Christian Walker has been a vocal supporter of his father, Georgia Republican Senate candidate Herschel Walker — until now.
Following a Daily Beast report on Monday that alleged Herschel Walker once paid a woman to get an abortion, Christian, 23 — an aspiring right-wing social media star — took to Twitter to accuse his father of being an absent father and a perpetual liar.
“Every family member of Herschel Walker asked him not to run for office because we all knew (something about) his past. Every single one,” Christian tweeted after the Daily Beast published its story. “He decided to give us the middle finger and air all his dirty laundry in public while lying about it. I’m done.”
In a statement released regarding the Daily Beast report, Herschel said he “didn’t take this any further” and that he planned to sue the publication for the “defamatory lie.”
“I’ve never asked anyone to get an abortion. I’ve never paid for an abortion, and that’s a lie. And I’m going to continue to fight,” Herschel said on Hannity.
Here’s more on Christian Walker and his latest accusations about his father.
He’s a Staunch MAGA Supporter
Christian — who describes himself as a “free speech radical” in his Twitter bio — has gained notoriety for his outspoken pro-MAGA videos. To see also : A New Era of BC Cheer Begins with Brooklyn Alum, Toni Ancona, at the helm. In some videos, he repeats former President Donald Trump’s baseless claims in the allegation that the 2020 presidential election was stolen.
Christian, who is openly gay, is a loyal Trump fan and led a Gays for Trump march in West Hollywood in 2020.
Christian has also appeared on Fox News and hosts what he calls an “anti-woke podcast” focused on entertainment, called Uncancellable.
He’s a Former World Champion Cheerleader
In 2016, Herschel praised her then 16-year-old son for winning a world championship cheerleading title. To see also : Union cheerleaders place themselves in competition.
“I was so excited about it because there was a lot of good competition there,” Herschel told TMZ after Christian — competing with the Spirit of Texas Royalty Co-Ed Cheer Squad — won the 2016 World Championship of All Star Cheerleading at Walt Disney World , “but I’ll tell you what, they got it done!”
Having previously attended college in California, he announced in July that he was moving to Florida, voicing his support for Republican Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis.
He Previously Supported His Father’s Campaign
Christian and Herschel’s relationship appeared close when the football legend first announced his candidacy in August 2021. Read also : Falcons release depth chart in Week 2 of 2022 NFL preseason. At the time, Christian shared his father’s campaign announcement on Twitter, writing: “MY FEAR IS BUYING FOR THE SENATE.”
In December 2021, he introduced his father in a speech at Trump’s Palm Beach, Florida, estate, Mar-a-Lago.
He Blasted His Father in the Wake of an Explosive Report
The relationship between father and son appeared to implode on Monday, when Christian took to Twitter in the wake of the Daily Beast report about the alleged abortion, which Herschel has denied.
“I know my mom and I would really appreciate it if my dad Herschel Walker would stop lying and mocking us,” Christian wrote, adding, “You are not a ‘family man’ since you left us to bang a bunch of women. , threatened to kill us and made us move 6 times in 6 months because of your violence.”
He continued: “I don’t care about someone who has a bad past and takes responsibility. But how DARE YOU to LIE and act like you are a ‘moral, Christian, upright man.'” You have lived a life of DESTROYING other people’s lives. How dare you.”
Herschel, meanwhile, responded to one of Christian’s tweets with his own, writing, “I LOVE my son no matter what.”
On Tuesday morning, however, Christian continued to elaborate on his feelings toward his father, posting two videos in which he again slammed Herschel for lying.
“I remained silent when the atrocities committed against my mother were downplayed,” Christian said in a video, alluding to his mother Cindy DeAngelis Grossman’s accusations that Herschel had violent episodes in their marriage, including holding a gun to her head (Episodes , which Walker has not denied saying he had blackouts and amnesia).
Christian continued: “I remained silent when it came out that my father Herschel Walker had all these random children all over the country – none of whom he raised. And you know my favorite problem to talk about his father’s absence – surprise! Because it affected me.”
As Christian noted, Herschel recently released a statement confirming he has three sons and an adult daughter after The Daily Beast recovered a 2014 paternity file that allegedly proved the candidate was the father of a 10-year-old boy, which he did not raise. Then two more children were revealed.
In his statement, Walker claimed he never denied having four children and simply “chose not to use them as props,” but the Daily Beast reported that he lied about the children to his own employees.
But Christian disputes his father’s account of the story.
“He has four children, four different women, was not in the house and raised one of them,” Christian said in his video on Twitter.
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His father’s denial of the Beast’s abortion story – which included a photo of a Get Well Soon card with what appeared to be Herschel’s signature – appeared to be the last straw for Christian.
“Lie, after lie, after lie,” said Christian. “The abortion card drops yesterday – it’s literally his handwriting on the card… he gets on Twitter, he lies about it. Okay, I’m done. Done. Everything’s been a lie.”
In another video, Christian talked about his previous campaign appearance with his father, saying he was told Herschel would get ahead of his past and hold himself accountable.”
“None of that happened,” added Christian. “Everything has been a lie.”
