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Regardless of preliminary reviews on the contrary, it appears that evidently Erika was not current at Utah Valley College when her husband was killed.
Erika Kirk, Charlie Kirk’s widow, participates in a Medal of Freedom Ceremony for late US right-wing activist Charlie Kirk within the Rose Backyard of the White Home in Washington, DC, on October 14, 2025. (Picture by ANDREW CABALLERO-REYNOLDS/AFP by way of Getty Photographs)
Erika Kirk was at residence in Arizona when she discovered of her husband’s demise
Although she usually traveled with him throughout his talking excursions, on this event, Erika was compelled to stay at residence in Arizona as a result of her mom’s well being points.
“He was like, ‘Home needs you … Come with me on Thursday to the next event we have. That night, he was so excited,” she told Jesse Watters during last night’s interview.
She added that Charlie was working late within the morning and didn’t have time to offer her a goodbye kiss.
“I have my phone, and I see the video come in with him flinging out the hats. And I said, ‘Mom, look, it started.’ So we saw the hats being flung. I put my phone down, and it was on silent,” she recalled, including:
Erika Kirk, Charlie Kirk’s widow, speaks in the course of the public memorial service for right-wing activist Charlie Kirk at State Farm Stadium in Glendale, Arizona, on September 21, 2025. (Picture by PATRICK T. FALLON/AFP by way of Getty Photographs)
“So I had no cause to look again at it. I moved my mother. I went again to seize my telephone, and that’s when Mikey began calling me.
“I’m just like, ‘Charlie’s been shot. He’s been shot. Get the kids. Get security. Get the kids. He’s been shot.’ I sprinted out of her treatment center, just collapsed in the middle of the parking lot.”
Erika Kirk says she is going to ‘never’ watch assassination video
Erika then recalled arriving on the hospital and arguing with cops who suggested to not view Charlie’s physique.
“The room got quiet because half the room knew it’s probably a good idea, and the other half the room was like, ‘There is no way she’s listening to you right now,’” she defined.
“And I responded back to him, and 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.’ And I said the same thing to the doctor.”
Erika Kirk (L), spouse of late conservative activist Charlie Kirk, arrives with U.S. President Donald Trump as he posthumously awards the Presidential Medal of Freedom to Charlie Kirk throughout a ceremony within the Rose Backyard of the White Home on October 14, 2025 in Washington, DC. (Picture by Kevin Dietsch/Getty Photographs)
Erika says Charlie regarded “so alive,” and she or he has no regrets about coming into that hospital room.
“He was still warm and his eyes were slightly open. He had this smirk on his face,” she shared. “It meant three things to me. First, that he died doing what he loved. Second was that he was at peace. [Third], I gave him a kiss,”
Erika went on to disclose that she has by no means seen the extensively circulated video of her husband’s taking pictures, and she or he by no means intends to look at it.
“There’s certain things you see in your life that you can never unsee. There’s certain things you see in your life that mark your soul forever,” she stated.
“I want my husband’s public assassination to be something I never see. I never want my kids to see. And for people who actually enjoy watching that she’s quite literally sick.”
