{"id":2136322,"date":"2025-11-05T06:55:02","date_gmt":"2025-11-05T06:55:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=2136322"},"modified":"2025-11-05T06:55:02","modified_gmt":"2025-11-05T06:55:02","slug":"erika-kirk-addresses-jimmy-kimmel-controversy-in-emotional-jesse-watters-interview-entertainment","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/erika-kirk-addresses-jimmy-kimmel-controversy-in-emotional-jesse-watters-interview-entertainment\/","title":{"rendered":"Erika Kirk Addresses Jimmy Kimmel Controversy in Emotional Jesse Watters Interview | Entertainment"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div id=\"article-body\" itemprop=\"articleBody\">\n                                <meta itemprop=\"isAccessibleForFree\" content=\"true\"\/><\/p>\n<p><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tvinsider.com\/1224063\/erika-kirk-fox-news-jesse-watters-charlie-assassination\/\">Erika Kirk<\/a>, the widow of conservative activist <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tvinsider.com\/people\/charlie-kirk\/\">Charlie Kirk<\/a>, has given her first interview since her husband\u2019s assassination, during which she revealed that Sinclair Broadcast Group offered to try to get her an apology from <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tvinsider.com\/people\/jimmy-kimmel\/\">Jimmy Kimmel.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The revelation came in an excerpt of the interview, which is set to air in full on Wednesday\u2019s (November 5) edition of Fox News\u2019 <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tvinsider.com\/show\/jesse-watters-primetime\/\"><em>Jesse Watters Primetime<\/em><\/a> at 8 pm ET. In the clip, <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tvinsider.com\/people\/jesse-watters\/\">Watters<\/a> asks Erika, \u201cJimmy Kimmel lied about your husband\u2019s murder and didn\u2019t really apologize\u2026 What would you say to Jimmy Kimmel?\u201d<\/p>\n<div class=\"piano-in-article\">\n<p>\u201cSame thing I told Sinclair,\u201d she responded. \u201cThey asked, I haven\u2019t really told anybody this, so they asked, \u2018Do you want Jimmy to give you an apology? Do you want to be on a show? How can we make it right?&#8217;\u201d<\/p>\n<p>She continued, \u201cThrough our team, I responded, I said, \u2018Tell them thank you, we received their note. This is not our issue, not our mess. If you want to say I\u2019m sorry to someone who\u2019s grieving, go right ahead. But if that\u2019s not in your heart, don\u2019t do it. I don\u2019t want it. I don\u2019t need it.&#8217;\u201d<\/p>\n<div class=\"jeg_video_container jeg_video_content\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"&#039;DON&#039;T WANT IT&#039;: Erika Kirk&#039;s message to Jimmy Kimmel revealed #shorts #foxnews #politics\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/flJ1Zz3pBGI?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p>On September 17, ABC suspended Kimmel over comments he made about Charlie\u2019s fatal shooting on-air. This came after powerful station group <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tvinsider.com\/1217009\/sinclair-to-preempt-jimmy-kimmel-live-across-abc-affiliates\/\">Nexstar announced it would preempt<\/a> the show on its 32 ABC affiliate stations; Sinclair soon followed.<\/p>\n<p>When Kimmel returned to late-night on September 23, <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tvinsider.com\/1217254\/jimmy-kimmel-live-returns-live-updates-suspension\/\">he addressed the situation<\/a>, saying, \u201cIt was never my intention to make light of the murder of a young man. I don\u2019t think there\u2019s anything funny about it. I posted a message on Instagram on the day he was killed asking compassion for his family, and I meant it. I still do.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>He added, \u201cNor did I mean to blame any specific group for the actions of a specific individual. That was actually the opposite of the point I was trying to make. For those who think I did point a finger, I get why you\u2019re upset. If the situation were reversed, there\u2019s a good chance I would\u2019ve felt the same way.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Charlie was shot\u00a0during a speaking event at Utah Valley University on Wednesday, September 10, while on his American Comeback Tour. Following his passing, Erika stepped up to lead Turning Point USA, the non-profit organization co-founded by Charlie.<\/p>\n<div id=\"tncms-region-article_instory_middle\" class=\"tncms-region hidden-print\">\n<div id=\"tncms-block-556861\" class=\"tncms-block\">\n<section id=\"block-556861\" class=\"block emphasis-h3   \">\n<div class=\"card-grid   card-img-md card-compact\">\n<div class=\" row\">\n<div class=\" col-sm-4 \">\n<article id=\"card-summary-556861-47d577ee-6a57-5729-be5d-30b4debaa657\" class=\"tnt-asset-type-article clearfix card summary has-image image-top inherit letterbox-style-default  tnt-section-lifestyles tnt-sub-section-entertainment\">\n<div class=\"card-container\">\n<div class=\"card-image card-image-top\">\n<div class=\"media-preview-47d577ee-6a57-5729-be5d-30b4debaa657 media-preview article-asset \" data-aspect=\"4:3\">\n<figure class=\"photo layout-horizontal letterbox-style-default\">\n<div class=\"image\">\n<p>                    <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/themercury.com\/lifestyles\/entertainment\/31-celebrities-you-may-not-know-are-nonbinary\/article_47d577ee-6a57-5729-be5d-30b4debaa657.html\" class=\"tnt-asset-link\" aria-label=\"31 celebrities you may not know are nonbinary\"><\/p>\n<p>                &#13;<br \/>\n                        <br \/>\n                <\/a><\/p><\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>\n<\/article><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n<\/section>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"jeg_video_container jeg_video_content\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"&#039;WHERE&#039;S DADDY?&#039;: Erika Kirk reveals daughter&#039;s heartbreaking words #shorts #foxnews #news\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Cls7dl-BPhU?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p>In another clip from the upcoming Fox News interview, Watters asks an emotional Erika if her children \u201care still asking where\u2019s daddy?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYes, my daughter continues to ask, but it\u2019s really sweet, because I keep explaining to her a few things, and I said if ever you want to talk to daddy, you just look up to the sky and start to talk to him. He can hear you,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n<p>She continued, \u201cAnd I told her, I said, \u2018You know, daddy is in heaven. She goes, \u2018Do you think I could go sometime?\u2019 I said, \u2018Baby, we will all go one day. We will all go one day.&#8217;\u201d<\/p>\n<div class=\"post-block\">\n<div class=\"post-block\">\n<p><em><strong>Jesse Watters Primetime,<\/strong><\/em>\u00a0<strong>Weekdays 8PM ET<\/strong><em><strong>,<\/strong><\/em>\u00a0<strong>Fox News<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><strong>More Headlines:<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div><\/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 themercury.com \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Erika Kirk, the widow of conservative activist Charlie Kirk, has given her first interview since her husband\u2019s assassination, during which she revealed that Sinclair Broadcast Group offered to try to get her an apology from Jimmy Kimmel. 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