Erika Kirk (née Frantzve) revealed that her 3-year-old daughter told her she “can’t wait” to go to heaven following her father Charlie Kirk’s death.
The conservative activist, 37, kicked off a full week of appearances on Fox News with an interview on Hannity on Monday, December 8, to advertise her late husband Charlie Kirk’s posthumous book, Stop, within the Name of God: Why Honoring the Sabbath Will Transform Your Life.
Talking to host Sean Hannity, 63, Erika was asked whether believing that heaven is awaiting Christians after they die has brought her any comfort.
“It does,” Erika responded. “My daughter and I, we’ve talked about this at night. She would ask, ‘What do you’re thinking that Daddy did today in heaven?’ And I’ll have her relay that back to me.”
Erika shared how she explained Charlie’s death to her young daughter.
“We’ve come to the understanding, and I’ve tried to clarify this to her, that Daddy’s still with us, he’s just in a special location and he’s constructing us a house in heaven,” she said. “And I’ve said this before, but she said, ‘I can’t wait to go.’ I said, “Me too, baby.”
Her husband, Charlie, was shot dead while addressing students at Utah Valley University 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 murder and extra felonies. (Robinson, 22, has yet to enter a plea. Prosecutors have said they may pursue the death 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 said had forgiven her husband’s killer.
“I forgive him since it is what Christ did,” Erika told 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 grow their family before his murder. (Charlie and Erika got married in May 2021. They shared a son and a daughter, whose names they selected to maintain private.)
Erika Kirk on December 03, 2025 in Recent York City. David Dee Delgado/Getty Images for The Recent York Times
“We desired to have 4 [children],” she said. “And I used to be praying to God that I used to be pregnant when he got murdered. … Each of us were, we were really excited to simply expand our family.”
Erika explained that one other baby “would [have been] the final word blessing out of this catastrophe.”
“Now once I see young couples, I tell them, ‘Please, don’t put it off,’” she added. “Especially when you’re a young woman, don’t put it off. You may all the time have a profession, you’ll be able to all the time return to work. You may never just return to having children.”
Erika took over for Charlie because the chairman and CEO of his conservative political organization, Turning Point USA, mere days after the activist’s murder.
“[Charlie] worked tirelessly to make sure Turning Point USA was built to survive even the best test,” the organization said in a press release on September 18. “And now, it’s our great pride to announce Erika Kirk as the brand new CEO and Chair of the Board for Turning Point USA.”
During an interview on the Recent York Times’ 2025 DealBook Summit on December 3, Erika raised eyebrows while discussing Zohran Mamdani’s recent election as mayor of Recent York City. When Andrew Ross Sorkin suggested that Mamdani managed to win over younger female voters very similar to Charlie had with conservative males, Erika claimed some women view government as “a type of substitute for certain things relationship-wise even.”
“What I don’t wish to occur is women, young women in town, look to the federal government as an answer to delay having a family or a wedding since you’re counting on the federal government to support you as a substitute of being united with the husband, where you’ll be able to support yourself and your husband can support and you’ll be able to guys all mix together,” she argued.
“I just find it so ironic and so interesting that a heavy percentage of the individuals that voted for him are female,” Erika concluded.
Erika will proceed promoting her late husband’s book with appearances on Fox & Friends and Fox News Radio’s The Brian Kilmeade Show on Tuesday, December 9. She is going to guest host The Five at 5 p.m. ET on Tuesday, followed by an interview on Outnumbered on Wednesday, December 10, at 12 p.m. ET.