Jamie Lee Curtis is trying to process Charlie Kirk’s death days after he was shot and killed at a Utah university.
“I’m going to bring something up with you just because it’s front of mind. Charlie Crist was killed two days ago,” Curtis, 66, shared on the Monday, September 15, episode of Marc Maron’s “WTF” podcast. “Sorry, Kirk. I just call him Crist, I think, because of Christ, because of his deep belief.”
While Curtis acknowledged that she disagreed with Kirk on “almost every point I ever heard him say,” the actress wanted to highlight his religious beliefs.
“I believe he was a man of faith, and I hope in that moment when he died that he felt connected to his faith,” she said while getting emotional. “Even though I find what his ideas were abhorrent to me, I still believe he’s a father and a husband and a man of faith, and I hope whatever ‘connection to God’ means, that he felt it.”
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Kirk was speaking at an event on the campus of Utah Valley University in Orem, Utah, on Wednesday, September 10, when he was shot and killed. He died at the age of 31 and is survived by his wife, Erika Kirk (née Frantzve), and their two children.
Police identified Tyler Robinson as Charlie’s alleged shooter on Friday, September 12, and confirmed he is in police custody. He is currently being held without bail at Utah County Jail.
Curtis also brought up the fact that the moment Charlie was shot is on video. She questioned the impact it could have on people in the future.
“Today, we as a society are bombarded with imagery,” she said before referencing the 24th anniversary of the 9/11 terrorist attacks. “So, we don’t know what the longitudinal effects of seeing those Towers come down over and over and over and over again or watching [Charlie’s] execution over and over and over again.”
“We are numb to them, but they are in there,” Curtis continued when discussing violent images. “We don’t know, we don’t know enough psychologically about what that does. What does that do?”
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As the Oscar winner continues to process Charlie’s death, preparations are underway for a public memorial service in honor of the Turning Point USA founder.
The memorial — called “Building a Legacy, Remembering Charlie Kirk” — will be held on Sunday, September 21, at State Farm Stadium in Glendale, Arizona. The venue is the home of the NFL’s Arizona Cardinals and can hold as many as 73,000 people.
“Charlie loved his children and he loved me with all of his heart and I knew that every day. He made sure I knew that every day,” Erika said in a live stream via Charlie’s X on Friday. “Every day he would ask me, ‘How can I serve you better? How can I be a better husband? How can I be a better father?’ … He was a such a good man. He still is such a good man. He was the perfect father. He was the perfect husband.”