Tim Allen has chosen to forgive the drunk driver who killed his father in 1964 after hearing Erika Kirk’s eulogy at her slain husband Charlie Kirk’s funeral.
“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,” the actor, 72, posted on X on Thursday.
“I have struggled for over 60 years to forgive the man who killed my Dad,” he admitted before adding, “I will say those words now as I type: ‘I forgive the man who killed my father.’”
Allen concluded his message, “Peace be with you all.”
The “Home Improvement” star’s dad, Gerald M. Dick, died in a car accident in November 1964 after colliding with a drunk driver. Allen was 11 at the time.
Meanwhile, Charlie — a right-wing political activist — was fatally shot in the neck earlier this month while speaking on stage at Utah Valley University. He was 31 and is survived by his wife and their two young children: a 3-year-old daughter and 1-year-old son.
While addressing the 200,000 people who attended his memorial service — including President Trump, Vice President Vance and Elon Musk — on Sunday in Arizona, Erika proclaimed that she forgave the man who shot Charlie.
“That young man — I forgive him,” the former beauty pageant queen, 36, said through tears while speaking behind a podium adorned with the presidential seal. “The answer to hate is not hate.”
Erika told the crowd that Charlie “wanted to save young men, just like the one who took his life,” explaining that she chose to forgive “because it was what Christ did — and what Charlie would do.”
She also noted in an interview with the New York Times that she would not be pushing for the death penalty for Tyler Robinson, the man charged with Charlie’s fatal shooting.
“I do not want that man’s blood on my ledger,” she shared of her stance. “Because when I get to heaven, and Jesus is like, ‘Uh, eye for an eye? Is that how we do it?’ And that keeps me from being in heaven, from being with Charlie?”
Following his death, Turning Point USA — Charlie’s nonprofit organization that advocates for conservative politics on high school and college campuses — named Erika as the new CEO and chair of the board.
She has vowed to continue Charlie’s work and mission.
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