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Tim Allen Stuns Fans With 60-Year U-turn After Erika Kirk’s Words To Her Husband’s Killer
Erika Kirk’s poignant statement at Charlie Kirk’s funeral caused Tim Allen to become upset.
On X (previously Twitter), Allen, 72, said that he has been trying for more than 60 years to forgive the drunk driver who killed his father, Gerald Dick, in a vehicle accident when Allen was only 11 years old.
But Erika’s remarks during her husband’s funeral service struck a deep chord with him, and he was able to say, “I forgive the man who killed my father,” at that same moment.
Tim Allen Makes U-Turn After 60 Years
Writing candidly on X, the Toy Story star wrote: “When Erika Kirk spoke the words on the man who killed her husband: ‘That man… that young man… I forgive him, that moment deeply affected me.”
He said he had been struggling to accept the murder of his father for 60 years.
However, after six decades, he wrote: “I forgive the man who killed my father. Peace be with you all.”
Erika Kirk’s Speech Sparks Revival, Not Revolution
At a public memorial service for her late husband, Charlie Kirk, at State Farm Stadium in Glendale, Arizona, Erika Kirk gave an impassioned eulogy.
Prominent people like President Donald Trump, Vice President JD Vance, and tech tycoon Elon Musk were among the many people who attended the event.
Erika conveyed her poignant message of forgiveness while crying.
She began: “My husband, he wanted to save young men, just like the one who took his life.”
She then spoke directly to Charlie’s killer: “That man, that young man, I forgive him. I forgive him because it was what Christ did and it is what Charlie would do.”
In her speech, Erika echoed a core tenet of Christian faith, saying: “The answer to hate is not hate. The answer we know from the gospel is love and always love, love for our enemies and love for those who persecute us.”
While President Trump’s speech later at the ceremony was politically heated and full of rage toward his opponents, Erika highlighted that her husband’s terrible death did not spark a “revolution,” but rather a “revival” in the United States.
Erika continued: “We didn’t see rioting. We didn’t see revolution. Instead, we saw what my husband always prayed he would see in this country. We saw revival.”
Tim Allen’s Complex Relationship with Faith
Tim Allen’s own experience with loss and faith is the foundation of his intensely personal connection to Erika Kirk’s speech.
Allen’s worldview was significantly impacted by the unexpected death of his father in a vehicle accident while he was a young boy.
In a 2006 interview, Allen recalled the devastating moment: “(He) broke his neck and died in my mom’s lap right there. As many times as I’d relive this – if you haven’t had a death in your family, I don’t suggest it – but it certainly changes every single thing. From your cells and DNA, it turns a different color.”
Allen prayed to God for answers to his unresolved questions over his father’s passing for years.
In a 2012 interview, he opened up about the tumultuous relationship he had with his faith, saying: “Part of me still doesn’t trust that everything will work out all right. I knew my father was dead, but I was never satisfied with why he was dead.”
“I wanted answers that minute from God. ‘Do you think this is funny? Do you think this is necessary?’ And I’ve had a tumultuous relationship with my creator ever since.”
Despite his difficulties, Allen found the sense of closure he had been seeking for a long time after hearing Erika Kirk’s speech.
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