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Topics: Selling Sunset, US News, Erika Kirk, Charlie Kirk, Politics
Rhianna Benson
Topics: Selling Sunset, US News, Erika Kirk, Charlie Kirk, Politics
In a somewhat unexpected social media rant, reality TV star Christine Quinn has called out a recently-widowed Erika Kirk.
The Selling Sunset alum took to X on Wednesday (10 Dec), where she mentioned newly-appointed Turning Point USA boss Erika by name, after she took on the role in October following the assassination of her husband, Charlie Kirk.
Kirk, the right-wing activism firm's former CEO, was fatally shot during a college campus debate attended by over 3,000 conservative voters back in October.
The suspect, 22-year-old Tyler Robinson, fired a single bullet through the 31-year-old's neck from a nearby rooftop whilst he took questions from attendees.
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Kirk's political ally, President Donald Trump, later confirmed that he'd died.
In the weeks that followed, his wife Erika - with whom Kirk shared a three-year-old daughter and a son, aged one - led a memorial service for her late husband, during which she and Trump, 79, gave a speech.
Having been unanimously elected as the new Turning Point USA lead, she has also attended campus talks in an attempt to continue the organisation's educational outreach, accepted an inaugural accolade at the Fox Nation Patriot Awards, spoke at the New York Times DealBook Summit, and made several media appearances.
Erika's new busy schedule has, however, attracted a mass of unfavourable attention - including from media star Christine Quinn, who accused her of spending minimal time with her children since their father's death.
"Erika Kirk be everywhere but with her kids," 37-year-old Quinn hit out in a tweet.
The remark was seemingly made in the wake of Erika's appearance on Fox News hours earlier, during which she responded to allegations made by her and Kirk's former friend and fellow conservative campaigner, Candace Owens.
For reference, Owens previously implied that the widow and several of her Turning Point USA colleagues might be behind the assassination.
"Come after me, call me names, I don't care," she said on the show. "Call me what you want, go down that rabbit hole, whatever.
"When you go after the people that I love and you're making hundreds of thousands of dollars every single episode going after the people that I love because somehow they're in on this? No."
Despite the direct approach of Quinn's social media criticism, it seems that a number of left-leaning voters are in agreement, pointing out that hotly-debated podcast host Kirk previously professed firm beliefs about traditional family set-ups.
"Charlie told women to stay at home and raise kids, and his wife be doing the complete opposite," one onlooker commented, after which the former Netflix star replied again: "This."
Others, however, felt it was inappropriate to come for someone whilst they're grieving.
"She takes her children to work with her...stop being so hateful," one fan claimed.
Another agreed, questioning: "A woman should be with her children 24/7/365 and not be allowed to work? How awfully progressive of you."