Erika Kirk Meets Privately with Candace Owens

Erika Kirk Meets Privately with Candace Owens

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Erika Kirk announced Monday that she had a productive conversation with Candace Owens, signaling a possible thaw in their rift following weeks of public tension in the wake of Charlie Kirk's assassination.

Kirk shared the brief update in a statement on X and hinted that more details would come.

Timeline

Dec. 3

That changed on Dec. 3, when Blake Neff — a producer on The Charlie Kirk Show and one of the few TPUSA staffers Owens hadn't singled out — issued the organization's most detailed rebuttal yet.

Monday

Neff said TPUSA would host a livestream Monday to address Owens' claims one by one, and initially invited her to participate. When Owens suggested she had a scheduling conflict, TPUSA said the event would proceed without her.

Reactions

"Had a very productive conversation with @RealCandaceO." Kirk said. "More to come from both of us. Looking forward to AmFest this week. Time to get back to work."

In a separate update on X, Candace Owens echoed the same message, saying that the hours-long conversation involved more agreements than Owens had anticipated.

"Erika and I had an extremely productive 4 1/2 hour meeting that I think we both feel should have taken place a lot earlier than it did," Owens said.

"We agreed much more than I had anticipated. Of course, we also disagreed on various points and people as well. Most importantly, we were able to share intel and clarify intent."

She added that their conversation immediately helped ease tensions and said she would provide further updates on Tuesday.

"I will of course have a full rundown for you all tomorrow as I am currently exhausted, but I wanted to quickly let you guys know that absolutely nothing was held back and the immediate result was that tensions were thawed," Owens said.

"When you go after my family, my Turning Point USA family, my Charlie Kirk Show family, when you go after the people that I love, and you're making hundreds and thousands of dollars every single episode going after the people that I love because somehow they're in on this, no," she said on Fox News Wednesday.

Asked for her message to Owens at a CBS town hall this week, Kirk replied: "Stop. That's it. That's all I have to say. Stop."

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The Backstory

Owens began spreading theories about Kirk's death soon after his Sept. 10 assassination, leading an investigation on her popular podcast that quickly gained millions of followers.

Owens has baselessly suggested that TPUSA insiders, American supporters of Israel and the French military were part of a plot to assassinate Kirk.

In recent weeks, Owens has also questioned the motives of Erika Kirk, who took over as CEO of the influential conservative student group founded by her late husband.

TPUSA sporadically denied Owens' claims, but avoided a prolonged back-and-forth with its former communications director and one-time friend of Kirk.

Erika Kirk herself had also begun rebuking Owens in recent days.

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