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Erika Kirk has broken her silence following the tragic passing of her husband, Charlie Kirk. In an emotional revelation, she shared that their young daughter poignantly asked if she could visit heaven to see her father. Charlie, a prominent conservative activist, was tragically shot and killed on September 10 while addressing students at Utah Valley University during a Turning Point USA event. Erika’s first interview since this devastating event is scheduled to air on Fox News Wednesday night. A preview clip has already highlighted the heart-wrenching questions her three-year-old daughter continues to ask.
In her conversation with Fox News host Jesse Watters, Erika opened up about how she has been helping her children cope with their father’s absence. She explained to them that Charlie is on a ‘work trip with Jesus’ and encouraged them to speak to him by looking up at the sky whenever they miss him. When her daughter inquired about visiting heaven, Erika gently assured her, “Baby, we will all go one day. We will all go one day.”
The Kirks, who tied the knot in 2021, are parents to two young children: a three-year-old daughter and a one-year-old son, whose names remain private. Following Charlie’s untimely death, Erika addressed the nation to share how she consoled her daughter, who ran into her arms, expressing how much she missed her father. Erika tenderly told her, “Baby, Daddy loves you so much. Don’t you worry. He’s on a work trip with Jesus so he can afford your blueberry budget,” a touching attempt to comfort her little girl.
Charlie was honored with the Presidential Medal of Freedom posthumously on October 14 by President Trump. Erika accepted the award on what would’ve been her husband’s 32nd birthday. In her speech, she read a birthday message that her daughter had written to Charlie. ‘Happy birthday daddy. I want to give you a stuffed animal. I want you to eat a cupcake with ice cream. And I want you to go have a birthday surprise. I love you,’ the message read.
Erika shared a heartbreaking video of her daughter saying Charlie’s name in the car in a video on Instagram. As the two rode past a sign with Charlie on it, their daughter joyfully yelled, ‘I see Daddy! Charlie Kirk!’ Erika captioned the video: ‘Her…saying your name, as she witnesses all you’ve built and continue to build, proves that love never dies, just changes form. It breathes through our children. This is her legacy also.’
‘And as she grows up and continues to say your name, I’ll be reminding her that each time Heaven leans in to listen,’ she went on. ‘I love you Charlie baby, I’m so proud of you. We all are so proud of you.’ Another preview of Erika’s pre-taped Fox interview revealed her thoughts on Jimmy Kimmel after his show was pulled off the air for his comments about her husband’s assassination.
When asked what her message was to Kimmel, Erika revealed that Sinclair, the broadcast group that airs ABC programming , had asked her after the late-night host’s controversial monologue what they could do to ‘make it right.’ ‘They asked, “Do you want Jimmy to give you an apology? Do you want to be on his show? How can we make it right?”‘ she told Watters. Erika said that if Sinclair or Kimmel wants to apologize, they’re welcome to, but ‘if that’s not in your heart, don’t do it.’
Kimmel’s divisive monologue referred to the alleged shooter, Tyler Robinson, 22, who was arrested for aggravated murder in connection with Charlie Kirk’s death. Jimmy Kimmel Live! was put back on the air a week after it was suspended, and Kimmel clarified that his previous comments weren’t intended to make light of a murder.
‘That was really the opposite of the point I was trying to make, but I understand that to some it felt ill-timed or unclear or maybe both,’ Kimmel said in his opening monologue. Erika’s full interview on Fox is set to air during Jesse Watters Primetime slot at 8 pm EST. She’s also set to receive the network’s inaugural Charlie Kirk Legacy Award at the Patriot Awards on Thursday.