No evidence Charlie Kirk cut Erika Kirk out of his will

A rumor that Turning Point USA co-founder Charlie Kirk removed his wife, Erika Kirk, from his will before he was assassinated circulated online in February 2026. 

For example, a TikTok video (archived) from the account Bull Nose News with more than 6 million views claimed Charlie Kirk suspected his wife of having an affair and decided to leave his estate to his children. The TikTok user began:

Charlie Kirk has apparently written Erika Kirk out of his will, meaning she will get no money from his passing after he assumed she was having an affair, leaving Erika Kirk reportedly furious. Charlie Kirk’s will has finally been read several months after his death with him reportedly leaving all of his money, including all of the Turning Point USA merch sales, to his children and not to her.

The video then went on to describe how Erika Kirk allegedly “explosively” yelled at Charlie Kirk’s lawyers and alluded to rumorsshe was somehow involved in her husband’s death (he was fatally shot on Sept. 10, 2025).

@bullsnosenews Charlie Kirk’s last will & testament finally read revealing he left all his money to his children after suspecting Erika Kirk was having an affair #fyp #charliekirk #parody #BullsNoseNews #satire ♬ original sound – Bulls Nose News

The TikTok video also said the man Erika Kirk reportedly had an affair with was referred to as “couch shagger” in the will — a reference to a rumor from October 2025 that Erika Kirk and U.S. Vice President JD Vance had an affair as well as a false claim that Vance wrote in his memoir about having sex with a couch.

Variations of the rumor spread on X (archived, archived, archived), Instagram (archived) and YouTube (archived). 

Some readers seemed to interpret the rumor as a factual recounting of real-life events. However, there was no evidence of Charlie Kirk’s will being read, nor that he cut Erika Kirk out of it. The creator of the video did not point to any primary evidence or reports from credible media outlets, and we found no evidence to suggest the claims were true.

Rather, the rumor about Erika Kirk being cut out of Charlie Kirk’s will originated with Bulls Nose News — a social media account that describes its output as being humorous or satirical in nature. Its bio states: “Satire/Parody.” The video’s caption also included the hashtag #satire.

Snopes has addressed satirical claims about Erika Kirk in the past, including the assertion that she filed a $40 million defamation lawsuit against ABC and “The View” and a rumor that she announced the launch of a Christian dating app called “Faith & Fellowship.”

For background, here is why we alert readers to rumors created by sources that call their output humorous or satirical.