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Build-A-Bear employee rejects teenage girl's request to name teddy bear after Charlie Kirk

Build-A-Bear employee rejects teenage girl's request to name teddy bear after Charlie Kirk
business10/5/2025

A Washington teen is speaking out after she says an employee of Build-A-Bear refused to let her name her teddy after the late conservative podcaster.

A teenage girl claims a Build-A-Bear staffer refused to print Charlie Kirk's name on the certificate of her teddy bear. Evi McCormick, 16, from Tukwila, Washington, said she traveled to a Build-A-Bear workshop in Seattle with a plan to honor Kirk, wh... [2084 chars]