{"id":218452,"date":"2026-01-23T20:46:37","date_gmt":"2026-01-23T20:46:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2026\/01\/23\/erika-kirk-launches-tour-amid-protests-ongoing-clothing-controversy\/"},"modified":"2026-01-23T20:46:37","modified_gmt":"2026-01-23T20:46:37","slug":"erika-kirk-launches-tour-amid-protests-ongoing-clothing-controversy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2026\/01\/23\/erika-kirk-launches-tour-amid-protests-ongoing-clothing-controversy\/","title":{"rendered":"Erika Kirk Launches Tour Amid Protests, Ongoing Clothing Controversy"},"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>In the months since her husband, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thehollywoodgossip.com\/2026\/01\/charlie-kirk-was-a-time-traveler-who-attended-x-men-school-candace-owens-claims\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Charlie Kirk, was shot and killed<\/a>, Erika Kirk has been just about everywhere.<\/p>\n<p>And if you thought she might cool it with the media appearances and focus on other matters in 2026, you\u2019ve got another thing coming.<\/p>\n<p>Erika launched her 30-city \u201cMake Heaven Crowded\u201d tour in Los Angeles on Wednesday, and as usual, she\u2019s courting controversy everywhere she goes.<\/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\/2026\/01\/GettyImages-2252438295-1-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"Erika Kirk interviews surprise guest Nicki Minaj on the final day of Turning Point USA's annual AmericaFest conference at the Phoenix Convention Center on December 21, 2025 in Phoenix, Arizona.  \" class=\"wp-image-546366 lazyload\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2026\/01\/GettyImages-2252438295-1-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2026\/01\/GettyImages-2252438295-1-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2026\/01\/GettyImages-2252438295-1-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2026\/01\/GettyImages-2252438295-1-2048x1365.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2026\/01\/GettyImages-2252438295-1-960x640.jpg 960w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2026\/01\/GettyImages-2252438295-1-1080x720.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2026\/01\/GettyImages-2252438295-1-1200x800.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 760px) calc(100vw - 20px), 720px\" data-pin-media=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2026\/01\/GettyImages-2252438295-1-scaled.jpg\" loading=\"lazy\" data-trellis-processed=\"1\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Erika Kirk interviews surprise guest Nicki Minaj on the final day of Turning Point USA\u2019s annual AmericaFest conference at the Phoenix Convention Center on December 21, 2025 in Phoenix, Arizona.  <span class=\"image-caption-credit\"> (Photo by Caylo Seals\/Getty Images)<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>According to a report from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=DtAnefFjuC8\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">CBS News\u2019 Los Angeles affiliate<\/a>, dozens of protesters gathered outside of the city\u2019s Harvest Church to convey their disapproval of Kirk\u2019s message.<\/p>\n<p>Undeterred, Kirk took the stage to deliver her signature brand of combative rhetoric.<\/p>\n<p>Her first targets were Jimmy Kimmel and Rachel Maddow, both of whom have been highly critical of Donald Trump during his second term in office.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI can\u2019t even believe I\u2019m saying their names in a church,\u201d Kirk jokingly told the crowd (via <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2026\/01\/22\/media\/erika-kirk-invokes-rachel-maddows-take-on-anti-ice-protests-while-speaking-at-tpusa-event\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Fox News<\/a>).<\/p>\n<p>She later turned her sights on the <em>Washington Post<\/em>, who recently <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thehollywoodgossip.com\/2026\/01\/erika-kirk-clothing-criticism-glittering-pantsuit-remark-spark-backlash\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">critiqued Kirk\u2019s style<\/a> in their fashion section.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><noscript><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"661\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2026\/01\/GettyImages-2251972691-1024x661.jpg\" alt=\"Turning Point USA CEO Erika Kirk, widow of right-wing political activist Charlie Kirk, speaks during Turning Point's annual AmericaFest conference in Phoenix, Arizona on December 18, 2025.\" class=\"wp-image-546367\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2026\/01\/GettyImages-2251972691-1024x661.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2026\/01\/GettyImages-2251972691-300x194.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2026\/01\/GettyImages-2251972691-768x496.jpg 768w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2026\/01\/GettyImages-2251972691-2048x1322.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2026\/01\/GettyImages-2251972691-960x620.jpg 960w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2026\/01\/GettyImages-2251972691-1080x697.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2026\/01\/GettyImages-2251972691-1200x775.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 760px) calc(100vw - 20px), 720px\"\/><\/noscript><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"661\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2026\/01\/GettyImages-2251972691-1024x661.jpg\" alt=\"Turning Point USA CEO Erika Kirk, widow of right-wing political activist Charlie Kirk, speaks during Turning Point's annual AmericaFest conference in Phoenix, Arizona on December 18, 2025.\" class=\"wp-image-546367 lazyload\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2026\/01\/GettyImages-2251972691-1024x661.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2026\/01\/GettyImages-2251972691-300x194.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2026\/01\/GettyImages-2251972691-768x496.jpg 768w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2026\/01\/GettyImages-2251972691-2048x1322.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2026\/01\/GettyImages-2251972691-960x620.jpg 960w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2026\/01\/GettyImages-2251972691-1080x697.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2026\/01\/GettyImages-2251972691-1200x775.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 760px) calc(100vw - 20px), 720px\" data-pin-media=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2026\/01\/GettyImages-2251972691-scaled.jpg\" loading=\"lazy\" data-trellis-processed=\"1\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Turning Point USA CEO Erika Kirk, widow of right-wing political activist Charlie Kirk, speaks during Turning Point\u2019s annual AmericaFest conference in Phoenix, Arizona on December 18, 2025.<span class=\"image-caption-credit\"> (Photo by Olivier Touron \/ AFP via Getty Images)<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cKirk, a mother to two toddlers, continues to take on public-facing leadership duties while promoting traditional ideas about prioritizing marriage and motherhood, and her clothes are attempting to walk the same high wire \u2026 her styling of late suggests that she\u2019s aware that she now needs to be able to blend into mainstream, secular, political contexts well enough to be taken seriously \u2014 but not so well as to be mistaken for a career woman or a feminist,\u201d wrote <em>Post<\/em> fashion writer Ashley Fetters Maloy.<\/p>\n<p>Clearly, those comments stuck with Erika.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI mean, for example, I had a <em>Washington Post <\/em>article come out about the clothes that I wear. Like, very slow news day out there,\u201d Kirk told her audience on Wednesday.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIf you are now attacking a widow\u2019s attire, like, that\u2019s where we\u2019re at.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>But Kirk wasn\u2019t done yet. She continued to lash out at the <em>Post<\/em> <\/p>\n<p>\u201cIf you would like to know, <em>Washington Post<\/em>, I\u2019m wearing a black outfit with a pair of Air Forces because I\u2019m a sneakerhead,\u201d she said, adding:<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><noscript><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"700\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2026\/01\/GettyImages-2250859589-1-1024x700.jpg\" alt=\"Erika Kirk discusses the newly released book &quot;Stop, In The Name of God: Why Honoring The Sabbath Will Transform Your Life&quot; on &quot;Hannity&quot; at Fox News Channel Studios on December 08, 2025 in New York City.\" class=\"wp-image-546368\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2026\/01\/GettyImages-2250859589-1-1024x700.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2026\/01\/GettyImages-2250859589-1-300x205.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2026\/01\/GettyImages-2250859589-1-768x525.jpg 768w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2026\/01\/GettyImages-2250859589-1-2048x1400.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2026\/01\/GettyImages-2250859589-1-960x656.jpg 960w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2026\/01\/GettyImages-2250859589-1-1080x738.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2026\/01\/GettyImages-2250859589-1-1200x820.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 760px) calc(100vw - 20px), 720px\"\/><\/noscript><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"700\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2026\/01\/GettyImages-2250859589-1-1024x700.jpg\" alt=\"Erika Kirk discusses the newly released book &quot;Stop, In The Name of God: Why Honoring The Sabbath Will Transform Your Life&quot; on &quot;Hannity&quot; at Fox News Channel Studios on December 08, 2025 in New York City.\" class=\"wp-image-546368 lazyload\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2026\/01\/GettyImages-2250859589-1-1024x700.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2026\/01\/GettyImages-2250859589-1-300x205.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2026\/01\/GettyImages-2250859589-1-768x525.jpg 768w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2026\/01\/GettyImages-2250859589-1-2048x1400.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2026\/01\/GettyImages-2250859589-1-960x656.jpg 960w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2026\/01\/GettyImages-2250859589-1-1080x738.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2026\/01\/GettyImages-2250859589-1-1200x820.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 760px) calc(100vw - 20px), 720px\" data-pin-media=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2026\/01\/GettyImages-2250859589-1-scaled.jpg\" loading=\"lazy\" data-trellis-processed=\"1\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Erika Kirk discusses the newly released book \u201cStop, In The Name of God: Why Honoring The Sabbath Will Transform Your Life\u201d on \u201cHannity\u201d at Fox News Channel Studios on December 08, 2025 in New York City.<span class=\"image-caption-credit\"> (Photo by Dimitrios Kambouris\/Getty Images)<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cSo if you would like to know what I\u2019m wearing, you can call me, and I\u2019d be happy to explain that I just wear what I wear because it\u2019s comfortable. I don\u2019t have a stylist. Like, I don\u2019t really care. I just am myself.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Kirk continued by hurling a Gen-Z insult at the newspaper.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cGo touch grass. Go walk in nature. Charlie loved to hike. Like, maybe take up hiking as a hobby? Just throwing it out there,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n<p>Again, the article in question appeared in the <em>Post<\/em>\u2018s fashion section, so it\u2019s not all that outrageous that it focused on Erika\u2019s clothing.<\/p>\n<p>And while it\u2019s certainly true that it\u2019s only been a few months since her husband was murdered, if Erika wants to continue to climb the ladder of fame, she might want to stop resorting to the grieving widow defense every time she receives some mild criticism.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thehollywoodgossip.com\/2026\/01\/erika-kirk-launches-tour-amid-protests-ongoing-clothing-controversy\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Reading Time: 3 minutes In the months since her husband, Charlie Kirk, was shot and killed, Erika Kirk has been just about everywhere. And if you thought she might cool it with the media appearances and focus on other matters in 2026, you\u2019ve got another thing coming. Erika launched her 30-city \u201cMake Heaven Crowded\u201d tour [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":218453,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-218452","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-hollywood"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/218452","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=218452"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/218452\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/218453"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=218452"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=218452"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=218452"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}