Erika Kirk recently appeared on stage at a Turning Point USA event on December 20, 2025. During the event, she was presenting an award to a student with an award named after her husband when she made an onstage slip, stating:"Despite the devastating loss of Charlie Kirk, my incredible husband ... Caleb has persisted with the same grift..gift..grit. It has been a long day."She reassured the student afterwards that he was not a grifter. This onstage slip has drawn reactions online, with netizens quickly taking to social media to express their views on the matter:"Freudian slip or on purpose? Hard to tell with MK Erika.""Why do they keep putting her in front of a camera and on a stage? She’s horrific at this." one netizen reacted."calling someone a grifter by accident at a conservative event is peak subconscious truth, no matter what she meant :p" another netizen commented."when you know this is a schrödinger’s freudian grift but you can’t prove it until it’s observed as such…" one commenter said."Yeah that sentence definitely needed a redo… or a very fast commercial break." one reactor stated.Erika Kirk is the CEO of Turning Point. Charlie Kirk, her late husband, was the original CEO of the organisation. Erika Kirk was unanimously voted in as the CEO in September 2025, with the members' organisation stating:"It was the honor of our lives to serve as board members at Charlie's side. Charlie prepared all of us for a moment like this one. He worked tirelessly to ensure that Turning Point USA was built to survive even the greatest tests. And now, it is our great pride to announce Erika Kirk as the new CEO and Chair of the Board for Turning Point USA."More about Erika Kirk interviewed Nicki Minaj as part of the Turning Point USA eventFollowing her above-detailed onstage slip on December 20, 2025, Erika Kirk went on to interview Nicki Minaj on December 21, 2025. Kirk and Minaj walked on stage hand in hand before sitting down for the interview.Erika Kirk asked Minaj why she was supporting President Donald Trump, to which Minaj responded:“I just got tired of being pushed around. I have something inside of me that’s stronger than what’s out there. So when you’ve had enough, you realize, 'Wait a minute, why do I even care about these people and what they think? Who are they?' They don’t even know who they are. So I’m not going to back down anymore. I’m not going to back down ever again"The Female Rap Room @girlsinrapLINKNicki Minaj speaks on Donald Trump at Turning Point USA with Erika Kirk.She also questioned Minaj on what she learned from the administration under Trump, to which Minaj stated that Trump was giving a lot of people hope, and he didn't even know it.More on Erika Kirk's careerShe started her career as a beauty pageant participant, winning the Miss Arizona competition in 2011. Subsequently, she started a faith-based clothing and fashion line, PROCLAIM Streetwear, in 2018.Turning Point USA @TPUSALINKThe Turning Point Board has unanimously elected Erika Kirk as the new CEO and Chair of the Board.In prior discussions, Charlie expressed to multiple executives that this is what he wanted in the event of his death.At the same time, she worked as a real estate agent for The Corcoran Group. In 2019, she participated in season 3 of the reality show Summer House. The same year, she started her podcast Midweek Rise Up. She also started dating Charlie Kirk, her eventual and now late husband, in 2019. Finally, as mentioned above, she has now become the CEO of Turning Point.