Erika Kirk revealed she prayed she was pregnant after Charlie Kirk was assassinated on September 10 at Utah Valley University.
The 37-year-old widow shared the detail during an interview with Megyn Kelly on SiriusXM's The Megyn Kelly Channel, confirming she was not expecting but had hoped for what she called "the ultimate blessing out of this catastrophe."
The couple had welcomed a 3-year-old daughter and a 1-year-old son together before Charlie Kirk, 31, was killed while speaking with students at the Utah campus. Erika Kirk told Kelly, 55, that she and her husband had planned to expand their family to four children total. "We were really excited to just expand our family," she said, per People. "We wanted to have four. And I was praying to God that I was pregnant when he got murdered. I was like, 'Oh goodness, that would be the ultimate blessing out of this catastrophe.'"
Kelly responded to Kirk's comments by saying, "Thank God you have the two." Erika Kirk, the widow of Charlie Kirk, advised women, particularly those who are younger, to consider starting families, per USA Today.
Charlie Kirk received a posthumous Presidential Medal of Freedom in a Rose Garden ceremony at the White House on October 14, 2025, which Erika Kirk attended.
