Erika Kirk Roasted After Sharing Old Interview in Which She Says She Doesn’t Want ‘Fame’: ‘Girl Stop’

Erika Kirk is remaining humble.

The Turning Point USA CEO — who has sat down for numerous interviews since late husband Charlie Kirk’s death, helped put on an alternative halftime show during this year’s Super Bowl and was recently appointed to the U.S. Air Force Academy Board of Visitors — once said she didn’t need fame.

The former beauty pageant titleholder, 37, doubled down on her feelings by sharing an old interview clip with her 6.8 million Instagram followers that she said reminds her of how “ministry is found and discovered through your brokenness” and “testimony is found and discovered through your restoration in Christ.”

When asked about her experience doing pageants in the interview clip, Erika said, “It was one of those moments where I really understood what it meant to just fall to the ground and tear your clothes and just say, ‘I don’t want anything to do with this anymore. I don’t want the fake… the fame that comes with it. I don’t want the pride — oh my gosh, I don’t want the pride.’”

“I just prayed,” she said in the resurfaced clip. “I said, ‘Lord, just strip all this away from me. Take all of it.’”

Erika’s decision to post the resurfaced interview earlier this week was met with shock from some followers who trolled the mother of two for seemingly acting the opposite since her husband’s assassination on September 10, 2025.

“I don’t want the ‘fame’… ok, then. 😂,” one person wrote, poking fun at Erika’s words, prompting over 2,000 people to like their comment.

“Girl stop. We’re just not buying the bull,” another person commented, while one said: “I don’t want the fame- i just hopped in the CEO position ASAP and stepped out in glittered up suits like a celebrity at every event after.”

While other people supported Erika in the comments section, another compared her to Prince Harry’s wife.

“Does not want fame, does every single interview possible,” the social media user wrote. “This gives Meghan Markle.”

Charlie’s sudden death at age 31 in September gained national attention after he was killed while speaking at Utah Valley University as part of his American Comeback Tour.

Erika — who has spoken out numerous times following the death of the Stop, in the Name of God author — said in a speech at Fox Nation’s Patriot Awards in November, “He knew that evil wins when good people stay silent, and so for the rest of my life, I will make sure that I don’t stay silent.”