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The Times of India
The Times of India
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Barsha Dutta

"She knows she's lying": Candace Owens draws backlash after linking Erika Kirk's behavior to mental health claims

Candace Owens is once again at the center of an online controversy after making comments about Erika Kirk in a recent discussion. Her comments about changes in Kirk’s behavior and signature were shared widely on social media and sparked a heated debate. Owens’ supporters defended her right to express her views, while critics said it was inappropriate to publicly speculate about another person’s mental health without medical evidence.

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Candace Owens’ comments on Erika Kirk spark online debate

The controversy started when Owens gave her own interpretation of what she thought she was seeing in Erika Kirk’s signature and behavior changes.

During the segment, Owens said:

"People do not change their signatures. You learn cursive, you practice signing your name, and you just do it without thinking for the rest of your life. You don't change your signature no more than you change your fingerprints, okay? Every descriptive trait of somebody who has dissociative personality disorder matches the experience I am having watching Erika. Seems to be suffering from like an amnesia."

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