Erika Kirk didn’t make an look throughout Turning Level USA’s controversial All-American Halftime Present in the course of the 2026 Tremendous Bowl on Sunday, February 8, however the occasion paid tribute to her late husband, late TPUSA founder Charlie Kirk.
After Child Rock, Brantley Gilbert, Lee Brice and Gabby Barrett all carried out on the occasion organized by the right-wing conservative group, TPUSA aired a tribute to Charlie, who was shot and killed in September 2025 at age 31.
As a slideshow of pictures exhibiting Charlie, Erika, 37, and their household cycled on the display screen, a voiceover of the conservative pundit performed.
“I wish to honor God in all that I do,” Charlie stated. “I wish to be an ideal husband, an ideal father, I wish to serve this nation. I wish to attempt to proceed to steer this motion.”
The tribute ended with Charlie’s voice saying, “The extra typically that you simply select the deep, the troublesome, however the precise path over the straightforward path is one that may reward you, your loved ones and this stunning nation.”
A title card then appeared on the display screen that learn, “In loving reminiscence of our founder and CEO, Charlie Kirk,” with a quote from the Bible straight beneath it.
The TPUSA halftime present started on time, earlier than the NBC Tremendous Bowl broadcast even went to business, regardless of a last-minute change that took the efficiency off of probably the most distinguished social media apps.
“UPDATE: Attributable to licensing restrictions, we’re unable to stream The All-American Halftime Present on X,” the group introduced through X simply hours earlier than the efficiency. “Head on over to our YouTube channel tonight round 8PM ET to look at the total present.”
Erika Kirk (née Frantzve) celebrated her thirty seventh birthday with a throwback video of her late husband, Charlie Kirk. “I at all times cherished celebrating you, and possibly as a result of it was a mirrored image of how superbly you at all times celebrated me,” Erika captioned an Instagram video on Thursday, November 20. “I romanticized rising previous with you, the love of (…)
TPUSA introduced its various halftime present in October 2025, after the NFL introduced that Unhealthy Bunny would headline the Tremendous Bowl 60 Halftime Present. The group promised, on the time, a present primarily based in “religion, household and freedom.”
Erika added in an interview with Fox Information revealed earlier this month that it will function a reminder of her husband’s reminiscence.
“It’s highly effective as a result of what Charlie at all times cherished and knew is that he needed to be within the forefront of the tradition struggle,” she stated. “He could be fist-pumping at this. He could be so stoked. And what higher technique to honor him than to simply get in the course of this and be capable to provide an alternative choice to households.”
She continued, “It’s of all ages, and so for us to have the ability to present another that’s pro-America, that’s simply pro-everything, that’s not the other of what they’re placing on the market. I don’t wish to go into particulars and bash that as a result of there may be apparently an viewers that desires that, however there’s a bigger viewers that desires ours.”
Child Rock weighed in as effectively, expressing in a February 2 assertion that he was desperate to go up towards the “professional soccer machine.”
“We plan to play nice songs for folk who love America,” he stated. “We’re approaching this present like David and Goliath. Competing with the professional soccer machine and a worldwide pop famous person is sort of unattainable … or is it?”
He added, “(Unhealthy Bunny) stated he’s having a dance get together, carrying a costume and singing in Spanish? Cool. We plan to play nice songs for folk who love America.”