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Welcome back to another episode of Pillow Talk with Allie Michelle.

I am your host, Ally Michelle.

Please bear with me as I navigate this virtual setup alone.

My studio will be done in the summer, but this is, I wanted to try this and you're going to see a couple pop-ups of my ringlight and there's going to be some hiccups, but we are going to try it.

So I wanted to get on here and announce my departure. I normally don't, but I felt this was a very necessary step to take,

the Candace Owens and Erica Kirk situation that Candice Owens is continuing to press,

and I just am not comfortable associating myself with her. So we are just going to dive right

into it. And honestly, this made me completely stop. This made me stop in my tracks. Because sometimes

commentary crosses a line and when it does, somebody has to say something out loud. There is a

difference between navigating and investigating a story and turning a grieving

family into public entertainment. And right now that's what's happening surrounding Erica Kirk

and the rhetoric being pushed by Candace Owens' own platform feels deeply wrong to me. So today I'm not coming at this from politics.

I'm not coming at this at like from fandom or loyalty to any personality online.

I'm coming at it as a wife, as a mother, and as someone who understands what it means

when a family loses the person holding

their entire world together. So let me be clear from the beginning. Candice Owens is known for

investigating stories, obviously. That is part of her brand. Asking questions is not the problem.

Journalism, commentary, and investigation all have a place in society.

But investigation comes with responsibility because when someone has a massive audience,

speculation doesn't stay speculation.

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