Erika Kirk (née Frantzve) revealed that her 3-year-old daughter informed her she “can’t wait” to go to heaven following her father Charlie Kirk’s loss of life.
The conservative activist, 37, kicked off a full week of appearances on Fox Information with an interview on Hannity on Monday, December 8, to advertise her late husband Charlie Kirk’s posthumous ebook, Cease, within the Title of God: Why Honoring the Sabbath Will Rework Your Life.
Talking to host Sean Hannity, 63, Erika was requested whether or not believing that heaven is awaiting Christians once they die has introduced her any consolation.
“It does,” Erika responded. “My daughter and I, we’ve talked about this at night time. She would ask, ‘What do you assume Daddy did right this moment in heaven?’ And I’ll have her relay that again to me.”
Erika shared how she defined Charlie’s loss of life to her younger daughter.
“We’ve come to the understanding, and I’ve tried to elucidate this to her, that Daddy’s nonetheless with us, he’s simply in a distinct location and he’s constructing us a house in heaven,” she stated. “And I’ve stated this earlier than, however she stated, ‘I can’t wait to go.’ I stated, “Me too, child.”
Her husband, Charlie, was shot useless whereas addressing college students at Utah Valley College in Orem, Utah, on September 10. Suspected shooter Tyler James Robinson was apprehended by police the next day and has since been charged with aggravated homicide and extra felonies. (Robinson, 22, has but to enter a plea. Prosecutors have stated they are going to pursue the loss of life penalty if the case goes to trial.)
Erika delivered a eulogy for Charlie at his public memorial at State Farm Stadium in Glendale, Arizona, on September 21, wherein she stated had forgiven her husband’s killer.
“I forgive him as a result of it’s what Christ did,” Erika informed mourners. “The reply to hate is just not hate.”
In November, she revealed in a sit-down with Megyn Kelly that she and Charlie had hoped to develop their household earlier than his homicide. (Charlie and Erika bought married in Could 2021. They shared a son and a daughter, whose names they selected to maintain personal.)
Erika Kirk on December 03, 2025 in New York Metropolis. David Dee Delgado/Getty Photographs for The New York Occasions
“We needed to have 4 [children],” she stated. “And I used to be praying to God that I used to be pregnant when he bought murdered. … Each of us have been, we have been actually excited to simply increase our household.”
Erika defined that one other child “would [have been] the final word blessing out of this disaster.”
“Now once I see younger {couples}, I inform them, ‘Please, don’t put it off,’” she added. “Particularly should you’re a younger girl, don’t put it off. You may at all times have a profession, you may at all times return to work. You may by no means simply return to having youngsters.”
Erika took over for Charlie because the chairman and CEO of his conservative political group, Turning Level USA, mere days after the activist’s homicide.
“[Charlie] labored tirelessly to make sure Turning Level USA was constructed to outlive even the best check,” the group stated in a press release on September 18. “And now, it’s our nice pleasure to announce Erika Kirk as the brand new CEO and Chair of the Board for Turning Level USA.”
Throughout an interview on the New York Occasions’ 2025 DealBook Summit on December 3, Erika raised eyebrows whereas discussing Zohran Mamdani’s current election as mayor of New York Metropolis. When Andrew Ross Sorkin steered that Mamdani managed to win over youthful feminine voters very similar to Charlie had with conservative males, Erika claimed some girls view authorities as “a type of substitute for sure issues relationship-wise even.”
“What I don’t need to occur is girls, younger girls within the metropolis, look to the federal government as an answer to place off having a household or a wedding since you’re counting on the federal government to assist you rather than being united with the husband, the place you may assist your self and your husband can assist and you’ll guys all mix collectively,” she argued.
“I simply discover it so ironic and so fascinating {that a} heavy proportion of the people that voted for him are feminine,” Erika concluded.
Erika will proceed selling her late husband’s ebook with appearances on Fox & Buddies and Fox Information Radio’s The Brian Kilmeade Present on Tuesday, December 9. She’s going to visitor host The 5 at 5 p.m. ET on Tuesday, adopted by an interview on Outnumbered on Wednesday, December 10, at 12 p.m. ET.
