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Football analyst at ESPN college, Paul Finebaum, opened the way in which Charlie Kirk’s assassination affected him personally and that he relied on Tim Tebow for a certain support.
Finebaum spoke with the founder of Outkick, Clay Travis, and revealed that Kirk killed him a little even if he had never met the 31 -year -old conservative influencer in his life. On September 10, Finebaum said he was “numb” while making his radio program after learning Kirk’s death.
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Charlie Kirk speaks at the University of Utah Valley on September 10, 2025 in Orem, Utah. (Trent Nelson / The Salt Lake Tribune / Getty Images)
“I spent four hours numb to talk about things that did not matter for me. He continued to build throughout this week and I did not know Charlie Kirk. I never met him,” he said.
Finebaum said he was in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, preparing for an ESPN show when he pulled Tebow to the side to chat with him from Kirk.
He said that the former star of Florida Gators asked if he was fine.
“It is difficult to describe, not to be involved in politics, how it affected me and affected tens of millions of people in all this country,” said Finebaum. “And it was an alarm clock and I went out and I did the show that morning, but it has always harassed me and I couldn’t go through.
Paul Finebaum and Tim Tebow take a selfie on the set of the dry nation before the match between the Bulldogs of the Mississippi state and the Arkansas Razorbacks on October 8, 2022 at the Wade Davis Stadium in Starkville, Mississippi. (Michael Wade / Icon Sportswire via Getty Images)
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“Tebow was soothing for me because he told me a little about his relationship with Charlie Kirk. But I felt very empty by doing what I was doing that day.”
Finebaum said he believed he was affected by Kirk’s assassination so much because of the number of interactions he has with young people daily.
“The insane but also what brought me more than anything other than the most obvious – losing his life – was his link with young people,” he said. “I am on a university campus every week and I am always amazed when young people come and tell me that they are fans. And generally they will say to me:” I had to be submitted to your show when my parents came to get me. “But I remember having this age where things affect you in other ways.
The analyst of the ESPN / SEC network, Paul Finebaum, is on the set before the semi-final match of the playoffs of university football at the Chick-Fil-A Peach Bowl between the Georgia Bulldogs and the Ohio State Buckeyes on December 31, 2022 at Mercedes-Benz Stadium in Atlanta, Georgia. (Michael Wade / Icon Sportswire via Getty Images)
Finebaum also spoke of a potential race for the American Senate and the way ESPN has his potential interview with President Donald Trump.
