{"id":2027937,"date":"2025-09-17T03:25:25","date_gmt":"2025-09-17T03:25:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=2027937"},"modified":"2025-09-17T03:25:25","modified_gmt":"2025-09-17T03:25:25","slug":"jamie-lee-curtis-cries-over-charlie-kirks-death-man-of-faith","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/jamie-lee-curtis-cries-over-charlie-kirks-death-man-of-faith\/","title":{"rendered":"Jamie Lee Curtis Cries Over Charlie Kirk&#8217;s Death: \u2018Man of Faith\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<p class=\"p1\"><strong><span class=\"s1\"><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/celebrities\/jamie-lee-curtis\/\">Jamie Lee Curtis<\/a><\/span><\/strong> is trying to process <strong><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/celebrity-news\/news\/who-is-charlie-kirk-meet-the-late-turning-point-usa-founder\/\"><span class=\"s1\">Charlie Kirk<\/span><\/a><\/strong>\u2019s death days after he was shot and killed at a Utah university.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">\u201cI\u2019m going to bring something up with you just because it\u2019s front of mind. Charlie Crist was killed two days ago,\u201d Curtis, 66, shared on the Monday, September 15, episode of <strong>Marc Maron<\/strong>\u2019s<a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.wtfpod.com\/podcast\/episode-1678-jamie-lee-curtis\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span class=\"s1\"> \u201cWTF\u201d podcast<\/span><\/a>. \u201cSorry, Kirk. I just call him Crist, I think, because of Christ, because of his deep belief.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">While Curtis acknowledged that she disagreed with Kirk on \u201calmost every point I ever heard him say,\u201d the actress wanted to highlight his religious beliefs.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">\u201cI believe he was a man of faith, and I hope in that moment when he died that he felt connected to his faith,\u201d she said while getting emotional. \u201cEven though I find what his ideas were abhorrent to me, I still believe he\u2019s a father and a husband and a man of faith, and I hope whatever \u2018connection to God\u2019 means, that he felt it.\u201d<\/p>\n<div class=\"link-related article link-related__with-thumb\">\n\t\t\t<a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"article__thumbnail related-ab-test\" href=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/celebrity-news\/news\/stars-react-after-conservative-commentator-charlie-kirk-shot-dead-at-31\/\" target=\"\" data-source=\"01\"><\/p>\n<figure class=\"article__figure\">\n<div style=\"padding-bottom:56.25%;\" class=\"ratio-based-placeholder\"><\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>\t\t<\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"article__content\">\n<h3 class=\"article__title\">\n\t\t\t<a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"article__title-link related-ab-test\" href=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/celebrity-news\/news\/stars-react-after-conservative-commentator-charlie-kirk-shot-dead-at-31\/\" target=\"\" data-source=\"01\"><br \/>\n    <span class=\"related-badge\">Related: <\/span><span class=\"related-title\">Chris Martin, Jessie James Decker and More Mourn Charlie Kirk&#8217;s Death at 31\u00a0<\/span><\/a><br \/>\n\t\t<\/h3>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>\n\t\t\tHollywood stars are speaking out to mourn the death of controversial conservative commentator Charlie Kirk. News broke on Wednesday, September 10, that Kirk was shot and killed during a\u00a0 speaking engagement in Utah. He was 31. \u201cThe Great, and even Legendary, Charlie Kirk, is dead,\u201d President Donald Trump wrote via his Truth Social platform. \u201cNo [\u2026]\t\t<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"p1\">Kirk was speaking at an event on the campus of Utah Valley University in Orem, Utah, on Wednesday, September 10, when he was <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/celebrity-news\/news\/charlie-kirk-dead-political-activist-and-commentator-was-31\/\"><span class=\"s1\">shot and killed.<\/span><\/a> He died at the age of 31 and is survived by his wife, <strong>Erika Kirk<\/strong> (n\u00e9e Frantzve), and <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/celebrity-news\/news\/charlie-kirk-family-guide-meet-the-political-activists-loved-ones\/\"><span class=\"s1\">their two children.\u00a0<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">Police identified <strong>Tyler Robinson<\/strong> as Charlie\u2019s<a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/celebrity-news\/news\/president-donald-trump-says-charlie-kirks-shooter-is-in-custody\/\"><span class=\"s1\"> alleged shooter<\/span><\/a> on Friday, September 12, and confirmed he is in police custody. He is currently being held without bail at Utah County Jail.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">Curtis also brought up the fact that the moment Charlie was shot is on video. She questioned the impact it could have on people in the future.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_4103663\" style=\"width: 701px;\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\">\n<div class=\"ratio-based-placeholder\" style=\"padding-bottom:146.14285714286%;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-4103663\" src=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/GettyImages-22271660560-jamie-lee-curtis.jpg?w=1000&amp;quality=86&amp;strip=all\" alt=\"Jamie Lee Curtis Gets Emotional Over Charlie Kirks Death He Was a Man of Faith\" width=\"1000\" height=\"1462\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/GettyImages-22271660560-jamie-lee-curtis.jpg?w=100&amp;quality=86&amp;strip=all 100w, https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/GettyImages-22271660560-jamie-lee-curtis.jpg?w=200&amp;quality=55&amp;strip=all 200w, https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/GettyImages-22271660560-jamie-lee-curtis.jpg?w=300&amp;quality=55&amp;strip=all 300w, https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/GettyImages-22271660560-jamie-lee-curtis.jpg?w=400&amp;quality=40&amp;strip=all 400w, https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/GettyImages-22271660560-jamie-lee-curtis.jpg?w=500&amp;quality=86&amp;strip=all 500w, https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/GettyImages-22271660560-jamie-lee-curtis.jpg?w=600&amp;quality=40&amp;strip=all 600w, https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/GettyImages-22271660560-jamie-lee-curtis.jpg?w=700&amp;quality=40&amp;strip=all 700w, https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/GettyImages-22271660560-jamie-lee-curtis.jpg?w=800&amp;quality=55&amp;strip=all 800w, https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/GettyImages-22271660560-jamie-lee-curtis.jpg?w=900&amp;quality=78&amp;strip=all 900w, https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/GettyImages-22271660560-jamie-lee-curtis.jpg?w=1000&amp;quality=86&amp;strip=all 1000w, https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/GettyImages-22271660560-jamie-lee-curtis.jpg?w=1200&amp;quality=78&amp;strip=all 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 680px) calc(100vw - 6em), (max-width: 1000px) 80vw, 1000px\"\/><\/div><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\"><span class=\"caption\"><br \/>\n Jamie Lee Curtis<\/span> <span class=\"credit\">Mike Marsland\/WireImage<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p class=\"p1\">\u201cToday, we as a society are bombarded with imagery,\u201d she said before referencing the 24th anniversary of the 9\/11 terrorist attacks. \u201cSo, we don\u2019t know what the longitudinal effects of seeing those Towers come down over and over and over and over again or watching [Charlie\u2019s] execution over and over and over again.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">\u201cWe are numb to them, but they are in there,\u201d Curtis continued when discussing violent images. \u201cWe don\u2019t know, we don\u2019t know enough psychologically about what that does. What does that do?\u201d<\/p>\n<div id=\"news-block\">\n<div class=\"newsletter-form  \">\n<div class=\"newsletter-signup__success\" aria-live=\"polite\">\n<h3>Thank You!<\/h3>\n<p>You have successfully subscribed.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<div class=\"link-related article link-related__with-thumb\">\n\t\t\t<a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"article__thumbnail related-ab-test\" href=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/celebrity-news\/news\/charlie-kirk-shooting-death-investigation-updates-on-the-case\/\" target=\"\" data-source=\"00\"><\/p>\n<figure class=\"article__figure\">\n<div style=\"padding-bottom:56.25%;\" class=\"ratio-based-placeholder\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/GettyImages-2215977074Charlie-Kirk-Shooting-Death-Investigation-Updates-on-the-Case.jpg?crop=301px%2C270px%2C1461px%2C826px&amp;resize=400%2C225&amp;quality=40&amp;strip=all\" srcset=\"\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 480px) 400px, (max-width: 770px) calc(100vw - 6em), 200px\" alt=\"Charlie Kirk Shooting Death Investigation Updates on the Case\" width=\"400\" height=\"225\" data-fallback-img=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/GettyImages-2215977074Charlie-Kirk-Shooting-Death-Investigation-Updates-on-the-Case.jpg?quality=40&amp;strip=all\"\/><\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>\t\t<\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"article__content\">\n<h3 class=\"article__title\">\n\t\t\t<a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"article__title-link related-ab-test\" href=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/celebrity-news\/news\/charlie-kirk-shooting-death-investigation-updates-on-the-case\/\" target=\"\" data-source=\"00\"><br \/>\n    <span class=\"related-badge\">Related: <\/span><span class=\"related-title\">Charlie Kirk Shooting Death Investigation: Updates on the Case<\/span><\/a><br \/>\n\t\t<\/h3>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>\n\t\t\tThe investigation into conservative pundit Charlie Kirk\u2019s murder on Wednesday, September 10, is ongoing as the Utah Valley University community, and the entire country, continues to process the day\u2019s tragic events. Kirk, who was 31, was shot and killed while speaking at an event at the university. Video shared on social media showed a bullet [\u2026]\t\t<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"p1\">As the Oscar winner continues to process Charlie\u2019s death, preparations are underway for a <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/celebrity-news\/news\/charlie-kirk-memorial-announced-with-donald-trump-expected-to-attend\/\"><span class=\"s1\">public memorial service<\/span><\/a> in honor of the Turning Point USA founder.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">The memorial \u2014 called \u201cBuilding a Legacy, Remembering Charlie Kirk\u201d \u2014 will be held on Sunday, September 21, at State Farm Stadium in Glendale, Arizona. The venue is the home of the NFL\u2019s Arizona Cardinals and can hold as many as 73,000 people.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">\u201cCharlie loved his children and he loved me with all of his heart and I knew that every day. He made sure I knew that every day,\u201d Erika <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/celebrity-news\/news\/charlie-kirks-wife-erika-kirk-breaks-silence-after-his-death\/\"><span class=\"s1\">said in a live stream<\/span><\/a> via Charlie\u2019s X on Friday. \u201cEvery day he would ask me, \u2018How can I serve you better? How can I be a better husband? How can I be a better father?\u2019 \u2026 He was a such a good man. He still is such a good man. He was the perfect father. He was the perfect husband.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><em> \u2018 The preceding article may include information circulated by third parties \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n<p><em> \u2018 Some details of this article were extracted from the following source www.usmagazine.com \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Jamie Lee Curtis is trying to process Charlie Kirk\u2019s death days after he was shot and killed at a Utah university. \u201cI\u2019m going to bring something up with you just because it\u2019s front of mind. Charlie Crist was killed two days ago,\u201d Curtis, 66, shared on the Monday, September 15, episode of Marc Maron\u2019s \u201cWTF\u201d [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":2027938,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"jnews-multi-image_gallery":[],"jnews_single_post":[],"jnews_primary_category":[],"jnews_social_meta":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[25177],"tags":[24003,21738,23522],"class_list":["post-2027937","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-celebrities","tag-celebrity-news","tag-news","tag-podcasts"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Jamie-Lee-Curtis-Cries-Over-Charlie-Kirks-Death-\u2018Man-of.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2027937","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2027937"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2027937\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2027938"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2027937"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2027937"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2027937"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}