Erika Kirk Was ‘Praying’ She Was Pregnant with Charlie Kirk’s Baby After He Was Killed

Charlie Kirk’s wife Erika says she was “praying” she was pregnant after her husband was killed.

In a conversation with Megyn Kelly on SiriusXM’s The Megyn Kelly Channel, the mom of two, 36, said that she and her late husband, 31, wanted to have four kids together, adding that she was “praying” she was expecting her third baby after he was assassinated on Sept. 10 at Utah Valley University.

“We wanted to have four,” she told Kelly, 55. “And I was praying to God that I was pregnant when he got murdered. I was like, ‘Oh goodness, that would be the ultimate blessing out of this catastrophe.'”

Erika and Charlie welcomed a 3-year-old daughter and a 1-year-old son together.

Erika went on to share that she advises women, especially young women, to prioritize having a family if that’s what they want to do.

“Now when I see young couples, I tell them, ‘Please, like don’t put it off,’ especially if you’re a young woman, don’t put it off,” she said. “You can always have a career. You can always go back to work. You can never just go back to having children, and they grow so fast and so quickly.”

“I was praying, both of us were, we were really excited to just expand our family,” she added.

On Sept. 10, Kirk, a leading right-wing personality, died at 31 after being shot during a campus event at Utah Valley University. President Donald Trump announced Kirk’s death with a post shared on Truth Social.

“The Great, and even Legendary, Charlie Kirk, is dead,” the president wrote at the time. “No one understood or had the Heart of the Youth in the United States of America better than Charlie. He was loved and admired by ALL, especially me, and now, he is no longer with us.”

Kirk, who founded conservative advocacy group Turning Point USA, was manning his signature “Prove Me Wrong” table on the first stop of his American Comeback Tour in Orem, Utah, when a shot was fired. Video posted from the event appeared to show Kirk being struck in the side of the head or neck as he spoke to the crowd from under a white pop-up tent.

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Although authorities didn’t initially take a suspect into custody, on Sept. 11, they apprehended a suspect — 22-year-old Tyler Robinson — after an extensive manhunt.

Robinson is now facing multiple charges, including aggravated murder. In September, Utah County Attorney Jeff Gray announced that prosecutors would seek the death penalty during a press conference.

In September, Erika was granted a protective order, which barred Robinson from attempting to contact her.