Candace Owens used the latest episode of her Candace podcast on Thursday 25 June to claim that the late conservative activist Charlie Kirk's marriage to his widow, Erika Kirk, 'was never real', and to repeat her allegation that Erika had past links to Jeffrey Epstein's circle. The commentator, who has been publicly feuding with Erika since Charlie was shot dead at a Turning Point USA event in Utah in September 2025, framed the supposed sham marriage as part of what she calls a broader targeting of her former friend.
Charlie, the high-profile co-founder of Turning Point USA, was killed aged 31 after being shot in the neck while speaking at Utah Valley University on 10 September 2025. His death, which authorities have described as an assassination, left a vacuum on the American right and spawned a predictable storm of speculation online.
