Fact Check: Did Erika Kirk make a splashy appearance at the TPUSA Halftime show?
Erika Kirk entrance at @TPUSA All-American Halftime Show tonight#SuperBowl pic.twitter.com/oZuObpsU2Q
— Maine (@TheMaineWonk) February 8, 2026
SCOTTSDALE, ARIZONA: A claim has been circulating widely on social media platforms that Charlie Kirk’s widow, Erika Kirk, made a splashy appearance at Turning Point USA’s alternative Super Bowl show on Sunday. The claim has sparked speculations among netizens, with many questioning the authenticity of the claim. Let us fact-check it.
Claim: Erika Kirk made a splashy appearance at alternative Super Bowl show
The claim surfaced as a video claiming to depict Erika Kirk making a splashy entrance.
The video drew backlash online, with many saying that Erika was being disrespectful to her late husband, Charlie Kirk, who was fatally shot in September 2025, while others claimed that the video was generated using Artificial Intelligence.
The video spread on social media platforms such as X, Facebook, and Reddit, garnering millions of views.
Fact Check: False, woman in the video is not Erika Kirk
The video is indeed authentic and is not AI-generated. But the woman in the video is not Erika Kirk, but Charlotte Flair, a pro wrestler. The video is from 2017, when Flair made her entrance at WrestleMania.
Footage of her performance is available on Netflix, where a small portion of the entrance is featured in a publicly available World Wrestling Entertainment promotional clip.
A publicly available Getty Image from April 2, 2017, shows Flair in the same outfit seen in the circulated clip, and she also posted an image of her performance on Instagram in May 2017.
Erika Kirk did not appear at her organization's halftime show, but she shared a post about the performance and talked about her late husband on X.
TPUSA's alternative Halftime show
The 'All-American Halftime Show' was launched as a direct cultural response to the Apple Music Super Bowl halftime show headlined by Bad Bunny.
Erika Kirk framed the concert as a 'pro-America' alternative aimed at families seeking different entertainment options.
Appearing on 'The Story with Martha MacCallum, with guest host Trace Gallagher, Erika Kirk said, “That’s the thing that’s so beautiful about Turning Point USA and all of our programs. It’s holistic. It’s for the entire home. It’s for every age."
"And so for us to be able to provide an alternative that’s pro-America, that’s just pro everything — that’s not the opposite of what they’re putting out there."
Kirk emphasized that TPUSA’s goal was not to attack the NFL or its halftime headliner, but to offer a patriotic option for viewers who felt underserved by mainstream programming.
Conservative commentators had previously voiced criticism over the league’s choice of Bad Bunny, prompting TPUSA to organize a simultaneous broadcast centered on traditional American values.
