Erika Kirk shares video of late husband telling daughter how they met: ‘My favorite love story’

Erika Kirk posted a video on Monday of her late husband, Turning Point USA founder and CEO Charlie Kirk, telling their daughter the story of how they met. 

Sitting in a place he calls Bill’s Burgers — presumably Bill’s Bar & Burger — with his toddler daughter on his lap, Kirk begins telling their story.

“Story time: We’re at Bill’s Burgers in New York City, and right near this very table was the first time Dada met Mama,” Kirk begins.

“And it started as a job interview. I was asking all these questions, asking all these questions: philosophy, religion, Jesus, and then I realized Mama was beautiful and smart and elegant and Christ-like, and so I said ‘forget this job interview, I want to date you.’ I said, ‘I have enough friends,’ and that’s where your journey started.”

Charlie proposed to Erika in December 2020. She captioned photos of the engagement on Instagram, “When God writes your love story, you get to marry your best friend.” The two married less than a year later in May 2021.

On Friday, two days after her husband was murdered, Erika spoke publicly about the assassination and Charlie’s legacy. She said that the movement he built would go on, including the previously planned campus tours and America Fest 2025.

“Two days ago, my husband, Charlie, went to see the face of his [S]avior and his God,” she said through tears. “And one of the final conversations that he had on this earth, my husband witnessed for his Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ. Now and for all eternity he will stand at his Savior’s side wearing the glorious crown of a martyr.”

She added that Charlie’s favorite Bible verse was Ephesians 5:25, which says: “Husbands, love your wives, just as Christ loved the church and gave himself up for her.”