James Woods, veteran Hollywood actor, believes he knows the real reason behind Charlie Kirk's killing and Elon Musk agrees

Weeks after the killing of Charlie Kirk, a conservative commentator who was shot dead on September 10, 2025, at Utah Valley University during an event, veteran Hollywood actor James Woods has claimed that he knows the real reason behind his assassination.

Woods shared an old X post of Kirk with a caption, “And this is why the freaks murdered him.” In the post shared by the veteran actor, Kirk had said, “If you're 18 and think you're the opposite sex, you have a mental illness. If you're 8 and think you're the opposite sex, your mother has a mental illness.”





The actor’s claim received approval from tech billionaire Elon Musk, who responded to the post saying “yes.”




Days after Kirk’s assassination, a suspect identified as Tyler Robinson was arrested by police. Later, it was discovered that Robinson was in a romantic relationship with his roommate, Lance Twiggs, who was a "biological male" who was transitioning from man to woman.

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As the investigation into the killing of Kirk, a close aide of US President Donald Trump and a right-wing activist, continued, and authorities searched for the motive in the shooting, Utah County Attorney Jeff Gray said that Robinson wrote in a text about Kirk to his partner, “I had enough of his hatred. Some hate can’t be negotiated out.”

Robinson also left a note for his partner hidden under a keyboard that said, “I had the opportunity to take out Charlie Kirk, and I’m going to take it,” according to Gray.

James Woods: Personal life, career, and net worth

James Howard Woods was born on April 18, 1947, in Vernal, Utah, the son of Martha A. (Smith) and Gail Peyton Woods, a U.S. Army intelligence officer who died during the actor’s childhood. He is of Irish, English, and German descent. He grew up in Warwick, Rhode Island, with his mother and stepfather, Thomas E. Dixon.

According to IMDb, he graduated from Pilgrim High School in 1965, near the top of his class. James earned a scholarship to the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, dropping out during his senior year in 1969.

From there, he then headed off to New York with his fraternity brother, Martin Donovan, to pursue aspirations to appear on the stage. Woods has married three times. He has been married to Sara Miller since 2022, according to IMDb. Before her, he was married to Sarah Owen from 1989 until their divorce in 1990 and to Kathryn Morrison from August 1980 until their divorce in September 1983.

Woods stepped into the world of films in 1971 with his first role in All the Way Home (1971) and followed that up with meager supporting roles in The Way We Were (1973) and The Choirboys (1977). Woods has a net worth of $6 million, according to Celebrity Net Worth.