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Savannah Chrisley mourns Charlie Kirk, reveals she was set to join his speaking tour
Savannah Chrisley is “devastated” over Charlie Kirk’s death.
The reality star addressed the 31-year-old’s assassination in a tearful TikTok video on Wednesday, calling Kirk a “lifelong friend” who showed up during the “hardest” years of her life.
“[He was] someone who gave me a voice as a woman, made me feel like I had the power to show up in this world,” the “Growing Up Chrisley” alum, 28, said in the emotional footage.
Chrisley, who noted that she did not “have the words” as she was “still processing” Kirk’s passing, revealed she was “supposed to be sitting next to Charlie every weekend in October.”
The “Chrisleys: Back to Reality” star was meant to join Kirk on his college speaking tour, which kicked off Wednesday at Utah Valley University — and came to a shocking end when he was fatally shot.
The conservative commentator, notably, was debating an attendee about gun violence when he was killed.
The Turning Point USA co-founder is survived by his wife, Erica Frantzve, and their two children: a 3-year-old daughter and a 1-year-old son.
Chrisley, who felt “devastated beyond words,” sent her love to Kirk’s widow, telling the former pageant queen, “I love you. And I am with you.”
The “Unlocked” podcast host shared more in her caption, gushing, “[Kirk] believed in me and in my family when the world turned its back. He saw potential, he spoke life into us, and he reminded me that God still had a plan even when I couldn’t see it myself. That kind of belief changes you forever.”
Chrisley concluded that instead of journeying with Kirk on the “American Comeback Tour,” she was “sit[ting] here with a broken heart.”
President Trump announced Kirk’s death via Truth Social on Wednesday.
“No one understood or had the Heart of the Youth in the United States of America better than Charlie,” the commander-in-chief, 79, wrote. “He was loved and admired by ALL, especially me, and now, he is no longer with us.”
Chris Pratt, Candace Cameron Bure and more celebrities have since publicly mourned Kirk in social media tributes.
“Praying for Charlie Kirk right now, for his wife and young children, for our country,” the “Parks and Recreation” alum, 46, tweeted. “We need God’s grace. God help us.”
Bure, for her part, took to Instagram to write, “We love you, Charlie. Well done, good and faithful servant.”
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