{"id":195628,"date":"2025-09-27T05:15:00","date_gmt":"2025-09-27T05:15:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2025\/09\/27\/tim-allen-reveals-he-was-deeply-affected-by-erika-kirks-speech-during-charlie-kirks-memorial\/"},"modified":"2025-09-27T05:15:00","modified_gmt":"2025-09-27T05:15:00","slug":"tim-allen-reveals-he-was-deeply-affected-by-erika-kirks-speech-during-charlie-kirks-memorial","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2025\/09\/27\/tim-allen-reveals-he-was-deeply-affected-by-erika-kirks-speech-during-charlie-kirks-memorial\/","title":{"rendered":"Tim Allen Reveals He Was \u2018Deeply Affected\u2019 by Erika Kirk\u2019s Speech During Charlie Kirk\u2019s Memorial"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p>\t\t<span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.justjared.com\/tags\/tim-allen\/\" title=\"Tim Allen\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Tim Allen<\/strong><\/a> had a profound reaction to comments made by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.justjared.com\/tags\/erika-kirk\/\" title=\"Erika Kirk\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Erika Kirk<\/strong><\/a> during her late husband <a href=\"https:\/\/www.justjared.com\/tags\/charlie-kirk\/\" title=\"Charlie Kirk\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Charlie Kirk<\/strong><\/a>\u2018s memorial service.<\/p>\n<p>On Thursday (September 25) the 72-year-old <em>Shifting Gears<\/em> star took to Twitter \/ X to share how the new Turning Point CEO\u2019s words have helped him forgive the man who killed his father, <strong>Gerald Dick<\/strong>, more than 60 years ago.<\/p>\n<p><strong class=\"hidearticle\"><em>Keep reading to find out more\u2026<\/em><\/strong><span id=\"more-2145450\"><\/span><\/p>\n<p>During the highly-publicized memorial for the conservative media personality, his widow took to the stage and revealed that she had forgiven the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.justjared.com\/2025\/09\/16\/new-photos-of-tyler-robinson-released-from-his-virtual-court-hearing-after-being-charged-with-charlie-kirks-murder\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">man who killed her husband<\/a>, saying, \u201cThat man\u2026 that young man\u2026 I forgive him.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>In <strong>Tim<\/strong>\u2018s social media post, he says that her words \u201cdeeply affected\u201d him. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cI have struggled for over 60 years to forgive the man who killed my Dad. I will say those words now as I type: \u2018 I forgive the man who killed my father.\u2019  Peace be with you all,\u201d he wrote.<\/p>\n<div class=\"center\" style=\"margin: auto; width: 85%; clear: both\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\" xml:lang=\"en\">When Erika Kirk spoke the words on the man who killed her husband: \u201cThat man\u2026 that young man\u2026 I forgive him.\u201d  That moment deeply affected me.  I have struggled for over 60 years to forgive the man who killed my Dad. I will say those words now as I type: \u201c I forgive the man who\u2026<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Tim Allen (@ofctimallen) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ofctimallen\/status\/1971314119732290017?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">September 25, 2025<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<p>The actor lost his father at a very young age when he was killed by a drunk driver in a car accident in November 1964. <strong>Tim<\/strong> was 11 years old at the time.<\/p>\n<p>Watch <a href=\"https:\/\/www.justjared.com\/2025\/09\/12\/charlie-kirks-wife-erika-makes-first-public-speech-since-his-death-watch-the-full-video\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Erika<\/strong>\u2018s first full public speech after her husband\u2019s death.<\/a><\/p>\n<p><\/span><\/p><\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><script>(function(d, s, id) { var js, fjs = d.getElementsByTagName(s)[0]; if (d.getElementById(id)) return; js = d.createElement(s); js.id = id; js.src = \"\/\/connect.facebook.net\/en_US\/sdk.js#xfbml=1&version=v3.2&appId=145071315902360\"; fjs.parentNode.insertBefore(js, fjs); }(document, 'script', 'facebook-jssdk'));<\/script><br \/>\n<br \/><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.justjared.com\/2025\/09\/27\/tim-allen-reveals-he-was-deeply-affected-by-erika-kirks-speech-during-charlie-kirks-memorial\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Tim Allen had a profound reaction to comments made by Erika Kirk during her late husband Charlie Kirk\u2018s memorial service. On Thursday (September 25) the 72-year-old Shifting Gears star took to Twitter \/ X to share how the new Turning Point CEO\u2019s words have helped him forgive the man who killed his father, Gerald Dick, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":195629,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-195628","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-lifestyle"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/195628","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=195628"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/195628\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/195629"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=195628"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=195628"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=195628"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}