The Truth Behind the Unfollow: Were Charlie Kirk and Candace Owens still friends as claimed ?

Remembering Charlie: How I believe Love became Hate

Happy Saturday guys, if you’re anything like me, you still feel that sharp ache left in the movement since we lost Charlie Kirk. We miss him fiercely, and we will never cease to thank God for the incredible legacy he built and the unwavering vision and energy he brought to conservatism. His work at Turning Point USA (TPUSA) was foundational, changing the landscape forever and bringing millions of young people into the fold.

Slain conservative activist Charlie Kirk had a falling-out with podcaster Candace Owens after her views became too extreme, according to a board member of Kirk’s political activist group. From left: Kirk, Owens and Ben Shapiro in 2018. X/@charliekirk11

But today, we need to talk about something painful that unfolded while he was still with us—a relationship that crumbled into outright hostility, despite a unified, desperate attempt to cover up the break. For years, Candace Owens and Charlie Kirk, with Candace serving as TPUSA’s communications director from 2017 until 2019, projected a perfect picture of partnership. Yet, the proof is now overwhelming: Candace Owens Loved Charlie Kirk but… Documentation confirms a major falling out. The evidence suggests she was even telling people she hated him “a few months before he was ended”. This was not just a political disagreement; this was a feud, and the digital scars remain as proof.

So let’s stop pretending and look at the receipts, because the internet, bless its heart, never forgets, and multiple sources documented this split.

Section I: The Digital Clean Sweep—Documenting the Broken Bond

When a relationship ends—whether personal or professional—the first thing people do is cleanse their social media, right? Well, that’s exactly what happened in 2024, providing undeniable proof of the rift.

The evidence of the break is stark, immediate, and heavily reported:

1. The Great Instagram Erasure

In May 2025, Candace Owens took the aggressive step of systematically deleting all of her pictures of/with Charlie Kirk off her Instagram account. This wasn’t subtle; it was a clear digital erasure of their shared history.

2. The Mutual Unfollow

Around May 9th, 2024, both Charlie and Candace unfollowed each other on X (formerly Twitter). This action solidified that connections between them were cut, and observers noted they “hadn’t talked since 2024”. This mutual unfollowing and photo deletion was such a dramatic development that it became a “big news story at the time”.

3. Organizational Distancing

Adding fuel to the fire, TPUSA, the organization closely associated with Charlie, clearly began distancing itself from Candace around the same time. In May 2024, TPUSA was observed operating a secret website for at least two weeks designed specifically to separate itself from Owens. Internal messaging publicly stated: “Charlie is not Candace and Candace is not a TPS TPUA employee”. This move suggested that the deep divide had begun to surface publicly and that TPUSA recognized the pair “didn’t like each other”.

And if you need confirmation from mainstream media, you got it. The New York Post reported on this breakup on September 18th, 2025, confirming Charlie Kirk had a falling-out with Candace Owens.

Section II: The Calculated Denial—Why They Lied to Their Supporters

Despite the mountain of digital evidence—the deleted photos, the mutual unfollows, and the public reporting—both Candace and Charlie publicly tried to dismiss the notion of a feud. Why? The consensus among observers was that they “didn’t want fans choosing a side they didn’t want a civil war” within the conservative ranks. They prioritized maintaining a public image of unity, even if it meant denying a clear reality.

Charlie Kirk, being the man he was, acted “incredibly nice”. He wanted to prevent this personal “rift mess[ing] up the movement”. He publicly stressed that they were “united we’re both on the right we want the same goals”. Andrew Kolvet, a spokesperson for TPUSA, also told the Post that Charlie and Candace “remained friends” in recent years. Kirk himself spoke about still being friends “weeks before his death”.

But Candace’s denial went a step further—it was documented as an outright falsehood. On May 9th, 2024, she issued a clarification saying that while they had grown since the early TPUSA days, “there’s just no beef between them”. Crucially, she later made a statement that was characterized as a “dead-on lie” in the sources: she claimed “this is inaccurate i wasn’t following Charlie and I definitely did not delete any photos”. As we know, “Everybody was freaking out about this” because the unfollowing and deletion were widely observed and reported at the time.

“Charlie, to his credit, kept a cordial friendship with her for years, but it hasn’t been a communication pipeline between the two for many years,” Bolling said.

Section III: Documenting the Cause—Ideology vs. Intensity

With the reality of the feud well-documented, the attention shifted to the underlying why. What could cause such a spectacular, aggressive, digital separation? The sources present two major lines of documentation and speculation.

A. The Ideological Separation: Too Far Down the Rabbit Hole

The most widely reported and publicly confirmed explanation centers on Candace’s professional trajectory, specifically her descent into extreme views.

Eric Bolling said this week that while Kirk and Owens were “tight” more than a decade ago through their work at Turning Point USA, they “had a break up” because her “theories got just a little bit too down the rabbit holes.” YouTube/Valuetainment

Eric Bolling said this week that while Kirk and Owens were “tight” more than a decade ago through their work at Turning Point USA, they “had a break up” because her “theories got just a little bit too down the rabbit holes.” YouTube/Valuetainment

Eric Bolling, a former Fox News and Newsmax host who served on TPUSA’s advisory, honorary and editorial boards, confirmed this publicly. Bolling told Patrick Bet-David’s “PBD Podcast” that the “break-up” happened because her “theories got just a little bit too down the rabbit holes”. This was deemed “too extreme for [TPUSA’s] taste”.

This explanation is consistent with the timing of her increasing radicalization. Owens had developed a large following while working for TPUSA and later The Daily Wire. However, she departed The Daily Wire in March 2024 following escalating antisemitic rhetoric and public disagreement with Ben Shapiro.

Her embrace of these extreme views was dramatic:

• Antisemitism and Anti-Israel Views: Owens came to routinely promote “explicitly antisemitic, anti-Zionist and anti-Israel views,” particularly following the October 7th attacks. She routinely pushed conspiracy theories, including claiming Israel was behind the assassination of John F. Kennedy, and promoting the “blood libel” conspiracy. She also claimed, in June 2024, that if you criticize Jewish people’s allegiance to Israel, “you are going to be in trouble”.

• Conspiracy Theories: Her repertoire included downplaying the impact of slavery, referring to the Walt Disney company as “child groomers and pedophiles”, and promoting theories that the Uvalde shooter “was a trans individual”.

Bolling’s confirmation that the breakup happened after she “went too down the rabbit holes” strongly supports the idea that Charlie Kirk, to his credit, chose to sever the “communication pipeline” due to ideological differences.

However, some observers noted that merely ideological differences, even over passionate topics like Israel and Palestine, where people are “so unbelievably passionate,” might not warrant the extreme actions of mutually unfollowing and deleting every single photo. This is why the personal theory remains so compelling.

B. The Personal Hypothesis: The Lover’s Quarrel

A second, more speculative, but deeply analyzed theory documented in the sources suggests the break was intensely personal, perhaps a “lover’s quarrel”. This personal tension helps explain the aggressive nature of the digital purge.

I believe Candace was coming on to Charlie. I don’t think it is impossible to think she may have had feelings for him. She is a human being after all and you cannot hang around each other and not develop something or hear people chatter around. So I believe when Charlie Kirk met Erika and married, was prolly the one who recognized the toxicity and set a strong boundary.

A look at Candace Owens and Charlie Kirk’s long-term friendship before the fallout

The strange timing of Owens’ own marital life further fuels this theory. Candace got engaged 17 days after meeting her husband, and married him just eight months later. This sequence was deemed “very, very, very rushed,” suggesting she was trying to compete with Charlie or make him jealous or something. Her subsequent hypocrisy—criticizing a two-year relationship as “still in a honeymoon phase how childish” while having rushed her own marriage—to me .. is simply “hardcore projection”.

Whether driven by the extremism documented by TPUSA advisory members, or the suppressed feelings of a potential “lover’s quarrel,” the fact remains: behind the scenes something was going on that led to the permanent separation in 2024.

Section IV: The Legacy and the Final Scars

The unfortunate fallout of this major rift extended to Charlie’s family. Eric Bolling confirmed to the Post that Owens does not have a relationship with Kirk’s widow, Erika Kirk. Moreover, documented accusations were made, though unverified within the source material, that Candace had “attacked Erica Kirk a while ago with some garbage accusations without any proof”.

Despite the flurry of public statements and calculated denials, the “one fact remains” that Charlie Kirk and Candace Owens had an unmistakable, well-documented falling out in 2024. The attempts by both parties to claim “No, no, no, no, no issues publicly” only underscores the severity of the private conflict.

Conclusion: Focusing on What Matters

We sought the truth of this feud because transparency matters, especially when influential voices try to hide such a significant break from the public eye. They tried to scrub the internet clean, but the digital record proves, contrary to every public statement, that they were not “in a good spot”.

But as we conclude this painful discussion, let us always remember the bigger picture. While this personal and ideological drama was unfolding, Charlie Kirk remained focused on the goals that united us all. We honor his strength, his vision, and the moral compass he always tried to uphold, which, according to his peers, ultimately led him to distance himself from views he felt were “too down the rabbit holes”.

We continue to miss Charlie Kirk, and we must not let personal feuds overshadow the tremendous movement he built. His legacy is secured, and we will continue to thank God for his contributions. Let us focus on praying now for what He built and for his family. For sure satan hates what he tried to do and that is the main reason they took him out. Our part is to keep praying, standing and speaking. We also need to pray for the future of conservatism and leave the bad faith behavior and the documented lies where they belong: firmly in the past.

P.S: Before I go, I want to encourage you .. if you can, buy His last book. It is really awesome.

For anyone interested … here are links to Candace Owens Instagram … do you seen any photo of Charlie Kirk before He was killed ?

All the photos on https://www.instagram.com/realcandaceowens/ page

Bottom of https://www.instagram.com/candaceoshow/ page