{"id":11483,"date":"2025-09-15T07:01:00","date_gmt":"2025-09-15T07:01:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/topkeynews.com\/?p=11483"},"modified":"2025-09-15T07:01:00","modified_gmt":"2025-09-15T07:01:00","slug":"savannah-chrisley-says-she-was-set-to-join-charlie-kirk-on-his-tour-as-she-shares-heartbreak-over-his-death","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/topkeynews.com\/?p=11483","title":{"rendered":"Savannah Chrisley says she was set to join Charlie Kirk on his tour as she shares &#8216;heartbreak&#8217; over his death"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Savannah Chrisley\u00a0said she was supposed to join Charlie Kirk on his college campus speaking tour in October.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Savannah Chrisley in Tears Over Charlie Kirk Assassination\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/sneknJuNC1Q?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The 28-year-old\u00a0reality TV\u00a0personality shared an emotional\u00a0TikTok\u00a0video late Wednesday night as she mourned her late friend.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The conservative political activist was\u00a0fatally shot earlier that day during a speaking engagement\u00a0at\u00a0Utah\u00a0Valley University in Orem. He was 31.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The event was the first stop on Kirk&#8217;s American Comeback Tour, which was supposed to travel to college campuses across the U.S. through September and October.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&#8216;Today&#8217;s been a tough day,&#8217; she said in the video as tears rolled down her face before adding that she was preparing to join him on his speaking tour next month.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">She said Kirk had supported her as she worked to free her parents, Todd and Julie Chrisley, from prison over the last two and a half years.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"588\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/topkeynews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/image-431-588x1024.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-11484\" style=\"width:840px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/topkeynews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/image-431-588x1024.png 588w, https:\/\/topkeynews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/image-431-172x300.png 172w, https:\/\/topkeynews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/image-431.png 634w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 588px) 100vw, 588px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph\"><strong><sup>Savannah Chrisley said she was supposed to join Charlie Kirk on his college campus speaking tour amid news of his death; pictured September 2023 in Los Angeles<\/sup><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"634\" height=\"616\" src=\"https:\/\/topkeynews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/image-432.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-11485\" style=\"width:840px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/topkeynews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/image-432.png 634w, https:\/\/topkeynews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/image-432-300x291.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 634px) 100vw, 634px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph\"><strong><sup>The conservative political activist was fatally shot earlier that day during a speaking engagement at Utah Valley University in Orem. He was 31; pictured December 2024 in Phoenix<\/sup><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Her mother and father were convicted of tax evasion and bank and wire fraud in 2022.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">They were released from prison upon receiving a presidential pardon from President Donald Trump in May of this year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">She said: &#8216;The past two and a half years of my life have been some of the hardest years I&#8217;ve ever had to endure.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&#8216;But in those two and a half years, I&#8217;ve met so many people, great people and lifelong friends,&#8217; she continued. &#8216;And one of those people that brought me into their world was Charlie Kirk.&#8217;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">She also shared her support for his family and expressed her condolences to Kirk&#8217;s wife, Erika Frantzve.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Chrisley described her as &#8216;one of the kindest, most loving human beings I&#8217;ve ever had the pleasure of knowing.&#8217;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">She then added: &#8216;I was supposed to be sitting next to Charlie every weekend in October.&#8217;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&#8216;This is tough. Pray for Charlie, pray for his parents, his children, his entire family. Erika, my heart is with you. I love you.&#8217;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"575\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/topkeynews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/image-433-575x1024.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-11486\" style=\"width:840px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/topkeynews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/image-433-575x1024.png 575w, https:\/\/topkeynews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/image-433-168x300.png 168w, https:\/\/topkeynews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/image-433.png 634w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 575px) 100vw, 575px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph\"><strong><sup>The 28-year-old reality TV personality shared an emotional TikTok video late Wednesday night as she mourned her late friend<\/sup><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"634\" height=\"181\" src=\"https:\/\/topkeynews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/image-434.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-11487\" style=\"width:840px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/topkeynews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/image-434.png 634w, https:\/\/topkeynews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/image-434-300x86.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 634px) 100vw, 634px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph\"><strong><sup>Alongside the video, she also penned a lengthy caption, in which she gushed about her late friend and how she was getting ready to join him on his speaking tour<\/sup><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"634\" height=\"578\" src=\"https:\/\/topkeynews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/image-435.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-11488\" style=\"width:840px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/topkeynews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/image-435.png 634w, https:\/\/topkeynews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/image-435-300x274.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 634px) 100vw, 634px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph\"><sup>She wrote about how Kirk &#8216;believed in me and in my family when the world turned its back&#8217; before adding that he &#8216;changed&#8217; her and her family&#8217;s lives; pictured July 2024 in Milwaukee<\/sup><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"634\" height=\"795\" src=\"https:\/\/topkeynews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/image-436.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-11489\" style=\"width:840px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/topkeynews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/image-436.png 634w, https:\/\/topkeynews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/image-436-239x300.png 239w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 634px) 100vw, 634px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph\"><strong><sup>She also shared her support for his family and expressed her condolences to Kirk&#8217;s wife, Erika Frantzve.\u00a0Chrisley described her as &#8216;one of the kindest, most loving human beings I&#8217;ve ever had the pleasure of knowing&#8217;<\/sup><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"634\" height=\"510\" src=\"https:\/\/topkeynews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/image-437.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-11490\" style=\"width:840px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/topkeynews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/image-437.png 634w, https:\/\/topkeynews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/image-437-300x241.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 634px) 100vw, 634px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph\"><strong><sup>She then added: &#8216;I was supposed to be sitting next to Charlie every weekend in October&#8217;<\/sup><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Alongside the video, she also penned a lengthy caption, in which she gushed about her late friend and how she was getting ready to join him on his speaking tour.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&#8216;I am numb. I can&#8217;t believe I&#8217;m even writing these words,&#8217; she wrote.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&#8216;Charlie Kirk changed my life&#8230;he brought me into the Turning Point family this past year, and I was supposed to be standing next to him at every college this October. Instead, I sit here with a broken heart, devastated beyond words.&#8217;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">She wrote about how Kirk &#8216;believed in me and in my family when the world turned its back&#8217; before adding that he &#8216;changed&#8217; her and her family&#8217;s lives.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&#8216;Take politics out of it&#8230;Charlie was a young man, a husband, and a father. He had so much life left to live. My heart aches for Erika and their children. No words will ever be enough to fill the space his love once held.&#8217;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">According to the American Comeback Tour website, Kirk was next meant to visit Colorado State University on September 18.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The website lists October dates at college campuses across the U.S. in Indiana, Louisiana, Montana, Mississippi, and North Dakota.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Savannah Chrisley\u00a0said she was supposed to join Charlie Kirk on his college campus speaking tour in October. The 28-year-old\u00a0reality TV\u00a0personality shared an emotional\u00a0TikTok\u00a0video late Wednesday night as she mourned her late friend. The conservative political activist was\u00a0fatally shot earlier that day during a speaking engagement\u00a0at\u00a0Utah\u00a0Valley University in Orem. 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