Candace Owens Faces Death Threats After Outlandish Conspiracy Claims

Candace Owens finds herself at the center of a growing storm as her family pleads with her to disappear and pray she is not killed. Insiders whisper that a foreign reconnaissance mission might be underway, linking her closely to secret military locations. Last week, the controversial commentator dedicated three consecutive episodes of her YouTube show to conspiracy theories surrounding the shooting of Charlie Kirk. She suggested a decoy was used during the attack and floated the idea that Kirk was never shot at all. These three videos have already racked up a combined 3.9 million views, proving there is a huge audience for Owens' increasingly outlandish claims about the conservative activist she hired in 2017.

In two episodes released just before, Owens continued her campaign against Charlie Kirk's widow, Erika, whom she has baselessly accused of being connected to her husband's death. Despite the wild nature of these assertions, Owens' audience keeps growing rapidly. Her YouTube channel passed six million subscribers this summer. Yet sources close to the thirty-seven-year-old told the Daily Mail they are increasingly concerned for her welfare. One family member said they pray every day for her safety and wish she would step away from public life entirely. They added, I would like for her to get fully out of it. Don't talk anymore. Just disappear.

Those fears have been sharpened by an era in which Charlie Kirk was killed in public and President Donald Trump has survived three assassination attempts. Even Owens' own former security team echoed the concern, telling the Daily Mail that protecting her became more challenging as her rhetoric grew more provocative. Tellingly, Owens has for years received mail through a Nashville military barracks address. This is a state-run program normally used to shield victims of stalkers and abusers from public exposure. There are other signs of strain within her own family as well.

Her father-in-law, Lord Michael Farmer, a British peer and former Conservative politician, released a public statement in August 2024 condemning antisemitism and expressing his support for Israel. The statement was seemingly in response to comments made by an unnamed high-profile member of his family, widely understood to mean Owens. Owens has denied any rift, saying she recently traveled with Farmer and called him an amazing father-in-law. Her wild theories have also translated into real legal risk. She is currently being sued for defamation by Brian Harpole, Kirk's former head of security. He says she wrongly linked him to a conspiracy theory about the assassination.

Harpole seeks at least $75,000 in damages, though his legal team has argued a jury could ultimately award far more potentially in the millions. That case adds to an existing lawsuit from French President Emmanuel Macron and his wife, Brigitte. They accuse Owens of running a sustained campaign to humiliate them including pushing the false claim that Brigitte is secretly a man. Both lawsuits are ongoing and Owens is asking courts to throw them out. Against this legal backdrop, Owens's trip to Russia in June stood out even more sharply. In 2019 she married entrepreneur George Farmer.

A fifth child is on the way for Owens this year. Yet, her recent trip to Russia sparked a fresh wave of questions about whether she views Moscow as a potential escape route from her growing legal headaches in America. At the Kremlin-linked St Petersburg International Economic Forum, she delivered speeches and gave interviews dripping with praise for Russian state media. She painted Moscow as "clean and orderly" while hinting that American support for Ukraine is losing steam at home.

One source who worked alongside Kirk and other conservative figures told the Daily Mail this visit might have served as a kind of reconnaissance mission. It could be a way to test the waters in case she ever needs to relocate to shield her assets from seizure if she loses her pending lawsuits. 'She [could be] preparing to protect her assets,' the source speculated, though he added that she hasn't necessarily made a final decision and might keep fighting those cases for years first.

Owens has firmly denied any plan to move to Russia. She dismissed the idea as a "lie" and just one of several "crazy stories" floating around about her life. Former colleagues told the Daily Mail that Owens' ambition was simply too great for such a retreat. A source who worked with Owens at The Daily Wire claimed her real goal was to become a modern-day Oprah Winfrey, noting that in 2021 she even rebranded herself as "Candace," which many viewed as an homage to the TV icon.

That same former colleague described her as someone who 'wants to be the richest, most famous woman' and possesses a sharp instinct for anticipating where public opinion is heading. Others noted she has been careful to cater to her largely male fanbase, reportedly saying at one point, 'I won't do anything to challenge the YouTube boys.'

Owens' path has been anything but linear. Born in White Plains, New York, she started out as a progressive commentator in the 2010s before shifting sharply toward MAGA politics. Kirk brought her on as Turning Point USA's communications director in 2017, and she later became a marquee host at The Daily Wire in 2020.

That relationship fell apart in March 2024, following months of friction with Daily Wire co-founder Ben Shapiro over Owens's increasingly antisemitic commentary in the wake of the October 7 Hamas attacks. 'I don't think that she started attacking the Jews because she hated the Jews. It's because it was good for clicks,' the former Daily Wire colleague claimed.

Without an employer to answer to, Owens moved further into fringe territory – hosting white nationalist Nick Fuentes and Holocaust denier E Michael Jones and calling convicted sex offender Harvey Weinstein 'wrongfully convicted.' Her rhetoric escalated further after she accused Erika Kirk of being involved in her husband's death and again when she called the Trump administration's support for Israel 'satanic.'

The fallout has been swift: Trump, activist Laura Loomer, and her former colleagues at both The Daily Wire and Turning Point USA all publicly distanced themselves from her. 'I think what she's doing to Erika Kirk is one of the most vile and evil things that I've ever seen in public life,' her former Daily Wire colleague said. Even within her own family, support has frayed.

One relative admitted they might handle things differently now. They said, 'There's some things I probably would have done differently, or said differently, or not even said.'

Owens stands before crowds in places like St Petersburg, Russia, speaking at conferences earlier this year. She insists she is merely brave enough to say what others are too afraid to admit.

'I would rather be completely isolated and speak the absolute truth than sit at the table of compromise,' she told her audience last year. That choice has consequences.

She lost favor with parts of the MAGA base. Ad revenue dipped amid backlash from Jewish organizations. Yet, Owens continues to earn a substantial income through her podcast, books and paid speaking appearances.

Her business runs out of a large property in Nashville, Tennessee. Her husband, British entrepreneur George Farmer, helps manage operations there. They married in 2019 and are expecting their fifth child this year.

But people who know her say she's grown more isolated. Opinions are split on what comes next. Some believe she is simply too skilled at reading and riding cultural currents to fade from view. Others think her choices are setting her up for her own downfall.

The Daily Mail reached out to Owens for comment.