Fox News personality Jesse Watters interviewed TPUSA CEO Erika Kirk to discuss life with her late husband and her reaction to his passing in September.
The interview aired Wednesday on “Jesse Watters Primetime.”
Concerning Charlie’s talents and gifts, Ms. Kirk praised his ability to communicate with diverse groups.
“He built something so incredible and he was a bridge in our country meaning he had the gift of communication. He could talk to the younger generations. He could talk to a donor group. He could talk to the President of the United States,” she said.
“Something that was powerful about Charlie was that he mastered self-control,” she further noted. He was hard on himself and held himself to high standards to help elevate those around him, Ms. Kirk also revealed.
Watters’ program then showed clips of Charlie and his family, and related the history of Charlie and Erika’s relationship.
Charlie sought to teach his children about Western civilization, and “about what’s going on in the world and why they should care.” On the other hand, Erika noted, she would “see him come home and just be a dad, play with them in the pool, love them, tickle them, play with them.”
“We live in a world where children don’t even have a childhood anymore,” Ms. Kirk said.
“What do you see of him in the kids?” Watters asked Ms. Kirk.
“It’s funny because my son loves to throw balls, a… baseball bat, footballs, and then my sweet daughter, she’s starting now to want to say little speeches, so we all are sitting there listening,” Ms. Kirk tearfully replied as she spoke about her children and their father’s impact on them.
“But you know what’s so sweet,” she continued, “is that my daughter is starting to want to put our son to bed at night in his crib and so she will, it’s very meticulous how it’s done, it’s a little bit Charlie, making sure it’s the right rhythm we put him in the crib and then I say okay, mommy is leaving. She sits there and I just watch her on this video singing to him, singing Jesus loves me. That’s the song Charlie sang to her. I never said you need to sing that to your brother. It’s moments like that, that’s you, Charlie, you are there.”
