I was never a big follower of CK, maybe I've seen 2 or 3 of his talks on youtube over last few years... But one thing that stood out to me was suddenly Ben Shapiro basically announcing he was going to sort of takeover the role.

I knew enough to understand the Kirk-Owens vs Shapiro dynamic, so it seems incongruous he would announce that. Obviously it could be entirely innocent and just be a slightly hamfisted way of him voicing his support.....