'So beautiful': Tim Allen hears Erika Kirk forgive, says he does, too, after 60 YEARS * WorldNetDaily * by Bob Unruh
The impact of the life of Turning Point USA co-founder Charlie Kirk, dead at 31 from an assassin’s bullet at a free speech event at a Utah college, almost certainly will surge over the coming years. What is fact is that there have been not just thousands, but tens of thousands of requests to launch local chapters of his organization already.
But for one Hollywood star, it was the words of his widow, Erika Kirk, that impacted.
Tim Allen, star of a long list of movies and television programs, wrote, “When Erika Kirk spoke the words on the man who killed her husband: ‘That man … that young man … I forgive him.’ That moment affected me. I have struggled for over 60 years to forgive the man who killed my Dad. I will say those words now as I type: ‘I forgive the man who killed my father.'”
When Erika Kirk spoke the words on the man who killed her husband: “That man… that young man… I forgive him.” That moment deeply affected me. I have struggled for over 60 years to forgive the man who killed my Dad. I will say those words now as I type: “ I forgive the man who…
— Tim Allen (@ofctimallen) September 25, 2025
Online commenters encouraged him:
This is so beautiful to read, Tim. I am so thankful for this. Erika forgave, by her own words, because Christ forgave her. That’s how we find true peace: we claim the forgiveness offered us by the shed blood of Jesus, repenting of our sins.
Then, as forgiven people, we forgive.
— Owen Strachan (@ostrachan) September 26, 2025
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Some wise words about this issue. Unforgiveness is a poison we drink ourselves in the hope that someone else dies. The only person being harmed by our indignation, even if righteous, is ourselves. Likely the person we need to forgive doesn’t know or even care. We do it for us.
— Earl Scott (@rightnGA) September 25, 2025
Erika Kirk’s statement:
BREAKING: Erika Kirk forgives the killer of Charlie Kirk, Tyler Robinson.
“Father, forgive them, for they not know what they do.”
“That young man. I forgive him.”
If this doesn’t give somebody chills, I don’t know what will. pic.twitter.com/GZna4f2Opc
— Eric Daugherty (@EricLDaugh) September 21, 2025
Allen added, “Peace be with you all.”
Fox News reported the actor, who has voiced characters for Toy Story movies, starred in the Santa Clause series, the Shaggy Dog, was “Tim the Toolman Taylor” in Home Improvement and many more about which cult followings have developed, lost his father, Dick, a real estate agent, when a drunk driver’s vehicle collided with his car when Allen was 11.
Bob Unruh