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Erika Kirk has talked about the couple's desire to have four kids and how she was praying to be pregnant when Charlie was murdered. She is urging young couples not to wait to have children, as everything else can wait.
Erika Kirk, widow of conservative activist Charlie Kirk, has revealed that at the time her husband was assassinated, she was praying that she was pregnant. The 37-year-old told Megyn Kelly in an interview that the couple wanted four kids. “And I was praying to God that I was pregnant when he got murdered," she said. "We were both really excited to just expand our family,” Erika added. Kirk is now advising couples not to wait to have kids, saying that "a career can wait." Kirk said, "Especially if you’re a young woman, don’t put it off. You can always have a career, you can always go back to work. You can never just go back to having children." This confession kicked up a storm on social media as people started speculating that Erika is “eight weeks pregnant”.
Erika has a three-year-old daughter and a one-year-old son with Charlie Kirk. "I was like, 'Oh, goodness, that was going to be the ultimate blessing out of this catastrophe,'" she said about having another baby. Charlie Kirk was shot dead at Utah Valley University on September 10 during an event for Turning Point USA. Erika is now leading the conservative youth organisation. A man named Tyler Robinson was arrested for his murder.
Erika has often talked about how her kids are handling their father's untimely demise. Upon returning home after escorting her husband’s casket back to Arizona, her daughter asked her, “Where’s daddy?” Erika told her, "Daddy loves you so much. Don’t you worry. He’s on a work trip with Jesus so he can afford your blueberry budget."
While accepting the Presidential Medal of Honor at the White House in October, Erika read out a birthday message from their daughter for her dad. “Happy birthday Daddy. I want to give you a stuffed animal. I want to eat a cupcake with ice cream, and I want you to come home for a birthday surprise. I love you.”