{"id":16515,"date":"2025-12-12T06:36:18","date_gmt":"2025-12-12T06:36:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/topkeynews.com\/?p=16515"},"modified":"2025-12-12T06:36:19","modified_gmt":"2025-12-12T06:36:19","slug":"savannah-chrisley-defends-erika-kirk-slams-reality-star-for-cheap-shot-at-grieving-mother","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/topkeynews.com\/?p=16515","title":{"rendered":"Savannah Chrisley defends Erika Kirk, slams reality star for &#8216;cheap shot&#8217; at grieving mother"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&#8216;Selling Sunset&#8217; star called out Erika Kirk&#8217;s parenting choices following husband Charlie Kirk&#8217;s death<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Savannah Chrisley\u00a0came to Erika Kirk&#8217;s defense after a fellow reality star called out the grieving widow on social media.<\/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=\"&#039;LIVES ARE ON THE LINE&#039;: TV star urges others to carry the torch for Charlie Kirk\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/3PXrkDmgoi4?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\">&#8220;Selling Sunset&#8221; star Christine Quinn took umbrage with Erika&#8217;s parenting choices in a post shared Wednesday on X.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&#8220;Erika Kirk be everywhere but with her kids,&#8221; Quinn wrote in a message to her 50,000 followers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Chrisley, 28, fired back at Quinn and listed myriad ways Erika has advocated for her two children following the September assassination of her husband,\u00a0Charlie Kirk.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"720\" height=\"405\" src=\"https:\/\/topkeynews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/image-228.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-16516\" srcset=\"https:\/\/topkeynews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/image-228.png 720w, https:\/\/topkeynews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/image-228-300x169.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 720px) 100vw, 720px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Representatives for Chrisley and Quinn did not immediately respond to Fox News Digital&#8217;s request for comment.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&#8220;Wow\u2026 this is really disappointing to see from you. I know you\u2019re better than this,&#8221;\u00a0Chrisley posted on X.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&#8220;Erika isn\u2019t \u2018everywhere but with her kids\u2019 she\u2019s everywhere fighting FOR them. She\u2019s raising her babies while surviving a level of grief most people would crumble under. Showing up, advocating, building, working\u2026 that\u2019s called resilience, not absence.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"720\" height=\"405\" src=\"https:\/\/topkeynews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/image-229.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-16517\" srcset=\"https:\/\/topkeynews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/image-229.png 720w, https:\/\/topkeynews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/image-229-300x169.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 720px) 100vw, 720px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph\"><strong><sup>Christine Quinn found fame as a star on the Netflix show &#8220;Selling Sunset.&#8221;<\/sup><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"720\" height=\"405\" src=\"https:\/\/topkeynews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/image-230.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-16518\" srcset=\"https:\/\/topkeynews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/image-230.png 720w, https:\/\/topkeynews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/image-230-300x169.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 720px) 100vw, 720px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph\"><strong><sup>The &#8220;Chrisley Knows Best&#8221; star fired back after Quinn questioned Erika Kirk&#8217;s parenting plan.<\/sup><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&#8220;Taking a cheap shot at a woman who just lost her husband and is doing everything she can to create stability for her children isn\u2019t the look you think it is.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The\u00a0&#8220;Chrisley Knows Best&#8221; star\u00a0signed off on her post with a plea for kindness and understanding.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&#8220;Erika is one of the strongest, most intentional mothers I\u2019ve ever witnessed and she deserves compassion, not commentary from people who see a post but not her pain,&#8221; she wrote.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&#8220;Taking a cheap shot at a woman who just lost her husband and is doing everything she can to create stability for her children isn\u2019t the look you think it is.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote has-text-align-right is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u2014 Savannah Chrisley<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Chrisley was planning to join Charlie Kirk on a college campus tour before his assassination Sept. 10. The\u00a0Turning Point USA founder\u00a0was shot during a campus event at Utah Valley University.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">She described Charlie&#8217;s impact on her life during an appearance on &#8220;Fox &amp; Friends&#8221; at Charlie&#8217;s memorial service.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"720\" height=\"405\" src=\"https:\/\/topkeynews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/image-231.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-16519\" srcset=\"https:\/\/topkeynews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/image-231.png 720w, https:\/\/topkeynews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/image-231-300x169.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 720px) 100vw, 720px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph\"><strong><sup>Erika Kirk wants to continue her husband&#8217;s legacy through his last book, &#8220;Stop, in the Name of God: Why Honoring the Sabbath Will Transform Your Life.&#8221;<\/sup><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&#8220;I think when this assassin did take Charlie&#8217;s life, that was the turning point for him,&#8221; Chrisley said. &#8220;He thought he was ending Charlie&#8217;s life, but he really just created millions and millions of Charlie&#8217;s followers to fight. To fight for our freedom, to fight for us to have a voice. For me to watch it, it&#8217;s so sad, and it breaks my heart. To see Erika [Charlie&#8217;s wife] step in as a woman and take on this role, Charlie knew that if he couldn&#8217;t do it, she was the only one that could do it.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Chrisley said Kirk &#8220;gave [her] a voice in times when she felt she didn&#8217;t have one.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&#8220;I was so excited to get to sit next to Charlie and open up to him and get to know him on a more personal level, like a lot of my friends who got to know him,&#8221; she said. &#8220;But, above all else, Charlie has been a voice for our country.&#8221;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The reality TV star said it is remarkable to see how Charlie&#8217;s legacy at&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/politics\/greg-abbott-makes-major-announcement-about-turning-point-usa-texas\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Turning Point USA<\/a>&nbsp;has affected young adults, including her brother.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"720\" height=\"405\" src=\"https:\/\/topkeynews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/image-233.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-16521\" srcset=\"https:\/\/topkeynews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/image-233.png 720w, https:\/\/topkeynews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/image-233-300x169.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 720px) 100vw, 720px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph\"><strong><sup>Savannah Chrisley said Charlie Kirk had a huge impact on her brother.\u00a0<\/sup><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&#8220;To watch my 19-year-old brother and watch all these college kids now show up and be loud and not be afraid because, at the end of the day, our lives are on the line,&#8221; she said. &#8220;2028 is coming up. And Charlie, he wants us to fight. He wants us to be loud. And he said it himself, &#8216;If you don&#8217;t correct evil, if you don&#8217;t speak about evil when evil is happening, then that in itself is evil.&#8217; So, it&#8217;s my job to stand up, be loud and, really, I don&#8217;t care who likes it and who doesn&#8217;t.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&#8220;I keep saying that, above all else, Charlie Kirk and his wife Erika are Christians,&#8221; she continued. &#8220;Isn&#8217;t that really the message? I think bringing Christianity back into households is the only thing that&#8217;s going to save us as a country. I know for me, my Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ, I don&#8217;t know where I would be today without it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&#8220;And, so, watching Erika, I don&#8217;t know how she spoke the word of God after losing her husband. I mean, I was in such awe to know that she is now the leader of Turning Point. I mean, we only go up from here.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"720\" height=\"405\" src=\"https:\/\/topkeynews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/image-234.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-16522\" srcset=\"https:\/\/topkeynews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/image-234.png 720w, https:\/\/topkeynews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/image-234-300x169.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 720px) 100vw, 720px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph\"><strong><sup>Charlie Kirk was shot and killed Sept. 10 while speaking on a college campus in Utah.\u00a0<\/sup><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Kirk, 31, was assassinated at a Turning Point USA event at\u00a0<u>Utah Valley University<\/u>\u00a0in Orem Sept. 10..\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The political activist had traveled around the country to college campuses, where he conducted question-and-answer sessions with students and discussed key political issues.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Authorities identified the murder suspect as Tyler Robinson, 22, who appeared for the first time Thursday during a hearing in Utah.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8216;Selling Sunset&#8217; star called out Erika Kirk&#8217;s parenting choices following husband Charlie Kirk&#8217;s death Savannah Chrisley\u00a0came to Erika Kirk&#8217;s defense after a fellow reality star called out the grieving widow on social media. &#8220;Selling Sunset&#8221; star Christine Quinn took umbrage with Erika&#8217;s parenting choices in a post shared Wednesday on X.&nbsp; &#8220;Erika Kirk be everywhere [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":16523,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1697],"tags":[1763,2067,1720],"class_list":["post-16515","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-show-chrisleys-back-to-reality","tag-chrisley-back-to-reality","tag-erika-kirk-2","tag-savannah-chrisley"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/topkeynews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16515","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/topkeynews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/topkeynews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/topkeynews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/topkeynews.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=16515"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/topkeynews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16515\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":16524,"href":"https:\/\/topkeynews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16515\/revisions\/16524"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/topkeynews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/16523"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/topkeynews.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=16515"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/topkeynews.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=16515"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/topkeynews.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=16515"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}