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Charlie Kirk<\/a>\u2018<\/strong>s wife,\u00a0Erika (Frantzve) Kirk<\/a><\/strong>,\u00a0broke her silence<\/a>\u00a0on the conservative activist\u2019s death two days after her husband was fatally shot\u2014prompting The Bachelor<\/a><\/em> star Peter Weber<\/a><\/strong> to make a bold prediction about her.<\/p>\n On Wednesday, Sept. 10, Kirk, the founder of Turning Point USA, died at age 31<\/a> after he was shot while speaking at Utah Valley University. The alleged gunman was taken into custody on Friday, Sept. 12, after a days-long manhunt.<\/p>\n \ud83c\udfac\u00a0<\/strong>SIGN UP for Parade’s Daily newsletter to get the latest pop culture news & celebrity interviews delivered right to your inbox<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0\ud83c\udfac<\/strong><\/p>\n Kirk’s wife, Erika, live-streamed her public statement on his death via X on Friday evening. That same night, she made an impassioned promise in an Instagram post<\/a>. Erika returned to her Instag<\/a>r<\/a>am<\/a> grid the day to post the video of her Friday statement.<\/p>\n In the comments of Erika’s video, during which she made an emotional vow to carry on her husband’s conservative activism legacy, Instagram followers lauded her strength after the death of her husband.<\/p>\n Weber\u2014who appeared on The Bachelor<\/em> Season 24 and is known by his nickname “Pilot Pete”\u2014boldly took to the comment section, declaring, “Watch this courageous woman become our President one day and let Charlie\u2019s legacy live through her.”<\/p>\n To that, someone else wrote, “@pilot_pete<\/a>\u00a0I told my husband the same thing earlier this evening.. imagine\u00a0@mrserikakirk<\/a>\u00a0being the first, President Madame.”<\/p>\n Someone else agreed, writing, “For real the strength and composure here is more than impressive. I would trust her with a red button.”<\/p>\n Another wrote, “The path is lit…and we are all soldiering behind her \ud83d\ude4f\ud83c\udffd,” as a second shared, “I would vote for her,” and a third echoed, “I thought exactly the same thing.”<\/p>\n However, others disagreed with Weber, with one Instagram user writing, “Respectfully, absolutely not. She’s in danger of just being a puppet for the benefit of others. That’s not a life to live, that’s a prison sentence.”<\/p>\n “Not…..” another critic wrote.<\/p>\n A different Instagram user weighed in, writing, “Unfortunately, the same faction of political beliefs her husband held don’t even think women should be able to vote. So I have a very hard time believing they would vote for a woman, who they truly believe is less than them, to be president.”<\/p>\n Since Kirk’s death, Erika’s eerie social media update just hours before his death<\/a> also made headlines, as well as his chilling final Instagram post<\/a>.<\/p>\n She and Kirk married in May 2021 and welcomed two children\u2014a daughter in Aug. 2022, and a son in May 2024.<\/p>\n Next: Charlie Kirk\u2019s Controversial Comments About Taylor Swift & Travis Kelce Resurface Following His Death<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n This story was originally reported by Parade<\/a> on Sep 13, 2025, where it first appeared in the News<\/a> section. Add Parade as a Preferred Source by clicking here.<\/a><\/i><\/p>\n<\/div>\n