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Erika Kirk, the widow of conservative political activist Charlie Kirk, confirmed she received a note from comedian Jimmy Kimmel after he was temporarily suspended from his late night talk show for comments about her husband's murder.
Kirk said Sinclair Broadcast Group, which operates several ABC-affiliated stations nationwide and initially refused to air Kimmel's show upon his return, approached her about appearing on his show for an on-air apology.
“I told them thank you we received their note. This is not our issue. It’s not our mess,” she told FOX News’ Jesse Watters when asked what she would say to Kimmel nearly two months later.
“If you wanna say I’m sorry to someone who’s grieving, go right ahead. But if that’s not in your heart, then don’t do it. I don’t want it. I don’t need it,” she added.
Kimmel had claimed that "the MAGA gang" attempted to characterize Tyler Robinson, the suspect accused in Charlie Kirk's murder, as "anything other than one of them" when there was speculation about Robinson's political affiliation. Robinson was reported to have grown up in a conservative household, but allegedly told his father over the phone he killed Kirk because he "spreads too much hate," while his mother claimed "that over the last year or so" he had "become more political and had started to lean to the left," according to Utah County Attorney Jeff Gray via ABC News.
Kimmel's show was suspended for several days before he made his return on September 23, with Sinclair and Nexstar Media Group eventually ending their respective blackouts days later.