Candace
Owens' fallout with Charlie Kirk: Pastor Rob McCoy hits back over conspiracy
theories
By
Shamik
Banerjee
Published
on: Sept 17, 2025 06:13 am IST
Candace
Owens claimed Kirk was turning Catholic before his death; Pastor Rob McCoy
refuted her remarks, calling them conspiracy theories and defending Kirk.
Candace
Owens has sparked a row over comments made about Charlie Kirk after the
latter's recent death. Owens, who has often spread bizarre misinformation,
dropped a bombshell claim on Kirk, based purely on a conversation she claimed
to have had with the conservative influencer.
Owen's
claims revolved around Charlie Kirk's support for Israel. She claimed, though,
Kirk was "changing his opinion" on Israel, and billionaire Bill
Ackman "pressured him" in a meeting at the Hamptons to visit Israel.
Moreover, she also dropped another claim around Kirk's faith and his
relationship with his church in Rosary.
Owens
also claimed that in one of his last conversations with Kirk, she talked about
his faith and how Kirk was moving away from Protestantism and started
preferring Catholicism. "You are too smart to be a Protestant,” she
claimed to have told the 31-year-old, just days before he was shot dead.
While
Bill Ackman had previously denied the claims, calling it "totally
false," now, the pastor of the Rosary church where Charlie Kirk used to
visit has come out slamming Owens for "spreading conspiracy
theories."
Rob
McCoy's Statement On Candace Owens Comments
On
Tuesday, Pastor Rob McCoy responded to the claims made by Candace Owens in a
statement on Instagram. McCoy is the pastor at the Godspeak Cavalry Chapel in
Newbury Park, Arizona and serves as the co-chair of the Faith division of
Kirk's organization, TPUSA.
"Charlie
Kirk was my friend and I was his pastor," McCoy said. "I want to
simply say this regarding Candace Owens: Charlie Kirk was a friend to Candace
and never publicly spoke poorly of her though he disagreed with her. He never
operated nor entertained gossip or innuendo concerning Candace.
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"My
only comment I offer regarding Candace is this: I only wish at this tragic time
of mourning she would be the friend to Charlie that he was to her. He would
never have treated Candace or her family in such a way had God forbid this
tragedy been hers."
Candace
Owens' Fallout With Charlie Kirk
Candace
Owens and Charlie Kirk began working closely in 2017 when Owens joined Turning
Point USA. Their partnership flourished through 2019, with Owens describing
Kirk "like a brother".
However,
by October–November 2023, tensions surfaced as Owens took a more critical
stance on Israel and Palestine, creating visible divides within the
conservative movement and between her and some of her allies. In March 2024,
Owens officially parted ways with The Daily Wire, citing disagreements tied
partly to her views on Israel.
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