BY  :  Samantha Kamman, Christian Post Reporter 

Actor Ricky Schroder and his wife expressed disgust over what they heard while listening to podcaster Candace Owens’ recent appearance on the “Shawn Ryan Show” as they traveled to support the family of slain conservative activist Charlie Kirk during a preliminary hearing for the man accused of killing him.

Schroder and his wife, Julie Trammel, said in an Instagram video that they were outside the courthouse in Provo, Utah, on Tuesday for the preliminary hearing involving Tyler Robinson, who was charged with fatally shooting Kirk at Utah Valley University on Sept. 10, 2025.

During the drive, the couple said they listened to Owens’ July 2 appearance on “The Shawn Ryan Show,” in which the former Turning Point USA (TPUSA) employee revisited claims she has made for months about the death of the organization’s founder.

Schroder asked Trammel what she thought of the episode, and she replied that she was “disgusted” by what she heard. The actor and “Silver Spoons” alum agreed with his wife’s statement.

“It’s shameful, it seems to me one day that they’ll be embarrassed of the way they’ve treated the Kirks,” Schroder said. “I mean, I know they think they’re doing the right thing, but have some decency and respect for the grieving.”

People “can have a difference of opinion” without being “mean,” Schroder added, before praying for “the trial for Charlie to go well” and that Charlie Kirk’s “murderer be held accountable.”

Authorities arrested Robinson shortly after Kirk’s fatal shooting. Since the assassination, Owens has used her podcast and other appearances to share theories about Kirk’s assassination.

During her appearance on “The Shawn Ryan Show,” she repeated claims that Robinson was a “patsy” and asserted that he was never on the Utah Valley University campus on the day Kirk was killed.

Owens has also suggested that people within TPUSA betrayed Kirk and alleged the organization has participated in a cover-up surrounding his death.

Video compilations of Owens’ podcasts assembled by freelance filmmaker and video editor Nathan Livingstone also show her suggesting that Charlie Kirk’s widow, Erika Kirk, should be questioned by investigators and implying she may have had a role in orchestrating her husband’s murder.

Those claims have spread widely online, where numerous conspiracy theorists have echoed similar allegations and directed harassment toward Erika Kirk in the months following her husband’s death.

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