Charlie Kirk’s widow, Erika Kirk, is lastly addressing the hypothesis surrounding her embrace with Vice President JD Vance at an occasion honoring her late husband.
The viral second occurred on Oct. 29 when Vance was a visitor at a Turning Level USA occasion in reminiscence of the group’s slain CEO, who was shot and killed whereas talking with college students at Utah Valley College on Sept. 10.
Earlier than welcoming Vance to the stage, Erika Kirk, who has since taken over as Turning Level USA’s CEO, instructed the group that “no one will ever replace” her husband, however that she does “see some similarities” between him and the vp.
When Vance hit the stage, he and Kirk shared a good embrace during which she rested her hand on the again of Vance’s head whereas his fingers moved down to carry her waist.
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The pair’s hug instantly prompted social media customers to investigate their physique language and the character of their friendship, with many debating whether or not the embrace was acceptable for the widow and the U.S. vp.
Over the weekend, Erika Kirk addressed the gossip with political commentator Megyn Kelly at a reside occasion for the “Megyn Kelly Present” in Glendale, Arizona, on Nov. 22.
After Kelly talked about that folks “went to the weirdest places” about Kirk’s hug with Vance, Kirk instructed the group that her “love language is touch” and recalled what led to the interplay.
“So I will give you a play-by-play … They just played the emotional video. I’m walking over, [JD] is walking over. I’m starting to cry,” Kirk defined.
“He says, ‘[Charlie] is so proud of you.’ And I say, ‘God bless you,’ and I touch the back of his head,” she continued. “Anyone whom I have hugged, that I have touched the back of your head when I hug you, I always say, ‘God bless you.’”
If anybody “wants to take that out of context,” they will “go right ahead,” Kirk concluded.
“They were acting like you touched the back of his ass,” Kelly joked.
Kirk agreed, including, “I feel like I wouldn’t get as much hate if I did that.”
The vp has not but publicly addressed his viral hug with Erika Kirk, and the White Home didn’t instantly reply to HuffPost’s request for remark.
In the meantime, a consultant for the vp’s spouse, Usha Vance, addressed pictures of the second woman during which she was pictured with out her wedding ceremony ring in North Carolina on Wednesday.
“[She is] a mother of three young children, who does a lot of dishes, gives lots of baths and forgets her ring sometimes,” the rep instructed Individuals on Saturday.
