{"id":5613,"date":"2025-09-12T15:28:42","date_gmt":"2025-09-12T15:28:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/originaltastex.com\/?p=5613"},"modified":"2025-09-12T15:28:42","modified_gmt":"2025-09-12T15:28:42","slug":"eminem-sends-heartfelt-condolences-to-charlie-kirks-family-after-tragic-assassination-at-utah-valley-university","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/originaltastex.com\/?p=5613","title":{"rendered":"Eminem Sends Heartfelt Condolences to Charlie Kirk\u2019s Family After Tragic Assassination at Utah Valley University"},"content":{"rendered":"<blockquote>\n<p data-start=\"370\" data-end=\"761\">The political world and the music world collided in an unexpected moment of grief this week, following the shocking assassination of <strong data-start=\"503\" data-end=\"519\">Charlie Kirk<\/strong>, the conservative activist and founder of <strong data-start=\"562\" data-end=\"583\">Turning Point USA<\/strong>, who was fatally shot during his <em data-start=\"617\" data-end=\"641\">American Comeback Tour<\/em> event at <strong data-start=\"651\" data-end=\"677\">Utah Valley University<\/strong>. Kirk, 31, leaves behind his wife, Erika Frantzve, and their two young daughters.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p data-start=\"370\" data-end=\"761\">\n<p data-start=\"763\" data-end=\"1050\">While tributes have poured in from political allies and adversaries alike, one message in particular has stunned fans worldwide: <strong data-start=\"892\" data-end=\"902\">Eminem<\/strong>, the Detroit rapper long known for his outspoken criticism of Donald Trump and the MAGA movement, publicly sent his condolences to Kirk\u2019s family.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"763\" data-end=\"1050\">\n<hr data-start=\"1052\" data-end=\"1055\" \/>\n<h3 data-start=\"1057\" data-end=\"1088\">Eminem\u2019s Unexpected Words<\/h3>\n<p data-start=\"1090\" data-end=\"1145\">In a statement shared through his team, Eminem wrote:<\/p>\n<blockquote data-start=\"1147\" data-end=\"1283\">\n<p data-start=\"1149\" data-end=\"1283\"><strong data-start=\"1149\" data-end=\"1281\">\u201cI hate them, but as a father, Kirk was a great father, and it\u2019s heartbreaking for the two girls to lose their father too soon.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p data-start=\"1285\" data-end=\"1486\">Observers note the choice of words reflected Eminem\u2019s honesty \u2014 acknowledging his disdain for Kirk\u2019s political ideology while separating it from the human tragedy of a young family losing its father<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The political world and the music world collided in an unexpected moment of grief this week, following the shocking assassination of Charlie Kirk, the conservative activist and founder of Turning Point USA, who was&#46;&#46;&#46;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2516,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5613","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"brizy_media":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/originaltastex.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5613","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/originaltastex.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/originaltastex.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/originaltastex.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/originaltastex.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=5613"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/originaltastex.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5613\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5614,"href":"https:\/\/originaltastex.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5613\/revisions\/5614"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/originaltastex.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/2516"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/originaltastex.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=5613"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/originaltastex.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=5613"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/originaltastex.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=5613"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}