{"id":194842,"date":"2025-09-23T20:37:00","date_gmt":"2025-09-23T20:37:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2025\/09\/23\/nick-fuentes-slams-charlie-kirk-memorial-as-weird-and-fake\/"},"modified":"2025-09-23T20:37:00","modified_gmt":"2025-09-23T20:37:00","slug":"nick-fuentes-slams-charlie-kirk-memorial-as-weird-and-fake","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2025\/09\/23\/nick-fuentes-slams-charlie-kirk-memorial-as-weird-and-fake\/","title":{"rendered":"Nick Fuentes Slams Charlie Kirk Memorial as &#8216;Weird and Fake&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p><span class=\"span-reading-time rt-reading-time\" style=\"display: block;\"><span class=\"rt-label rt-prefix\">Reading Time: <\/span> <span class=\"rt-time\"> 3<\/span> <span class=\"rt-label rt-postfix\">minutes<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>On Sunday, millions of Americans tuned in to the televised <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thehollywoodgossip.com\/2025\/09\/erika-kirk-mocked-for-fake-tears-wwe-style-entrance-at-charlie-kirk-memorial\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">memorial for Charlie Kirk<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Based on social media reactions, most were moved by the raw grief shared by Charlie\u2019s widow, Erika Kirk, in her eulogy, but many took issue with the opportunistic grandstanding of political figures like Stephen Miller.<\/p>\n<p>One prominent conservative figure took the criticism much further in a social media rant in which he criticized both the participants and the event itself.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><noscript><\/noscript><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/09\/GettyImages-2236629892-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"Erika Kirk speaks during the memorial service for her husband, political activist Charlie Kirk at State Farm Stadium on September 21, 2025 in Glendale, Arizona.\" class=\"wp-image-535949 lazyload\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/09\/GettyImages-2236629892-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/09\/GettyImages-2236629892-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/09\/GettyImages-2236629892-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/09\/GettyImages-2236629892-2048x1365.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/09\/GettyImages-2236629892-960x640.jpg 960w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/09\/GettyImages-2236629892-1080x720.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/09\/GettyImages-2236629892-1200x800.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 760px) calc(100vw - 20px), 720px\" data-pin-media=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/09\/GettyImages-2236629892-scaled.jpg\" loading=\"lazy\" data-trellis-processed=\"1\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Erika Kirk speaks during the memorial service for her husband, political activist Charlie Kirk at State Farm Stadium on September 21, 2025 in Glendale, Arizona.<span class=\"image-caption-credit\"> (Photo by Win McNamee\/Getty Images)<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-milo-yiannopoulos-calls-out-nick-fuentes-for-charlie-kirk-criticism\">Milo Yiannopoulos calls out Nick Fuentes for Charlie Kirk criticism<\/h2>\n<p>Nick Fuentes is a far-right podcaster and social media personality who frequently criticized Kirk for being too moderate in his views.<\/p>\n<p>Not long after the memorial, fellow far-right activist Milo Yiannopoulos called Fuentes out for comments he\u2019d made about the event on the messaging app Telegram.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNick Fuentes is too much of a fat coward to post this on X. But he\u2019s spazzing out on Telegram about Charlie\u2019s memorial, still seething with rage and envy 24 hours later,\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/Nero\/status\/1970246920871518503\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Yiannopoulos tweeted<\/a>, alongside a series of screenshots.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cEverything about that \u2018memorial\u2019 was weird and fake except for all of the earnest Americans who attended or watched online,\u201d Fuentes\u2019 rant began.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><noscript><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"986\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Screenshot-2025-09-23-at-3.51.17-PM-1024x986.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-535951\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Screenshot-2025-09-23-at-3.51.17-PM-1024x986.png 1024w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Screenshot-2025-09-23-at-3.51.17-PM-300x289.png 300w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Screenshot-2025-09-23-at-3.51.17-PM-768x740.png 768w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Screenshot-2025-09-23-at-3.51.17-PM-960x925.png 960w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Screenshot-2025-09-23-at-3.51.17-PM-1080x1040.png 1080w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Screenshot-2025-09-23-at-3.51.17-PM.png 1194w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 760px) calc(100vw - 20px), 720px\"\/><\/noscript><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"986\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Screenshot-2025-09-23-at-3.51.17-PM-1024x986.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-535951 lazyload\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Screenshot-2025-09-23-at-3.51.17-PM-1024x986.png 1024w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Screenshot-2025-09-23-at-3.51.17-PM-300x289.png 300w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Screenshot-2025-09-23-at-3.51.17-PM-768x740.png 768w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Screenshot-2025-09-23-at-3.51.17-PM-960x925.png 960w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Screenshot-2025-09-23-at-3.51.17-PM-1080x1040.png 1080w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Screenshot-2025-09-23-at-3.51.17-PM.png 1194w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 760px) calc(100vw - 20px), 720px\" data-pin-media=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Screenshot-2025-09-23-at-3.51.17-PM.png\" loading=\"lazy\" data-trellis-processed=\"1\"\/><figcaption><span class=\"image-caption-credit\"> (X screentshot)<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Sadly this is yet another example of how sentimentality is repeatedly weaponized against decent people to gain enough of their trust to betray them over and over again.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis memorial is a giant, shameless political spectacle to promote the GOP,\u201d he continued, adding:<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThat was supposed to be a funeral for a 31 year old father who was graphically executed in front of 3,000 college students.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAnd what you watched was each cabinet member of the Trump government walk out to pyrotechnics and talk about politics\/audition for 2028.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Fuentes concluded with a bizarrely personal shot at Kirk himself:<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><noscript><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/09\/GettyImages-687485318-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"Conservative student and supporter of US President Donald Trump, Nick Fuentes, answers question during an interview with Agence France-Presse in Boston, Massachusetts, on May 9, 2016. &#10;\" class=\"wp-image-535947\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/09\/GettyImages-687485318-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/09\/GettyImages-687485318-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/09\/GettyImages-687485318-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/09\/GettyImages-687485318-2048x1365.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/09\/GettyImages-687485318-960x640.jpg 960w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/09\/GettyImages-687485318-1080x720.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/09\/GettyImages-687485318-1200x800.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 760px) calc(100vw - 20px), 720px\"\/><\/noscript><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/09\/GettyImages-687485318-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"Conservative student and supporter of US President Donald Trump, Nick Fuentes, answers question during an interview with Agence France-Presse in Boston, Massachusetts, on May 9, 2016. &#10;\" class=\"wp-image-535947 lazyload\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/09\/GettyImages-687485318-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/09\/GettyImages-687485318-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/09\/GettyImages-687485318-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/09\/GettyImages-687485318-2048x1365.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/09\/GettyImages-687485318-960x640.jpg 960w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/09\/GettyImages-687485318-1080x720.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/09\/GettyImages-687485318-1200x800.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 760px) calc(100vw - 20px), 720px\" data-pin-media=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/09\/GettyImages-687485318-scaled.jpg\" loading=\"lazy\" data-trellis-processed=\"1\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Conservative student and supporter of US President Donald Trump, Nick Fuentes, answers question during an interview with Agence France-Presse in Boston, Massachusetts, on May 9, 2016.<br \/>\n<span class=\"image-caption-credit\"> (WILLIAM EDWARDS\/AFP via Getty Images)<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cIt is also true that \u2018Charlie would have wanted it that way,\u2019 but it doesn\u2019t make it less distasteful. Some things, like death, should be sacred,\u201d Fuentes wrote.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis entire spectacle seemed like a calculated play, basically a cynical excuse to put on an RNC.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Fuentes\u2019 remarks prompted widespread use of the famous \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Heartbreaking:_The_Worst_Person_You_Know_Just_Made_a_Great_Point\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Worst Person You Know Just Made a Good Point<\/a>\u201d meme from others who found the ceremony exploitative.<\/p>\n<p>But even among those who agreed with his broader message, many found the parting shot at Kirk himself distasteful.<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-a-rift-within-the-online-right\">A rift within the online Right<\/h2>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><noscript><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/09\/GettyImages-2162182816-6-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"CEO of Turning Point USA Charlie Kirk speaks on stage on the first day of the Republican National Convention at the Fiserv Forum on July 15, 2024 in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. \" class=\"wp-image-535948\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/09\/GettyImages-2162182816-6-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/09\/GettyImages-2162182816-6-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/09\/GettyImages-2162182816-6-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/09\/GettyImages-2162182816-6-2048x1365.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/09\/GettyImages-2162182816-6-960x640.jpg 960w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/09\/GettyImages-2162182816-6-1080x720.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/09\/GettyImages-2162182816-6-1200x800.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 760px) calc(100vw - 20px), 720px\"\/><\/noscript><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/09\/GettyImages-2162182816-6-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"CEO of Turning Point USA Charlie Kirk speaks on stage on the first day of the Republican National Convention at the Fiserv Forum on July 15, 2024 in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. \" class=\"wp-image-535948 lazyload\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/09\/GettyImages-2162182816-6-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/09\/GettyImages-2162182816-6-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/09\/GettyImages-2162182816-6-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/09\/GettyImages-2162182816-6-2048x1365.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/09\/GettyImages-2162182816-6-960x640.jpg 960w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/09\/GettyImages-2162182816-6-1080x720.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/09\/GettyImages-2162182816-6-1200x800.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 760px) calc(100vw - 20px), 720px\" data-pin-media=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/09\/GettyImages-2162182816-6-scaled.jpg\" data-trellis-processed=\"1\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">CEO of Turning Point USA Charlie Kirk speaks on stage on the first day of the Republican National Convention at the Fiserv Forum on July 15, 2024 in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. <span class=\"image-caption-credit\"> (Photo by Chip Somodevilla\/Getty Images)<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>As Kirk and Fuentes were both supporters of Donald Trump, the feud between them might seem perplexing to casual observers.<\/p>\n<p>But <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thehollywoodgossip.com\/2025\/09\/tyler-robinson-groyper-affiliation-discord-page-spark-new-debate-on-social-media\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Fuentes is the founder of the Groyper Army<\/a>, a group of far-right extremists who accused Kirk of being too moderate on topics like immigration.<\/p>\n<p>The two factions achieved an uneasy truce ahead of the 2024 election, largely due to Kirk\u2019s willingness to shift to the right to appease Fuentes.<\/p>\n<p>But clearly, even that wasn\u2019t enough to create a lasting peace.<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s yet another reminder that the current US political climate is divided into too many factions to count. And while a lot of people are profiting from all that division, virtually no one seems interested in unity.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thehollywoodgossip.com\/2025\/09\/nick-fuentes-slams-charlie-kirk-memorial-as-weird-and-fake\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Reading Time: 3 minutes On Sunday, millions of Americans tuned in to the televised memorial for Charlie Kirk. Based on social media reactions, most were moved by the raw grief shared by Charlie\u2019s widow, Erika Kirk, in her eulogy, but many took issue with the opportunistic grandstanding of political figures like Stephen Miller. 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