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Erika Kirk Admits She Was ‘Praying to God’ That She Was Pregnant After Charlie Kirk ‘Was Murdered’
Erika Kirk — the widow of right-wing political activist Charlie Kirk — has revealed the couple’s bittersweet pregnancy plans.
“We wanted to have four,” Erika, 37, who shared a 1-year-old son and a 3-year-old daughter with Charlie, told Megyn Kelly, 55, in a preview of their Monday, November 24 interview.
“I was praying to God that I was pregnant when he got murdered,” Erika said in the clip, posted to the Twitter account of The Megyn Kelly Show.
“I was like, ‘Oh goodness, that would be the ultimate blessing out of this catastrophe,” Erika added, while wiping away tears. “So, now when I see young couples, I tell them, ‘Please, don’t put it off, especially if you’re a young woman, don’t put it off. You can always have a career, you can always go back to work. You can never just go back to having children.’”
Erika — who is now the CEO of Turning Point USA, of which her husband co-founded — added, “And they grow so fast and so quickly, but … I was praying — both of us were. We were really excited to just expand our family.”
“Thank God you have the two,” Kelly, 55, replied. “One day, they’ll find out. Right now, they’re just little loves. One day they’ll find out that they’re ‘Charlie Kirk’s children’ and they’ll know what that means.”
Charlie, 31, was assassinated on September 10, at Utah Valley University in Orem amid his “The American Comeback Tour.”
The suspected shooter, a 22-year-old man named Tyler James Robinson was arrested and handed multiple charges, including aggravated murder, a capital felony.
If convicted, Robinson could face the death penalty. Robinson did not yet enter a plea, according to CBS News; his next court date is January 16, 2025, the Associated Press reports.
