldn’t wish upon anyone what I have been through, and I support the Second Amendment as well,” Erika went on.
The widow previously shocked her even her most severely right-wing followers, by claiming she’d already forgiven Kirk’s alleged killer just 11 days after the gruesome assassination took place.
“I don’t expect everyone to understand,” she said of this decision. “It’s not because you’re weak, it’s not because you think what the assassin did was correct. That’s the exact opposite.
Instagram/mrserikakirk
“Forgiveness is… for those of you who’ve been wronged, you know what it feels like to forgive someone.”
Erika continued: “And in a way, where it frees you from a poison, and it frees you to be able to think clearly and have a moment where your heart is free and you’re not bound to evil.”Featured Image Credit: Michael M. Santiago/Getty Images
Topics: Charlie Kirk, Erika Kirk, Politics, US News, Crime, Mental Health
Rhianna Benson
Published 14:27 11 Dec 2025 GMT
Selling Sunset’s Christine Quinn sparks fury after taking aim at Erika Kirk
Erika Kirk’s husband Charlie, a prolific right-wing activist, was assassinated during a debate on a college campus back in September
In a somewhat unexpected social media rant, reality TV star Christine Quinn has called out a recently-widowed Erika Kirk.
The Selling Sunset alum took to X on Wednesday (10 Dec), where she mentioned newly-appointed Turning Point USA boss Erika by name, after she took on the role in October following the assassination of her husband, Charlie Kirk.
Kirk, the right-wing activism firm’s former CEO, was fatally shot during a college campus debate attended by over 3,000 conservative voters back in October.
The suspect, 22-year-old Tyler Robinson, fired a single bullet through the 31-year-old’s neck from a nearby rooftop whilst he took questions from attendees.
Kirk’s political ally, President Donald Trump, later confirmed that he’d died.
In the weeks that followed, his wife Erika – with whom Kirk shared a three-year-old daughter and a son, aged one – led a memorial service for her late husband, during which she and Trump, 79, gave a speech.
Erika Kirk has made a number of public appearances since her husband’s assassination (Dimitrios Kambouris/Getty Images)
Having been unanimously elected as the new Turning Point USA lead, she has also attended campus talks in an attempt to continue the organisation’s educational outreach, accepted an inaugural accolade at the Fox Nation Patriot Awards, spoke at the New York Times DealBook Summit, and made several media appearances.
Erika’s new busy schedule has, however, attracted a mass of unfavourable attention – including from media star Christine Quinn, who accused her of spending minimal time with her children since their father’s death.
“Erika Kirk be everywhere but with her kids,” 37-year-old Quinn hit out in a tweet.
The remark was seemingly made in the wake of Erika’s appearance on Fox News hours earlier, during which she responded to allegations made by her and Kirk’s former friend and fellow conservative campaigner, Candace Owens.
Charlie Kirk was murdered last month (Trent Nelson/The Salt Lake Tribune/Getty Images)
For reference, Owens previously implied that the widow and several of her Turning Point USA colleagues might be behind the assassination.
“Come after me, call me names, I don’t care,” she said on the show. “Call me what you want, go down that rabbit hole, whatever.
“When you go after the people that I love and you’re making hundreds of thousands of dollars every single episode going after the people that I love because somehow they’re in on this? No.”
Despite the direct approach of Quinn’s social media criticism, it seems that a number of left-leaning voters are in agreement, pointing out that hotly-debated podcast host Kirk previously professed firm beliefs about traditional family set-ups.
Quinn took aim at Erika (X)
“Charlie told women to stay at home and raise kids, and his wife be doing the complete opposite,” one onlooker commented, after which the former Netflix star replied again: “This.”
Others, however, felt it was inappropriate to come for someone whilst they’re grieving.
“She takes her children to work with her…stop being so hateful,” one fan claimed.
Another agreed, questioning: “A woman should be with her children 24/7/365 and not be allowed to work? How awfully progressive of you.”Featured Image Credit: Instagram/@thechristinequinn
Topics: Selling Sunset, US News, Erika Kirk, Charlie Kirk, Politics
Rhianna Benson
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Published 11:43 11 Dec 2025 GMT
Amanda Seyfried says she’s not ‘f***ing apologising’ for Charlie Kirk comments
Turning Point USA founder Charlie Kirk was assassinated while hosting a rally in September
Weeks after taking aim at late right-wing activist Charlie Kirk, Amanda Seyfried has doubled down on her verdict.
The actress took to social media back in September, where she had her say on Kirk’s shock assassination.
The 31-year-old conservative influencer was fatally shot while hosting a Republican rally at Utah Valley University.
The suspect, 22-year-old Tyler Robinson, was allegedly positioned on a nearby rooftop while Kirk took questions from over 3,000 conservative attendees, firing a single bullet through his neck. Kirk’s political ally Donald Trump later confirmed that the Turning Point USA founder had died.
The high-profile murder severely divided the US, with right-leaning voters expressing their devastation while some liberals pointed out the long list of controversial beliefs Kirk held before he died.
Kirk was assassinated in September (Trent Nelson/The Salt Lake Tribune/Getty Images)
For reference, this included that same-sex marriage and abortion were sins, that there was only two genders and that white privilege wasn’t real. He also proudly supported Israel in the Gaza conflict, and advocated for gun rights in America.
These mindsets rubbed a number of onlookers up the wrong way, including 40-year-old The Housemaid actress Amanda Seyfried.
In the wake of his death, the Golden Globe winner commented, ‘He was hateful’, on a post that compiled some of Kirk’s most controversial beliefs.
Seyfried received mass backlash a result of her remark, with critics accusing her of justifying Kirk’s killing.
“We’re forgetting the nuance of humanity,” she went on to hit back at these allegations.
This week, Seyfried stood by her verdict.
Seyfried stood by her comments (Dimitrios Kambouris/Getty Images)
Speaking to Who What Wear, she insisted: “I’m not f**king apologising for that. I mean, for f**k’s sake, I commented on one thing.
“I said something that was based on actual reality and actual footage and actual quotes. What I said was pretty damn factual, and I’m free to have an opinion, of course.”
She went on to explain: “I can get angry about misogyny and racist rhetoric and also very much agree that Charlie Kirk’s murder was absolutely disturbing and deplorable in every way imaginable.
“No one should have to experience this level of violence.”
The mother-of-two added: “This country is grieving too many senseless and violent deaths and shootings. Can we agree on that at least?”
Lastly, Seyfried went on to reiterate that her comments were hugely taken out of context.
Seyfried insisted she wouldn’t apologise (Dominik Bindl/Getty Images)
“Thank God for Instagram,” the Mamma Mia star. “I was able to give some clarity, and it was about getting my voice back because I felt like it had been stolen and re-contextualised – which is what people do, of course.”Featured Image Credit: Dimitrios Kambouris/Getty Image
Topics: Celebrity, US News, Charlie Kirk, Politics
Rhianna Benson
Published 11:50 12 Sep 2025 GMT+1
New footage of ‘person of interest’ fleeing from rooftop moments after Charlie Kirk assassination as FBI issues update on manhunt
Authorities say they have evidence that could be used for DNA testing
New footage has shown the alleged shooter who killed Charlie Kirk on 10 September, as he was debating with students in Utah.
The 31-year-old was fatally shot at Utah Valley University‘s campus, where he was delivering a Q&A debate during his ‘Prove Me Wrong’ rally.
It was just moments after being asked a question from student, Hunter Kozak, that the Turning Point USA founder was shot by the gunman, who fired a single bullet through his neck.
Kirk could be seen recoiling in his chair and falling to the ground, with the horrifying video being shared on social media.
His death was later confirmed by Donald Trump, who was an ally of Kirk’s.
He wrote on Truth Social: “The Great, and even Legendary, Charlie Kirk, is dead. No one understood or had the Heart of the Youth in the United States of America better than Charlie.”
Charlie Kirk was murdered as he was having a debate in Utah (JOSH EDELSON/AFP via Getty Images)
The images, which were released within hours of him being shot, shows a man walking up a staircase, wearing sunglasses, cap and a black long-sleeved t-shirt.
The video was shared by the Bureau and the Utah Department of Public Safety during a press conference yesterday evening (11 September).
It shows the person, wearing all black, running across the roof of a building on campus, before stopping near the edge and then scaling down and walking through a parking lot and towards a wooded area.
Mason claimed the man ‘blended in well with the college institution’, and that they have ‘many details right now’, including that the suspect appeared to be of ‘college age’.
Beau Mason, the commissioner of the Utah Department of Public Safety, said in a press update: “We were able to track the movements of the shooter starting at 11:52 am. This subject arrived on campus shortly away from campus.
“We have tracked his movements onto the campus through the stairwells, up to the roof, across the roof, to a shooting location.”Play
Mason added: “After the shooting, we were able to track his movements as he moved to the other side of the building, jumped off of the building and fled, off of the campus and into a neighbourhood.”
While he said they were reluctant to release all they had, FBI agent Robert Bohls also confirmed they found the gun they believe killed Kirk.
He said: “I can tell you that we have recovered what we believe is the weapon to be that was used in yesterday’s shooting is a high powered bolt action rifle.
The FBI has released an update on the case (Francisco Kjolseth/The Salt Lake Tribune/Getty Images)
“That rifle was was recovered in a wooded area where the shooter had fled. The FBI laboratory will be analysing this weapon.”
Authorities also noted that the man left palm impressions, shoe impressions and a forearm imprint, which could be used to collect DNA.
However, they are still relying on public tips, and are offering a $100,000 reward.
The FBI has received 7,000 tips so far.Featured Image Credit: Francisco Kjolseth/The Salt Lake Tribune/Getty Images)
