The widow of conservative commentator Charlie Kirk spoke publicly for the first time since his assassination, sharing emotional details of her grief, final moments with her husband, and how she is keeping his legacy alive. Erika Kirk sat down with Fox News host Jesse Watters for a special edition interview titled “Erika Kirk: In Her Own Words,” airing on Jesse Watters Primetime.
Charlie Kirk, a well-known conservative speaker and founder of Turning Point USA, was fatally shot in Utah earlier this year while attending a campus speaking event. According to investigators, he was struck by a single round from a bolt-action rifle shortly after noon local time. Erika Kirk described the moment she learned about her husband’s death as a “nightmare” she’s still living through.
“I never saw the video, I never will see it,” she told Fox News. “There are certain things you see in your life that mark your soul forever. I don’t want my husband’s public assassination to be something I ever see. I don’t want my kids to ever see that.”
The night before the shooting, Erika and the couple’s young daughter had slept in the master bedroom while Charlie chose to sleep in their daughter’s room. She said she wanted him to get a good night’s rest before his next public appearance. Erika recalled that Charlie had been especially excited that night about the event.
“The next morning, he came in and he grabbed his wedding ring and necklace, and then he left,” she recalled. “I didn’t even get to give him a kiss goodbye.”
While Charlie was in Utah, Erika remained in Arizona to assist her mother, who was undergoing a medical procedure. She explained that Charlie had encouraged her to stay, reminding her that “home needs you” and suggesting she attend his next event later in the week instead.
While in the waiting room with her mother, Erika saw a video of Charlie tossing hats into the crowd at Utah Valley University. Just moments later, she received a phone call. According to Erika, a family friend named Mikey McCoy called to tell her Charlie had been shot.
“I sprinted out of her treatment center and just collapsed in the middle of the parking lot,” she said. Charlie was pronounced dead at the scene.
Erika described how Charlie died instantly from the shot, telling Watters, “The way the bullet hit him, he died instantaneously. He literally blinked and probably thought he was raptured and looked around and was like, where’s everybody else?”
She also said she had previously expressed safety concerns to her husband due to his public role and the increasing tensions on college campuses where he often spoke. According to Erika, Charlie had acknowledged those concerns but was firm in his belief that fear would not control him. She recalled asking him if he’d ever considered wearing a bulletproof vest.
“He would nod to that and be like, you know, I’ve looked into it, but he would always say, ‘If they’re going to get me, they’re gonna get me,’” she shared.
NEW: @MrsErikaKirk hits back at those who said her husband “deserved to die”:
“Why would you say that? That could have been your parent, your spouse, your loved one.” | @JesseBWatters pic.twitter.com/oTE8j4j0pY
— Fox News (@FoxNews) November 6, 2025
When Erika arrived in Utah after the shooting, she said she insisted on seeing Charlie’s body right away, even though law enforcement initially encouraged her to wait until the mortuary had prepared him. Erika explained that she refused.
“I said, with all due respect, sir, I want to see what they did to my husband and I want to give him a kiss because I didn’t get to give him a kiss this morning,” she said.
.@JesseBWatters: “What’s the hardest part of your day?”@MrsErikaKirk: “The nights are the hardest, being in a bed by yourself. Rolling over trying to… goodnight kiss that’s not there.” pic.twitter.com/qDAIM2IUiW
— Fox News (@FoxNews) November 6, 2025
She remembered the moment as deeply emotional, saying that even though Charlie was gone, he looked “so alive.” She described him as still warm, with his eyes slightly open and a familiar smirk on his face.
“I’m not afraid. Charlie wasn’t afraid either. We never lived in fear. If we did, we wouldn’t get anything done.”@MrsErikaKirk @FoxNews pic.twitter.com/LtUetYbhVD
— Turning Point USA (@TPUSA) November 6, 2025
“That smirk to me is that look of: you thought you could stop what I’ve built,” Erika said. “This vision, this movement, this revival—you thought you could do that by murdering me. You got my body. You didn’t get my soul.”
NEW: Erika Kirk responds to the CONSPIRACY THEORIES around Charlie’s Assassination
“Consider and think about whatever you put online because it’s going to impact his kids in the future. I don’t want my kids to go on the internet one day when they’re older and see things… pic.twitter.com/bbRI5ZhV35
— Jesse Watters (@JesseBWatters) November 6, 2025
NEW: Erika Kirk responds to the CONSPIRACY THEORIES around Charlie’s Assassination Charlie Kirk’s death sparked nationwide mourning from supporters and elected officials across the political spectrum. President Donald Trump posted a message of support for the Kirk family earlier this year, calling the assassination a “cowardly act” and praising Kirk’s work with young conservatives.
HIGHER COURT: Erika Kirk says she’s leaving the death penalty decision to the government — and to God — saying that true justice belongs to the Lord alone. | @MrsErikaKirk @JesseBWatters pic.twitter.com/JlNaanVoBX
— Fox News (@FoxNews) November 6, 2025
This Thursday, Erika Kirk will be honored at the seventh annual Fox Nation Patriot Awards in New York, where she will receive the first-ever Charlie Kirk Legacy Award.
FAITH THROUGH GRIEF: @MrsErikaKirk says she still talks to her husband, Charlie, all the time after his assassination:
“I talk to him all the time. I’ll say, ‘Baby, just give me your wisdom. Speak to me.’”
“I want to feel this so deeply so that I know how the Lord wants to use… pic.twitter.com/tqVBpioY92
— Fox News (@FoxNews) November 6, 2025
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