September 24, 2025 • 13 mins
On today's episode of Pillow Talk Alii gives her thoughts on the Charlie Kirk memorial service and the strength and grace of his widow Erika.
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Speaker 1 (00:01):
This is the FCB podcast Network. This is pillow Talk
with Ellie Michelle on the podcast Network. Welcome back to
(00:23):
another episode of pillow Talk with Ali Michelle. I am
your host, Ali Michelle.
Speaker 2 (00:30):
I wanna I wanted to give my thoughts on yesterday's
memorial or if you're listening to this the Charlie if
you're listening to this like weeks after days after, it's
the Charlie Kirk Memorial.
Speaker 1 (00:46):
I wanted to just simply address the most important person
there is, Erica. I was at a raw remembrance memorial
visual in Strongsville, Ohio, and there was over a thousand
(01:09):
of people, like over a thousand people. It was downtown
and like downtown Strongsville, and it was just from Green
End to the sect to the other Green End, and
it was just beautiful. We did get uh bombarded by
a literally torrential downpour, so unfortunately a lot of us
(01:31):
had to leave. It was lightning. It was just unsafe
for families to be there. But the the visual was
absolutely beautiful. But I wanted to talk about Erica's speech.
Nothing can ever compare to that. She honored her husband
(01:52):
with so much poise and so much grace, She really
truly is an inspiration to myself and I hope many
I hope she inspires many of you to hold yourself
at such to hold that composure in front of what
(02:13):
one hundred thousand, two hundred thousand people via our and worldwide.
No words, no words can describe her in that moment.
She's just remarkable. I wish I could come up with
a better word, but she's a literal angel on this earth.
(02:37):
If I had to describe her in one word, it'd
be angel. The way she the way that if you
looked at her, she radiated light. She just projected herself
in a way that I truly aspire to be. As
(03:01):
a wife, she loved her husband. If you didn't get
anything from any of that, I hope you grabbed that
she she truly loved her husband. The way she says
Charlie baby, it just chills through my entire body.
Speaker 2 (03:22):
She is.
Speaker 1 (03:26):
She has so much poise, and she speaks so elegant, elegantly,
and she trying to grab the words right now, being
very raw. It's it's very hard, but I wanted to
(03:46):
just give my thoughts on it, and she is just
a truly remarkable woman. I do believe that she will
build TPUSA. Uh. I believe she'll build it to unmatched levels. Right.
I think she will truly make Charlie proud. I have
(04:11):
no doubt. I have no doubt. I saw someone speak
and he was like, I really wanted to hire her
before all this, and now she's my boss, Like she
is a force to be reckoned with. And I young women.
I mean, it doesn't even have to be young women.
It can be older. It could be you know, young,
(04:34):
a kid, teenager like I want. I hope people really
look to her and how to hold yourself in a
moment where your where your husband, the love of your
life was brutally murdered. And to get on stage and
say she forgives, I'm not even gonna lie. It may
(05:00):
me angry. I'm thinking to myself, how could you? How
could you forgive somebody like that? But she is a
true spirit of God, and I'm on my spiritual journey
and I don't quite know how to forgive people to
that level. I heard or I read that the most
(05:20):
wise forgive, but they don't forget. She the when she
said that, you could tell she was angry to say that,
Like from me looking at I'm giving my opinion here.
You could tell she struggled to say that, but she
knew for the sake of Charlie and his once and
(05:42):
the sake of her soul, that's what she needed to do.
I feel like that's what she needed to do to
move on, to have no darkness over her movement. I
give her the biggest round of applause. I commend you, Erica.
(06:03):
I don't know if you're ever going to hear this,
but I commend you truly as a mother, as just
a woman, I commend you as a wife. Girl, you
are a powerhouse. I don't think you realize how many
people you have truly inspired. And Charlie woke up. Charlie
(06:29):
woke millions of people up, and you are keeping them
awake by by holding the holding yourself the way that
you did. Girl, Like, oh my goodness. I want to
slide in here about Candace Owns. A lot of people
(06:52):
have messaged me like, what do you think about Candace?
What do you think about how she's how she's doing.
I don't think I'm going to address that in this episode,
but that episode is coming. I really want to research
and give a true, true analysis. I'm gonna say on
what I think is happening. I do think she's kind
(07:12):
of spiraling. I do think she's angry. I do think
she wants she wants, she wants a reason, and sometimes
it's just there's evil and there's that's what it is.
It's evil. But again, I want to give myself time
to really dig deep into candae Omens and why she's
(07:35):
responding the way that she is. I know she didn't
want to be at the at the at the memorial
because she's afraid but the FEDS will target her, which
is understandable. I mean, there's a lot of fear right
now in the world. There's a lot of uncertainties, and
then there's a lot of unanswered questions. But honestly, I
(08:01):
would have went. I mean, I know she's putting her
family first and she's putting her safety first. But yeah,
if that was my friend, I would have went. And
she didn't want to go because she feels she's a target.
So that's what I'm going to say about that, And
I do want to say that it's kind of it's
(08:23):
kind of what's the word I'm looking for. I'm going
to say disrespectful for a lack of words that she's
responding in the way before Erica was even able to
really absorb what was going on. And there's so much noise,
(08:48):
and I feel Candice maybe causing a lot of noise.
And I don't even know if Erica is paying attention
to all of it, because I'm sure, yeah, she has
a lot of she has a lot of work to do,
and I'm sure she's trying to figure all that out.
So enough about that that will be coming. Yeah, President
(09:11):
Trump really honored him and was so fatherly, did you
like a grandpa or her dad, just like holding her
and she laid her head on his chest, and it
was just a moment of unity, a moment of compassion,
(09:34):
a moment of respect, a moment that will be burned
in my brain in the best way. My soul felt
so close to that. And I feel like we're all
looking at Erica as like a sister or a cousin
or a best friend right now. And to just see
(09:56):
those two come together in such in a hug and
to share that electricity was truly beautiful and remarkable. I'm
going very off I'm off record, Like I'm not off record,
(10:17):
but I'm very off script. I don't have anything written
in front of me. I rarely ever do, so just
trying to find these this is authentic, This is real, this,
this is this is coming from a woman, a mother,
a wife, a sister, a daughter. I just she truly
is the JACKIEO of our generation, sadly but respectfully saying
(10:45):
like she is so beautiful and I feel so awful
that she has to now tackle this this scary world alone.
Not alone because she has Jesus, she's really firm in
her belief, but without her husband by her side or
you know. She went on to say, like they're just
(11:08):
best friends and she was his mentor, he's her mentor,
and like the way that they just confine in each
other like I do with my husband. I don't know
how she's continuing on with such grace. That was probably
the hardest thing she's ever ever, ever, ever had to
do and will do. But that is my thoughts on Erica.
(11:31):
The service was absolutely beautiful. So many people were there
to just remember and to stand up against evil, because
we are in a time that is full of evil.
If you don't believe in Jesus, I hope you believe
in in good and evil. And I hope you recognize
(11:56):
that evil is really exposing themselves here in the light.
There's many people that have lost their way, but yesterday
was a huge reminder that good will prevail. Goodness always prevails. Again,
(12:17):
I'll say, the left and evil may be loud, but we,
the good or right, are louder. There's the left or
the evil. Screams are loud, but our screams are louder.
Their hate is loud, but our love is louder. Their vile,
(12:41):
their vile way of life is loud, but our movement
is louder. And I'm going to leave you with that.
I hope to I'm going to leave you with that.
I will talk to you guys on the next one.
I'm going to gather my thoughts on what I want
you know. I will see you or talk to you
(13:03):
guys on the next one. Remember, lead with love, lead
with your heart, and always choose goodness in a world
full of bad. Be a leader. Talk to you guys soon.
This is the FCB podcast Network. This is pillow Talk
with Ellie Michelle on the podcast Network. Welcome back to
(00:23):
another episode of pillow Talk with Ali Michelle. I am
your host, Ali Michelle.
Speaker 2 (00:30):
I wanna I wanted to give my thoughts on yesterday's
memorial or if you're listening to this the Charlie if
you're listening to this like weeks after days after, it's
the Charlie Kirk Memorial.
Speaker 1 (00:46):
I wanted to just simply address the most important person
there is, Erica. I was at a raw remembrance memorial
visual in Strongsville, Ohio, and there was over a thousand
(01:09):
of people, like over a thousand people. It was downtown
and like downtown Strongsville, and it was just from Green
End to the sect to the other Green End, and
it was just beautiful. We did get uh bombarded by
a literally torrential downpour, so unfortunately a lot of us
(01:31):
had to leave. It was lightning. It was just unsafe
for families to be there. But the the visual was
absolutely beautiful. But I wanted to talk about Erica's speech.
Nothing can ever compare to that. She honored her husband
(01:52):
with so much poise and so much grace, She really
truly is an inspiration to myself and I hope many
I hope she inspires many of you to hold yourself
at such to hold that composure in front of what
(02:13):
one hundred thousand, two hundred thousand people via our and worldwide.
No words, no words can describe her in that moment.
She's just remarkable. I wish I could come up with
a better word, but she's a literal angel on this earth.
(02:37):
If I had to describe her in one word, it'd
be angel. The way she the way that if you
looked at her, she radiated light. She just projected herself
in a way that I truly aspire to be. As
(03:01):
a wife, she loved her husband. If you didn't get
anything from any of that, I hope you grabbed that
she she truly loved her husband. The way she says
Charlie baby, it just chills through my entire body.
Speaker 2 (03:22):
She is.
Speaker 1 (03:26):
She has so much poise, and she speaks so elegant, elegantly,
and she trying to grab the words right now, being
very raw. It's it's very hard, but I wanted to
(03:46):
just give my thoughts on it, and she is just
a truly remarkable woman. I do believe that she will
build TPUSA. Uh. I believe she'll build it to unmatched levels. Right.
I think she will truly make Charlie proud. I have
(04:11):
no doubt. I have no doubt. I saw someone speak
and he was like, I really wanted to hire her
before all this, and now she's my boss, Like she
is a force to be reckoned with. And I young women.
I mean, it doesn't even have to be young women.
It can be older. It could be you know, young,
(04:34):
a kid, teenager like I want. I hope people really
look to her and how to hold yourself in a
moment where your where your husband, the love of your
life was brutally murdered. And to get on stage and
say she forgives, I'm not even gonna lie. It may
(05:00):
me angry. I'm thinking to myself, how could you? How
could you forgive somebody like that? But she is a
true spirit of God, and I'm on my spiritual journey
and I don't quite know how to forgive people to
that level. I heard or I read that the most
(05:20):
wise forgive, but they don't forget. She the when she
said that, you could tell she was angry to say that,
Like from me looking at I'm giving my opinion here.
You could tell she struggled to say that, but she
knew for the sake of Charlie and his once and
(05:42):
the sake of her soul, that's what she needed to do.
I feel like that's what she needed to do to
move on, to have no darkness over her movement. I
give her the biggest round of applause. I commend you, Erica.
(06:03):
I don't know if you're ever going to hear this,
but I commend you truly as a mother, as just
a woman, I commend you as a wife. Girl, you
are a powerhouse. I don't think you realize how many
people you have truly inspired. And Charlie woke up. Charlie
(06:29):
woke millions of people up, and you are keeping them
awake by by holding the holding yourself the way that
you did. Girl, Like, oh my goodness. I want to
slide in here about Candace Owns. A lot of people
(06:52):
have messaged me like, what do you think about Candace?
What do you think about how she's how she's doing.
I don't think I'm going to address that in this episode,
but that episode is coming. I really want to research
and give a true, true analysis. I'm gonna say on
what I think is happening. I do think she's kind
(07:12):
of spiraling. I do think she's angry. I do think
she wants she wants, she wants a reason, and sometimes
it's just there's evil and there's that's what it is.
It's evil. But again, I want to give myself time
to really dig deep into candae Omens and why she's
(07:35):
responding the way that she is. I know she didn't
want to be at the at the at the memorial
because she's afraid but the FEDS will target her, which
is understandable. I mean, there's a lot of fear right
now in the world. There's a lot of uncertainties, and
then there's a lot of unanswered questions. But honestly, I
(08:01):
would have went. I mean, I know she's putting her
family first and she's putting her safety first. But yeah,
if that was my friend, I would have went. And
she didn't want to go because she feels she's a target.
So that's what I'm going to say about that, And
I do want to say that it's kind of it's
(08:23):
kind of what's the word I'm looking for. I'm going
to say disrespectful for a lack of words that she's
responding in the way before Erica was even able to
really absorb what was going on. And there's so much noise,
(08:48):
and I feel Candice maybe causing a lot of noise.
And I don't even know if Erica is paying attention
to all of it, because I'm sure, yeah, she has
a lot of she has a lot of work to do,
and I'm sure she's trying to figure all that out.
So enough about that that will be coming. Yeah, President
(09:11):
Trump really honored him and was so fatherly, did you
like a grandpa or her dad, just like holding her
and she laid her head on his chest, and it
was just a moment of unity, a moment of compassion,
(09:34):
a moment of respect, a moment that will be burned
in my brain in the best way. My soul felt
so close to that. And I feel like we're all
looking at Erica as like a sister or a cousin
or a best friend right now. And to just see
(09:56):
those two come together in such in a hug and
to share that electricity was truly beautiful and remarkable. I'm
going very off I'm off record, Like I'm not off record,
(10:17):
but I'm very off script. I don't have anything written
in front of me. I rarely ever do, so just
trying to find these this is authentic, This is real, this,
this is this is coming from a woman, a mother,
a wife, a sister, a daughter. I just she truly
is the JACKIEO of our generation, sadly but respectfully saying
(10:45):
like she is so beautiful and I feel so awful
that she has to now tackle this this scary world alone.
Not alone because she has Jesus, she's really firm in
her belief, but without her husband by her side or
you know. She went on to say, like they're just
(11:08):
best friends and she was his mentor, he's her mentor,
and like the way that they just confine in each
other like I do with my husband. I don't know
how she's continuing on with such grace. That was probably
the hardest thing she's ever ever, ever, ever had to
do and will do. But that is my thoughts on Erica.
(11:31):
The service was absolutely beautiful. So many people were there
to just remember and to stand up against evil, because
we are in a time that is full of evil.
If you don't believe in Jesus, I hope you believe
in in good and evil. And I hope you recognize
(11:56):
that evil is really exposing themselves here in the light.
There's many people that have lost their way, but yesterday
was a huge reminder that good will prevail. Goodness always prevails. Again,
(12:17):
I'll say, the left and evil may be loud, but we,
the good or right, are louder. There's the left or
the evil. Screams are loud, but our screams are louder.
Their hate is loud, but our love is louder. Their vile,
(12:41):
their vile way of life is loud, but our movement
is louder. And I'm going to leave you with that.
I hope to I'm going to leave you with that.
I will talk to you guys on the next one.
I'm going to gather my thoughts on what I want
you know. I will see you or talk to you
(13:03):
guys on the next one. Remember, lead with love, lead
with your heart, and always choose goodness in a world
full of bad. Be a leader. Talk to you guys soon.
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