Erika Kirk, widow of conservative activist Charlie Kirk, was \u201cgenuinely rattled\u201d after the left-wing feminist site Jezebel published a story in which the author claimed to have paid witches on Etsy to place a curse on her husband just two days before his assassination.<\/p>\n
Top-rated SiriusXM podcaster Megyn Kelly criticized the outlet for running what she described as a \u201cvile\u201d piece, saying it left the Kirks disturbed and seeking prayer from a Catholic priest the night before Charlie Kirk was fatally shot in Utah on Sept. 10.<\/p>\n
\u201cThis is what I want you all, and the people at Jezebel and Etsy, to know,\u201d Kelly began during a segment on her Wednesday show.<\/p>\n
\u201cErika and Charlie Kirk heard about these curses and that news genuinely rattled Erika, in particular. She knew Christian teaching on the subject, she loved Charlie, absolutely, and she was scared when she heard of the curses Jezebel had culled up,\u201d Kelly continued.<\/p>\n
A Sept. 8 Jezebel\u00a0article<\/a>\u00a0described Charlie Kirk, 31, as a \u201cfar-right misogynist,\u201d with the unnamed author writing that she paid witches through an online marketplace to cast \u201cmultiple curses\u201d against him for what she called his \u201cyears of regressive rhetoric.\u201d<\/p>\n Two days later, Tyler Robinson, 22, allegedly shot Charlie Kirk in the neck, killing him as he addressed thousands at Utah Valley University in Orem during the opening stop of his American Comeback Tour.<\/p>\n \u201cWhy torture a family like this, a Christian believing family?\u201d Kelly asked.<\/p>\n \u201cWhy do this vile thing to a young couple, parents to two babies living in accordance with the gospel, deeply in love, and yes, political, but doing nothing other than speaking publicly about their views and their desires to make other people\u2019s lives better,\u201d she continued.<\/p>\n \u201cWho would do such a vile thing? Jezebel, that\u2019s who, and unbelievably, Etsy. And the people behind this evil should be called out,\u201d she said, per the\u00a0New York Post<\/a>.<\/p>\n The publication later appended an editor\u2019s note to the article condemning the killing of Charlie Kirk, a close ally of President Trump, but has since taken the piece down from its website.<\/p>\n Kelly called for Jezebel to shut down and for the reporter behind the article to be identified. She also urged Etsy to bar the sale of curses on its platform and go back to \u201carts and crafts and jewelry.\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cBoth entities should issue an immediate full-throated apology to Erika Kirk for introducing this awfulness into her beautiful family and causing her or Charlie any distress whatsoever in what would be the waning hours of his life,\u201d Kelly fumed.<\/p>\n