Charlie Kirk gets sweet tribute at TPUSA All-American halftime show; 'this is for Erika' - Live

Charlie Kirk got a sweet tribute at the start of the Turning Point USA All-American halftime show for the Super Bowl game.

Updated on: Feb 9, 2026, 07:06:10 IST

By Shuvrajit Das Biswas

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Charlie Kirk, the Turning Point USA (TPUSA) founder, got a sweet tribute at the start of the All-American halftime show for the Super Bowl game today. The organization he founded came up with the alternate show amid an ongoing row over Bad Bunny singing in the NFL program.

Charlie and Erika Kirk got a sweet tribute during the TPUSA All-American show. (Getty Images via AFP)

Kid Rock headlined the TPUSA act, with performances from the likes of Brantley Gilbert, Lee Brice, and Gabby Barrett.

Charlie Kirk, family get tribute at TPUSA show

Jack Posobiec, longtime friend of Charlie Kirk, kicked off the halftime show saying ‘This one's for you Charlie’. He had long pushed for the TPUSA alternate show as well.

One social media user also paid sweet tribute, writing “This is for Erika, Charlie and their family.”

Performers too paid their tribute to Kirk. “Charlie gave people a microphone so they could say what's on their mind…this is on mine,” Brice said during the halftime show. The second song was dedicated to Kirk. The third act of the evening spoke about Charlie Kirk before performing his second song. It slowed down the tempo again as he played the acoustic guitar.

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Charlie Kirk was fatally shot on September 10, 2025, when attending an event at the Utah Valley University. His wife, Erika, has since taken over as TPUSA CEO.

Meanwhile, there were several calls to boycott the Bad Bunny performance at the Super Bowl halftime show. Interestingly, Jake Paul who lives in Puerto Rico called for a boycott. His brother, Logan, too made it clear he would not be watching Bad Bunny's performance.

President Donald Trump reportedly was to skip the Bad Bunny performance as well. The controversy over the Puerto Rican artist began the moment the NFL announced him as this year's performer. While Bad Bunny is making history as the first solo artist singing primarily in Spanish, his comments on ICE, even at the recent Grammy Awards has sparked outrage.

The TPUSA show was by all accounts a success, with YouTube logging over 5 million views at the time of writing. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth also said on X “The Hegseth family is watching.”

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Shuvrajit Das Biswas
Shuvrajit has over seven years of experience covering US, India, and world news. An English Literature postgraduate from Jadavpur University, Shuvrajit started off covering entertainment, gaming and all things pop culture. There were brief periods away from the media industry, with short stints in content marketing, ed-tech and academic editing. However, the newsroom beckoned and over the last few jobs, Shuvrajit has exceedingly focused on team functioning as well, including tracking news and assigning tasks, working on everyday breaking news, framing detailed coverage plans, and creating immersive and data-driven stories. In his time as a digital journalist, he has covered a Lok Sabha election, multiple state elections, Union Budgets and award ceremonies. He has also helped in planning content for company event panels in the past. For work, Shuvrajit enjoys dabbling with data visualization, editing tools, and AI chatbots and attempts to incorporate AI workflows in everyday tasks. He is deeply interested in geopolitics, sports, films and music. Prompting is a new fascination for Shuvrajit now. Apart from that, he can be found doom-scrolling, sharing memes, or cheering on his favorite football team.Read More

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