DETRIOT (Michigan News Source) – Michigan native, comedian, and actor Tim Allen is following the lead of Charlie Kirk’s wife, Erika.
In a social media post this week, Allen pointed to Erika Kirk’s forgiveness of her husband’s murderer. While giving the eulogy at her husband’s memorial service on Sunday, Sept. 21, Erika Kirk publicly forgave the 22-year-old shooter accused of murdering her husband at a Utah Valley University event on Sept. 10. Allen said her example caused him to extend forgiveness for the person he says killed his father.
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Allen wrote that Erika’s words, “That young man…I forgive him” impacted him.
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. I have struggled for over 60 years to forgive the man who killed my Dad. I will say those words now as I type: “ I forgive the man who…
— Tim Allen (@ofctimallen) September 25, 2025
Allen’s father, Gerald Dick, died in a car crash in 1964 after being hit by a drunk driver.
Allen has been a mainstay in the entertainment industry with shows like Last Man Standing, Shifting Gears, and Home Improvement, which was set in Michigan.
