Allen forgives father killer after Erika Kirk forgives Kirk's killer

Actor Tim Allen said Thursday he has forgiven the man who killed his father after being moved by Erika Kirk's public forgiveness of the man accused of murdering her husband, conservative activist Charlie Kirk. Allen posted on X that hearing Erika Kirk say "That man, that young man, I forgive him" during a memorial service prompted him to finally let go of a decadeslong grievance dating to a 1964 crash that killed his father when Allen was 11.

Erika Kirk offered her forgiveness at a Sunday memorial for her husband, held in Arizona, telling attendees that Charlie Kirk "wanted to save young men, just like the one who took his life." She quoted scripture and said she forgave 22 year old Tyler Robinson, who is accused of fatally shooting Charlie Kirk at a Turning Point USA event on September 10 at Utah Valley University in Orem, Utah. Robinson has been arrested and faces multiple charges, including aggravated murder, felony discharge of a firearm, obstruction of justice, witness tampering and committing a violent offense in the presence of a child.

Allen wrote that he had "struggled for over 60 years to forgive the man who killed my Dad" and that he was now able to say, "I forgive...