Erika Kirk weighed in on the “unbelievable” Turning Level USA All-American Halftime Present after it appeared as if she was absent from the occasion.
“Charlie would’ve completely cherished it. Thanks to the hundreds of thousands that tuned in,” Erika, 37, shared by way of X on Sunday, February 8, referring to her late husband, Charlie Kirk. “I’m so happy with our total group, workers, and the artists who believed within the imaginative and prescient and mission.”
Erika thanked performers Child Rock, Brantley Gilbert, Lee Brice and Gabby Barrett in her social media assertion.
“It’s OK to like Jesus and your nation,” she added. “In the end, that is what it’s all about, making Heaven crowded. … I like you Charlie child, that is all for you.”
Erika additionally shared a video of compilation of Charlie alongside her message.
Turning Level USA introduced in October 2025 that they might be internet hosting their very own halftime efficiency rooted in “religion, household and freedom” weeks after it was introduced that Unhealthy Bunny could be headlining the Apple Music Tremendous Bowl LX Halftime Present at Levi’s Stadium in Santa Clara, California.
The group’s announcement got here one month after Charlie, the Turning Level USA founder, died at age 31 whereas talking at Utah Valley College.
“It’s highly effective as a result of what Charlie all the time cherished and knew is that he wished to be within the forefront of the tradition warfare,” Erika informed Fox Information in regards to the Turning Level USA live performance earlier this month. “He could be fist-pumping at this. He could be so stoked. And what higher method to honor him than to simply get in the midst of this and be capable of provide a substitute for households.”
The Turning Level USA All-American Halftime Present seemingly paled compared to Unhealthy Bunny’s star-studded 2026 Tremendous Bowl efficiency on Sunday, February 8 — however hundreds of thousands of individuals nonetheless tuned in to the alternate possibility. In line with the YouTube views on Monday, February 9, the group’s alternate halftime present has since introduced in 19 million (…)
She added, ‘For us to have the ability to present an alternate that’s pro-America, that’s simply pro-everything, that’s not the alternative of what they’re placing on the market,” she added. “I don’t wish to go into particulars and bash that as a result of there’s apparently an viewers that wishes that, however there’s a bigger viewers that wishes ours.”
It’s been reported that the All-American Halftime Present introduced in hundreds of thousands of viewers. (The YouTube video is exhibiting greater than 19 million views as of Monday, February 9. It has been estimated that 125 million folks tuned into the precise Tremendous Bowl LX broadcasttogether with Unhealthy Bunny’s efficiency, on NBC.)
“TPUSA All-American Halftime Present,” Blake Neff, The Charlie Kirk Present producer, shared by way of X on Sunday. “Over 5 million simultaneous on TPUSA YT (YouTube). Virtually 1 million on Charlie Kirk’s YT. 200k on Magno Information YT. 220k on TPUSA Rumble. 15k CK Rumble.”
Conservative commentator Candace Owens — who has spoken out towards Erika on a number of events — has since weighed in, claiming these numbers had been inflated. (Us Weekly has reached out to Turning Level USA for remark.)
“The issue with individuals who have some huge cash they didn’t earn, is that they have a tendency to do not know how stuff truly works,” Owens shared by way of X on Sunday. “Now we have a company that scammed its views by paying platform advertisers, adopted by influencers to fake they broke data.”