Candace Owens is facing a new wave of criticism after a new clip from her recent interview started to circulate online, sparking renewed debate about her comments on the personal life of the late Charlie Kirk and his widow. The viral video, shared widely on X, has escalated an already emotional conversation with critics accusing Owens of making deeply personal claims that have not been independently verified.
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Candace Owens' Charlie Kirk remarks draw fresh scrutiny
The latest backlash follows a clip in which Owens reflected on her friendship with Charlie Kirk and claimed that, after revisiting their conversations following his death, she came to believe he never found the kind of love he had always hoped for.
In the interview, Owens said:
"I sat down with her for four hours. I was reticent to explore any conspiracies about her. I was slow to do it because, first and foremost, she's the mother of Charlie's kids. That's first and foremost. Secondly, it required me to have to go through a second stage of grief that I was not ready to do. I had a very hard time with Charlie's death, still do.
But to be the person that Charlie was speaking to so much about how much he wanted love, when I had to take time off and just go to Wyoming and try to get my head right after it, I read through all of our messages. And so I relived it all. I was in a phase of denial. I was really at that phase where I was hoping, and I went through bargaining. I went through anger. I went through a very aggressive stage of denial.
And I think my husband was realizing that I needed to get away at that point because I was trying to say, no, maybe he's really alive. Maybe they put him in witness protection. That's that bargaining. And then also the denial that's just in my face."
