Erika Kirk tears up on Fox News promoting hot sauce
The gist
Erika Kirk's Dec. 9, 2025 Fox & Friends clip resurfaced, drawing criticism over a hot sauce mention.
Critics call it a promo; defenders say attacking a widow is depraved.
How it unfolded
- Sep 2025Charlie Kirk, founder and CEO of Turning Point USA, was assassinated.
- Dec 9, 2025Erika Kirk appeared on Fox & Friends, became emotional describing reminders of Charlie Kirk, and promoted his posthumously published book.
- Nov 7, 2026The December 2025 clip resurfaced on X, drawing criticism that she slipped a hot sauce promotion between "fake tears," along with defenses of her.
Key terms
- Turning Point USA
- An American nonprofit that promotes conservative politics on high school and college campuses.
- X
- An American microblogging and social networking service where users share short text posts, images and videos.
- MeidasTouch
- An American progressive media company that describes its work as pro-democracy journalism.
Source: Wikipedia