MOURNING widow Erika Kirk was reportedly left shaken by a news story claiming witches were hired to curse her husband days before he was assassinated.
Commentator Megyn Kelly revealed the emotional wife’s reaction in a bombshell episode of her radio show.
Commentator Megyn Kelly said that Erika Kirk was left shaken by a news story claiming that witches had cursed her husband[/caption]
Conservative political activist Charlie Kirk, 31, was assassinated as he spoke to students at Utah Valley University on September 10[/caption]
His widowed wife Erika, who is a devout Christian, said that she forgives her husband’s killer[/caption]
In the story published two days before Kirk was gunned down at a campus event in Utah, staff writers said they had hired self-described witches on Etsy to curse the organizer.
The website said it paid for a “Make Everyone Hate Him” curse and the “Powerful Hex Spell.”
As proof that the curse had been completed, one witch sent a burned photograph of Kirk’s face.
“To ruin his day with the collective feminist power of the Etsy coven would be my life’s greatest joy,” read the article.
Soon after the shooting, Jezebel added an editor’s note condemning the violence and saying they had meant for the piece to be humorous.
The note and the story have now been stripped from the website.
In Tuesday’s show, Kelly said, “Erika and Charlie Kirk heard about these curses and that news genuinely rattled Erika, in particular.
“She knew Christian teaching on the subject, she loved Charlie, absolutely, and she was scared when she heard of the curses Jezebel had culled up.”
Kelly said that a shaken Erika called up a friend to come over and pray for their family the night before Kirk was killed.
But when she relived this moment to the podcaster, Erika didn’t seem disheartened by the eerie situation, Kelly said.
Instead, the widow quoted the Bible, saying, “Weapons will form but not prosper.
“Satan and those witches have no power,” Erika said, according to Kelly.
President Donald Trump hugged Erika at Kirk’s memorial service[/caption]
Kirk and Erika share two children[/caption]
‘I FORGIVE HIM’
In a powerful speech given to nearly 100,000 people who came together to mourn Kirk, Erika admitted that she’d forgiven her husband’s killer.
“I forgive him because it was what Christ did. And is what Charlie would do,” she said.
“The answer to hate is not hate, the answer we know from the gospel is love and always love.
“After Charlie’s assassination, we didn’t see violence, we didn’t see rioting, we didn’t see revolution.
“Instead, we saw what my husband always prayed he would see in this country. We saw revival [of Christian faith].”
Security lapse at Charlie Kirk’s Utah rally
Kenneth Gray, criminal justice lecturer at University of New Haven and a retired FBI agent, spoke to The U.S. Sun about the security flaw at Charlie Kirk’s rally in Utah on September 10, 2025.
“Security planning for events depend upon threat analysis. Charlie Kirk is a bit of a lightning rod. He tends to attract people who want to argue with him and you might say that because of that, that should have been taken into account as far as setting up security.
“But nonetheless, it costs money to set up security. Kirk had his own security team that was there with him, but it’s no the same as planning for an event like Secret Service does, where they are able to control a lot of the different aspects of the venue.
“In this particular case, the shooter came onto campus, got access to the building, got up on the rooftop without actually being there where the venue was taking place.
“Even if they had metal detectors and had they been checking QR codes, this person would not have been stopped from getting into the event. I think the thing is that how much are you willing to pay to provide a secure event for something like this.
“And to be able to put together a security that can cover all the bases would cost a lot of money to do so. And usually, it is the student organization receiving funds through the university that pay for the event to include the security for the event.
“Things like the campus cops, those are paid separately. That’s part of the university facility. But if you bring in additional security members, that costs money.”
Gray’s take on campus security’s lack of vigilance of campus rooftops:
“The question is how many people are out there roaming and how many buildings do they have. The likelihood of a person being stopped by a security person with an event like this going on where there’s concentration on where the people are all congregated or getting into that event makes it less likely that there would be additional bodies out in surrounding buildings.
“So the bigger question is, do they have doors or rooftops locked or not locked, alarmed, or not alarmed? And I don’t know the answer to that. You would think that universities would not want students gaining access to rooftops, but that’s not always the case.
“I’m sure they probably do not make it easy to get onto the tops of roofs on that campus. But if this guy had scooped it out beforehand, he may have found a way to get up on there.
“But I don’t know if he exactly knew the layout of how they were planning the event or if he just found the right spot by happenstance.”
Utah native Tyler Robinson, 22, has been arrested and accused of assassinating Kirk.
Kirk was a popular activist who amassed nationwide fame for hosting events with his multi-million dollar nonprofit Turning Point USA.
He conducted “change my mind” style Q&A sessions with students where he debated current events, policy issues, and opinions on culture and religion.
A staunch evangelical Christian, Kirk attracted some hate for his conservative stances on gender, sexuality, and feminism.
Robinson reportedly sent a text message following the shooting that said, “I’ve had enough of his hatred,” according to court documents.
Second Lady Usha Vance consoled Erika after the shooting[/caption]
