Photo Illustration by Victoria Sunday/The Daily Beast/Getty Images “Candace Owens is an evil, twisted human being.” —Ben Shapiro, February 24, 2026. (The same Candace Owens he hired for his publication, The Daily Wire , in 2022.) Owens is currently launching a new salvo in her feud with Erika Kirk, widow of Charlie Kirk. If you’re not following this current iteration of the “Bold and the Banal,” following Kirk’s murder , Candace Owens started “looking into” the event, seemingly concluding—and certainly teasing—that Erika could have been, somehow, involved in his assassination along with a coterie of sinister forces. She has provided no concrete or indeed anecdotal evidence to this effect. Yesterday, Owens launched a “documentary” entitled Bride of Charlie , which promises to… what, exactly? The trailer for the YouTube series is high on innuendo, suggesting grooming, human trafficking, Zionist conspiracies, and financial shenanigans impacting Turning Point USA, Charlie Kirk’s former political organization, which Erika now runs. Read more at The Daily Beast.