A tear-jerking video shows Charlie Kirk’s 3-year-old daughter running up to her dad and jumping into his arms while he filled in as a co-host on “Fox & Friends.”
The video, posted to Kirk’s Instagram account on July 27, shows his daughter making her way across the Fox set and rushing over to him.
“Happy Sunday from @foxandfriends and from my family! God bless!” Kirk captioned the clip.
Kirk extends his arms and lifts his daughter, then embraces her in a tight hug with a joyful grin across his face during the loving moment that resurfaced after the Turning Point USA founder was fatally shot on Wednesday at Utah Valley University.
Kirk was a guest co-host on “Fox & Friends Weekend” from July 27 to 28.
For much of their children’s lives, Kirk and his wife Erika worked to keep their names and faces out of the public eye.
The couple welcomed their daughter in August 2022 and their son in May 2024.
Charlie and Erika Kirk are seen with their children in an undated social media photo. Instagram/mrserikakirk
Kirk is seen throwing hats to the crowd shortly before he was shot during an event at Utah Valley University on Sept. 10, 2025. via REUTERSHere's the latest on the Charlie Kirk shooting in Utah
- Police identified Tyler Robinson, 22, as the alleged assassin who fatally shot Charlie Kirk at Utah Valley University on Sept. 10.
- Robinson was charged with aggravated murder, felony discharge of a firearm causing serious bodily injury and obstruction of justice.
- Law enforcement confirmed that Robinson was living with a transgender roommate, and communications between the two helped the feds catch the alleged assassin.
- Kirk, the 31-year-old Turning Point USA co-founder, was attending an event on his American Comeback Tour when he was struck in the neck by a single shot.
- President Trump was among many who have called for the assassin to receive the death penalty.
- Kirk’s body was brought to Arizona from Utah on Air Force Two, accompanied by Vice President JD Vance, and taken to Phoenix’s Hansen Mortuary Chapel.
- Kirk’s funeral, which Trump has promised to attend, is scheduled for Sept. 21 at State Farm Stadium, home of the Arizona Cardinals.
- Kirk, a rising MAGA star, is survived by his wife and two young children.
“Glory be to God for the birth of our Son! Erika did so amazing, I am so proud of her!,” the proud dad said as he announced his son’s birth. “‘Children are a gift from the Lord’ Psalm 127:3.”
First Lady Melania Trump lamented that Kirk’s children will grow up without their father in an emotional post after the shooting.
“Charlie’s children will be raised with stories instead of memories, photographs instead of laughter, and silence where their father’s voice should have echoed,” the first lady wrote on X.
“Charlie Kirk’s life should serve as a symbolic reminder that compassionate awareness elevates family, love, and country.”
