On January 29, Candace Owens claimed that TPUSA’s current CEO and Charlie Kirk’s widow, Erika Kirk, lied to her face and planned an anti-Candace smear campaign. In her latest podcast, the political commentator mentioned Erika Kirk and talked about her involvement.Candace Owens said she firmly believed that Erika Kirk was intimately involved in the PR campaign against her.“I can say with full confidence after combining what we have learned throughout this investigation to be a fact. And after now speaking with employees who were let go in this recent string of aggressive firings, employees that did nothing or were told weren't told that they did anything.”Owens also claimed that Erika Kirk was involved in different PR campaigns that targeted her at different times.“They certainly were not the people that were leaking to me. that I do believe firmly from the beginning that Erika was intimately involved in the PR messaging and the PR campaign at different times against me, sometimes against the entire world, but against me in particular.”Candace Owens continued to say that Erika Kirk lied to her face.“Just to recap why this is now suddenly important, no one's picking on her. Uh we have confirmed for a fact that she lied.”Candace Owens attacked Erika Kirk about Superman's neckFurther in her podcast, Candace Owens said that Erika Kirk lied to her face.“She lied to my face actually regarding the Superman neck. She blamed that on Andrew Kovette. said that he went rogue, that Dr. Lee Troder also went rogue, violated HIPPA, that they hopped on the phone and did this uh without her consent or knowledge.”She further said:“And the statement pertaining to Superman neck came from her.”Candace Owens even said that Erika originally made Andrew Kolvet’s statement about Charlie Kirk’s Superman neck.“Andrew Kolvet in that regard was doing Erika's bidding. He was taking a figurative bullet for her. She did not misspeak there. There's no way to look around it. She lied. She lied right to my face when she said that. She knew uh that HIPPA, he didn't violate HIPPA. She lied to a doctor, a surgeon, and she knew that she was on that call. So, let's just say that clearly.”Following Charlie’s killing last year, Andrew Kolvet stated on X that he spoke with the surgeon who handled Kirk. He stated the doctor characterized the lack of an exit hole as an "absolute miracle," claiming the high-velocity bullet (of a caliber capable of killing large game such as moose or elk) "absolutely should have gone through, but did not.According to Kolvet, Kirk’s surgeon attributed this to Kirk's "healthy" and "dense" bones, saying:"His bone was so healthy, and the density was so, so impressive, that he's like the man of steel."Therefore, the "Superman neck" or "man of steel" narrative, which referred to Charlie’s neck bones, swiftly circulated in the media, sparking conspiracy theories online.