Erika Kirk, sat down for her first televised interview since the death of her late husband Charlie Kirk earlier this year.

“I can’t help [but] smile to hear his name or say it,” Erika, 36, said during the Wednesday, November 5, episode of Jesse Watters Primetime. “He was the love of my life. [He] still is.”

Charlie and Erika were married from May 2021 until his death in September. The couple shared two children: a daughter and a son born in 2022 and 2024, respectively.

Charlie was shot and killed on September 10 while speaking at Utah Valley University in Orem, Utah. The Turning Point USA cofounder died after being transported to a local hospital. He was 31.

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