"Charlie’s love will last me a lifetime. The Lord is the only one who can ever fill that most painful void," the mom of two said in response to the claim
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- Erika Kirk has denied rumors of dating Blake Wynn, calling the claims false and defending her late husband’s legacy
- Blake Wynn also refuted the dating rumors, describing them as baseless and criticizing the source of the claims
- Erika became CEO of Turning Point USA after Charlie Kirk’s death
Charlie Kirk's widow, Erika, is addressing rumors that she has a new boyfriend eight months after Charlie’s fatal shooting at age 31 during an event at Utah Valley University.
Hours after Project Constitution claimed on X that Erika, 37, had been spotted with Blake Wynn, nephew of casino mogul Steve Wynn, at an exclusive Beverly Hills hotel, the mom of two issued a response denying the rumor.
"Every single word here is a lie," Erika wrote in a direct response to the post on X. "Charlie's love will last me a lifetime. The Lord is the only one who can ever fill that most painful void."
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Erika said she was at home celebrating her and Charlie's son's 2nd birthday on May 14. She and Charlie announced the boy's arrival in May 2024, nearly two years after welcoming their daughter in August 2022. Erika has never publicly shared their children's names.
"Blake (who is about to be engaged to his longtime gf) was a dear friend of my husband's and I am grateful for his continued support, just like hundreds of others," Erika wrote on X.
The outlet's "deranged obsession with me and blatant disregard for any form of truth whatsoever is deeply disturbing and I am praying you get the help you so clearly need," Erika continued, adding, "Brush off the Dorito dust and go touch grass."
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Project Constitution replied to Erika's comment by inviting her to send them "a picture with meta data from that day" or something that would show where she was.
Blake also denied the rumors in a response to Project Constitution's post on X. "Blake Wynn here…. I hate to be the bearer of bad news to the cesspool of bots and X users that spend their entire day making things up under the guise of journalism, but I am not dating Erika Kirk," he wrote.
Project Constitution also invited Blake to show the organization something to prove where he was on their alleged meet-up date.
Blake then wrote another comment, saying the organization has a "tag team of Helen Keller & AI-generated audio" as their source.
There is also a community note under the post on X that reads, "Both Erika Kirk and Blake Wynn have directly denied this claim."
While community notes are written by contributors, X claims on its help center that "Contributors can leave notes on any post and if enough contributors from different points of view rate that note as helpful, the note will be publicly shown on a post."
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Days after Charlie's death, Erika was unanimously voted the CEO and chairman of the board for his organization, Turning Point USA.
Matt Lamb, a former Turning Point USA official, told PEOPLE shortly after Charlie's passing that his legacy "will live on" through his wife and two children.
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“I certainly feel for his family,” said Lamb. “I'm praying for them. … He loved his wife and loved his kids. You could just tell about the way he talked about them."
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