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{{Short description|American commentator and podcaster (born 1970)}} |
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| name = Megyn Kelly |
| name = Megyn Kelly |
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| image = Megyn Kelly ( |
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| birth_name = Megyn Marie Kelly |
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| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|mf=yes|1970|11|18}} |
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| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|mf=yes|1970|11|18}} |
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| birth_place = [[Champaign, Illinois]], U.S. |
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| birth_place = [[Champaign, Illinois]], U.S. |
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| other_names = Megyn Kendall |
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| other_names = Megyn Kendall<ref>[https://www.foxnews.com/video/1206830685001 VIDEO: Megyn Kelly's First On-Air Appearance on Fox News Channel]</ref> |
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| alma_mater = {{unbulleted list |
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| education = {{unbulleted list |
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| [[Syracuse University]] ([[Bachelor of Arts|BA]]) |
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| [[Syracuse University]] ([[Bachelor of Arts|BA]]) |
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| [[Albany Law School]] ([[Juris Doctor|JD]]) |
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*Journalist |
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| occupation = {{flatlist| |
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*News anchor |
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*Talk show host |
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*[[Political commentator]] |
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*political commentator }} |
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*[[Lawyer]] }} |
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| years active = 2003{{ndash}}present |
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| notable_works = ''[[Sunday Night with Megyn Kelly]]<br />[[Megyn Kelly Today]]<br />[[The Kelly File]]<br />[[America Live with Megyn Kelly|America Live]]'' |
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| employer = {{ubl |
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| [[American Broadcasting Company|ABC]] (2003{{nbnd}}2004) |
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| [[Fox News]] (2004{{nbnd}}2017) |
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| [[NBC]] (2017{{nbnd}}2019) |
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| [[SiriusXM]] (2020{{nbnd}}present) |
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| notable_works = {{ubl |
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| ''[[Sunday Night with Megyn Kelly]]'' |
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| ''[[Megyn Kelly Today]]'' |
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| ''[[The Kelly File]]'' |
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| ''[[America Live with Megyn Kelly|America Live]]'' |
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| ''The Megyn Kelly Show'' |
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| party = [[Independent voter|Independent]]<ref>{{Cite web |title=Megyn Kelly's new media moment |url=https://highlandcountypress.com/opinions/megyn-kellys-new-media-moment#gsc.tab=0 |website=The Highland County Press |language=en}}</ref> |
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| spouse = {{unbulleted list |
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| {{marriage|Daniel Kendall|2001|2006|reason=divorced}} |
| {{marriage|Daniel Kendall|2001|2006|reason=divorced}} |
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| {{marriage|[[Douglas Brunt]]|2008}} }} |
| {{marriage|[[Douglas Brunt]]|2008}} }} |
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| children = 3 |
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'''Megyn Marie Kelly''' ({{IPAc-en|ˈ|m|eɪ|g|ə|n}}; born November 18, 1970)<ref>{{Cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=dC08AQAAIAAJ&q=%22MEGYN+M.+KELLY+,+born+Champaign+,+Illinois+,+November+18+,+1970%22 |title=The Martindale–Hubbell Law Directory |date=2002 |publisher=Martindale-Hubbell Law Directory, Incorporated |isbn=978-1-5616-0515-6 |volume=7 |location=New Providence, NJ |page=11406 |access-date=January 31, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230131005830/https://books.google.com/books?id=dC08AQAAIAAJ&q=%22MEGYN+M.+KELLY+,+born+Champaign+,+Illinois+,+November+18+,+1970%22 |archive-date=January 31, 2023 |url-status=live |via=[[Google Books]]}}</ref> is an American commentator and media personality.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Graham |first=Jennifer |date=September 10, 2021 |title=The latest contender to fill Rush Limbaugh's time slot? Megyn Kelly |url=https://www.deseret.com/2021/9/10/22667410/the-latest-contender-to-fill-rush-limbaughs-time-slot-megyn-kelly-siriusxm-clay-and-buck-dan-bongino |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230131005831/https://www.deseret.com/2021/9/10/22667410/the-latest-contender-to-fill-rush-limbaughs-time-slot-megyn-kelly-siriusxm-clay-and-buck-dan-bongino |archive-date=January 31, 2023 |access-date=January 31, 2023 |work=[[Deseret News]] |location=Salt Lake City, UT |quote="On Twitter, a handful of people fumed that Kelly, a conservative and mother of three, had gotten a new show with expanded reach."}}</ref> Her talk show and podcast, ''The Megyn Kelly Show'', airs live daily on the Triumph channel on [[SiriusXM]], and has 2.3 million subscribers. She had been a talk show host at [[Fox News]] from 2004 to 2017 and a host and correspondent with [[NBC News]] from 2017 to 2018. Besides her podcast, she is also active in posting to her [[Instagram]] page and [[YouTube]] channel. |
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'''Megyn Marie Kelly''' (born November 18, 1970)<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.biography.com/people/megyn-kelly-041216 |title=Megyn Kelly: News Anchor (1970–) |website=[[Biography.com]] |publisher=[[FYI (TV network)|FYI]] / [[A&E Networks]]) | accessdate=June 8, 2017}}</ref> is an American [[journalist]] and [[Attorney general|attorney]] who was a news anchor at [[Fox News]] from 2004 to 2017, and a host and correspondent with [[NBC News]] from 2017 to 2018. She currently produces a podcast, ''The Megyn Kelly Show'', and is also active posting to her [[Instagram]] page and [[YouTube]] channel.<ref>{{cite web |
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| url = https://www.usatoday.com/story/entertainment/celebrities/2019/11/08/megyn-kelly-instagram-announces-interview-fired-cbs-staffer/2529501001/ |
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| title = Megyn Kelly makes her return to journalism on Instagram, interviews fired CBS staffer |
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| date = November 8, 2019 |
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| accessdate = April 19, 2020 |
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| author = Ali, Rasha |
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| publisher = [[USA Today]] |
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| quote = In the video post, Kelly is standing in front of lighting equipment and chairs and says "I'm here on my set and we just shot a really interesting interview." She adds that the interview will be posted to her Instagram and YouTube accounts later. |
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| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20191111151503/https://www.usatoday.com/story/entertainment/celebrities/2019/11/08/megyn-kelly-instagram-announces-interview-fired-cbs-staffer/2529501001/ |
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| archive-date = November 11, 2019 |
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| url-status = live |
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During her time at Fox News, Kelly hosted ''[[America Live with Megyn Kelly|America Live]]'' |
During her time at Fox News, Kelly hosted ''[[America Live with Megyn Kelly|America Live]]'' and, before that, co-hosted ''[[America's Newsroom]]'' with [[Bill Hemmer]]. From 2007 to 2012, the two reporters hosted Fox News Channel's New Year's Eve specials. Kelly also hosted ''[[The Kelly File]]'' from October 2013 to January 2017. In 2014, she was included in the ''[[Time (magazine)|TIME]]'' list of the [[Time 100|100]] most influential people. Kelly left Fox News in January 2017 and joined NBC News. She started hosting the third hour of the [[morning show]] ''[[Today (U.S. TV program)|Today]]'' with her program titled ''[[Megyn Kelly Today]]'' in September 2017. The show was cancelled in October 2018 after a segment discussing [[blackface]], and she left the network in January 2019. |
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==Early life== |
==Early life and education== |
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Kelly was born in [[Champaign, Illinois]],<ref>{{ |
Kelly was born on November 18, 1970 in [[Champaign, Illinois]],<ref>{{Cite book |last=Kelly |first=Megyn |title=Settle for More |publisher=Harper |year=2016 |isbn=978-0-06-249460-3 |location=New York}}</ref><ref name="brit">{{Cite encyclopedia |title=Megyn Kelly |encyclopedia=[[Encyclopedia Britannica]] |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Megyn-Kelly |access-date=January 17, 2019 |last=Pallardy |first=Richard |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201119020222/https://www.britannica.com/biography/Megyn-Kelly |archive-date=November 19, 2020 |url-status=live}}</ref> to Edward Francis Kelly, Ed.D.,<ref>Kelly, Edward Francis. "Curriculum Evaluation and Literary Criticism: The Explication of an Analogy." Ed.D. dissertation, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 1971.</ref> who taught in the School of Education at the [[University at Albany, SUNY|State University of New York at Albany]], and Linda (''née'' DeMaio), a homemaker.<ref name="elle1">{{Cite magazine |last=Dickinson |first=Ben |date=January 20, 2014 |title=How Fox's Megyn Kelly Got to the Top, And Why She's Probably There to Stay |url=http://www.elle.com/life-love/society-career/megyn-kelly-on-her-childhood |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150526184342/http://www.elle.com/culture/career-politics/interviews/a12652/megyn-kelly-profile/ |archive-date=May 26, 2015 |access-date=June 2, 2015 |magazine=[[Elle (magazine)|Elle]]}}</ref> She grew up with an older sister, Suzanne (1964–2022) and an older brother, Pete (born c. 1965).<ref>https://www.megynkelly.com/topic/full-episodes/|Episode 936 (Election Night Special), 6:14:05, "My brother remembers - he's five years older than I am..."</ref> She is of Italian and German descent on her mother's side and Irish descent on her father's.<ref name=elle1/> She was raised [[Catholic Church|Catholic]].<ref>{{Cite news |date=October 12, 2016 |title=Multiple women accuse Trump of bad behavior |url=https://www.foxnews.com/transcript/multiple-women-accuse-trump-of-bad-behavior |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180630050634/http://www.foxnews.com/transcript/2016/10/12/multiple-women-accuse-trump-bad-behavior.html |archive-date=June 30, 2018 |access-date=February 17, 2018 |work=Fox News |language=en-US}}</ref> Her father died of a heart attack in 1985 when she was 15 years old.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Henderson |first=Cydney |date=November 29, 2018 |title=Megyn Kelly gives first interview since 'Today' exit; recalls father's sudden 1985 death |url=https://www.usatoday.com/story/life/people/2018/11/29/megyn-kelly-recalls-dads-tragic-death-first-interview-since-firing/2158760002/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230203200252/https://www.usatoday.com/story/life/people/2018/11/29/megyn-kelly-recalls-dads-tragic-death-first-interview-since-firing/2158760002/ |archive-date=February 3, 2023 |access-date=February 3, 2023 |website=[[USA Today]] |language=en-US}}</ref><ref name="Quick Rise">{{Cite news |last=Kurtz |first=Howard |author-link=Howard Kurtz |date=April 16, 2008 |title=For Megyn Kelly, a quick rise at Fox |url=http://alb.merlinone.net/mweb/wmsql.wm.request?oneimage&imageid=6546634 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110511141424/http://alb.merlinone.net/mweb/wmsql.wm.request?oneimage&imageid=6546634 |archive-date=May 11, 2011 |access-date=December 13, 2022 |work=[[The Washington Post]] |via=''[[Times Union (Albany)|Times Union]]'' (Albany, New York)}}</ref> She also has a step-sister and a step-brother from her mother's second marriage, to Peter Kirwan.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2017-09-26 |title=Megyn Kelly's friends and family reveal all about her: 'She's never a phony' |url=https://www.today.com/allday/megyn-kelly-s-friends-family-reveal-all-about-her-she-t116729 |access-date=2024-09-16 |website=[[TODAY.com]] |language=en}}</ref> |
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Kelly attended [[Jamesville-DeWitt Central School District#Elementary|Tecumseh Elementary School]] in suburban [[Syracuse, New York]]. When she was 9, her family moved to [[Delmar, New York]], a suburb of [[Albany, New York|Albany]],<ref name=syracusepoststandard>{{ |
Kelly attended [[Jamesville-DeWitt Central School District#Elementary|Tecumseh Elementary School]] in suburban [[Syracuse, New York]]. When she was 9, her family moved to [[Delmar, New York]], a suburb of [[Albany, New York|Albany]],<ref name="syracusepoststandard">{{Cite news |last=Herbert |first=Geoff |date=October 6, 2013 |title=Syracuse native Megyn Kelly proves women can have it all on Fox News' 'The Kelly File' |url=http://www.syracuse.com/entertainment/index.ssf/2013/10/megyn_kelly_fox_news_syracuse_women_have_it_all.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140223030646/http://www.syracuse.com/entertainment/index.ssf/2013/10/megyn_kelly_fox_news_syracuse_women_have_it_all.html |archive-date=February 23, 2014 |access-date=June 2, 2015 |work=[[The Post-Standard]] |location=Syracuse, New York}}</ref><ref name="brit" /> where she attended [[Bethlehem Central High School]].<ref name="nytimesmagazine">{{Cite magazine |last=Rutenberg |first=Jim |author-link=Jim Rutenberg |date=January 21, 2015 |title=The Megyn Kelly Moment |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2015/01/25/magazine/the-megyn-kelly-moment.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150429003808/http://www.nytimes.com/2015/01/25/magazine/the-megyn-kelly-moment.html?_r=0 |archive-date=April 29, 2015 |access-date=June 2, 2015 |magazine=[[The New York Times Magazine]]}}</ref> She obtained an undergraduate degree in [[political science]] from the [[Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs]] at [[Syracuse University]] in 1992<ref name="elle1" /><ref>{{Cite news |last=Herbert |first=Geoff |date=January 5, 2016 |title=SU alum Megyn Kelly claims Newhouse takes credit for her success; dean denies it |url=https://www.syracuse.com/entertainment/2016/01/megyn_kelly_newhouse_syracuse_credit.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230227000842/https://www.syracuse.com/entertainment/2016/01/megyn_kelly_newhouse_syracuse_credit.html |archive-date=February 27, 2023 |access-date=February 27, 2023 |work=[[syracuse.com]] |language=en}}</ref> and earned a [[Juris Doctor|J.D.]] from [[Albany Law School]] in 1995.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Fact Sheet > Select Prominent Alumni |url=http://www.albanylaw.edu/about/pages/facts.aspx |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150722025413/http://www.albanylaw.edu/about/pages/facts.aspx |archive-date=July 22, 2015 |access-date=November 10, 2012 |website=[[Albany Law School]] |location=Albany, New York}}</ref> <!--where she served as an associate editor of the ''[[Albany Law Review]]''.--> |
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Kelly was an [[Associate attorney|associate]] in the |
Kelly was an [[Associate attorney|associate]] attorney in the Chicago office of [[law firm]] Bickel & Brewer LLP. In fall 1996, she co-wrote an article, "The Conflicting Roles of Lawyer as Director", for the [[American Bar Association]]'s journal, ''Litigation''.<ref>{{Cite journal |last=Cummins |first=Robert P. |last2=Kelly |first2=Megyn M. |title=23 Litigation 1996–1997 Conflicting Roles of Lawyer as Director, The Conflicts |url=http://heinonline.org/HOL/LandingPage?collection=journals&handle=hein.journals/laba23&div=16&id=&page= |url-status=live |journal=Litigation |volume=23 |page=48 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130830112905/http://heinonline.org/HOL/LandingPage?collection=journals&handle=hein.journals/laba23&div=16&id=&page= |archive-date=August 30, 2013 |access-date=August 13, 2011}}</ref> She later worked at [[Jones Day]] for nine years, where one of her clients was the [[credit bureau]] [[Experian]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=ZARY MAREKH, on behalf of herself and others similarly situated, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. EQUIFAX; EXPERIAN, formerly, TRW; TRANS UNION, (2nd Cir. 2001) |url=http://federal-circuits.vlex.com/vid/zary-marekh-herself-equifax-experian-trw-18531486 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160202120441/http://federal-circuits.vlex.com/vid/zary-marekh-herself-equifax-experian-trw-18531486 |archive-date=February 2, 2016 |website=vLex}}</ref> |
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==Media career== |
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===Early career=== |
===Early career=== |
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In 2003, Kelly moved to [[Washington, D.C.]], where she was hired by the [[American Broadcasting Company|ABC]] affiliate [[WJLA-TV]] as a general assignment reporter.<ref name="Quick Rise"/> She covered national and local events, including live coverage of the confirmation hearings for U.S. Supreme Court Justice [[Samuel |
In 2003, Kelly moved to [[Washington, D.C.]], where she was hired by the [[American Broadcasting Company|ABC]] affiliate [[WJLA-TV]] as a general assignment reporter.<ref name="Quick Rise" /> She covered national and local events, including live coverage of the confirmation hearings for U.S. Supreme Court Justice [[Samuel Alito]] and Chief Justice [[John G. Roberts]], the retirement of Justice [[Sandra Day O'Connor]], the death of Chief Justice [[William Rehnquist]], and the [[2004 United States presidential election|2004 presidential election]].<ref name="foxnews1">{{Cite web |title=Megyn Kelly – Biography |url=http://www.foxnews.com/on-air/personalities/megyn-kelly/bio/#s=h-l |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151118021541/http://www.foxnews.com/on-air/personalities/megyn-kelly/bio/#s=h-l |archive-date=November 18, 2015 |access-date=November 10, 2012 |website=[[Fox News]]}}</ref> [[CNN]] president [[Jonathan Klein (CNN)|Jonathan Klein]] later said he regretted not hiring Kelly as a reporter at the beginning of her career, because she was "the one talent you'd want to have from somewhere else".<ref name="nytimesmagazine" /> |
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===2004–2017: Fox News=== |
===2004–2017: Fox News=== |
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In 2004, Kelly applied for a job at [[Fox News]].<ref name="foxnews1" /> She contributed legal segments for ''[[Special Report with Brit Hume]]'' and hosted her own legal segment, ''Kelly's Court'', during ''[[Weekend Live]]''. She appeared |
In 2004, Kelly applied for a job at [[Fox News]].<ref name="foxnews1" /> She contributed legal segments for ''[[Special Report with Brit Hume]]'' and hosted her own legal segment, ''Kelly's Court'', during ''[[Weekend Live]]''. She appeared in a weekly segment on ''[[The O'Reilly Factor]]'' and occasionally filled in for [[Greta Van Susteren]] on ''[[On the Record w/ Greta Van Susteren|On the Record]]'', where most of her reporting focused on legal and political matters. She occasionally contributed as an anchor, but more often as a substitute anchor on weekends.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Kurtz |first=Howard |date=April 14, 2008 |title=Megyn Kelly, Fox News's Fast-Rising Anchor |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/04/13/AR2008041302158.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181202211456/http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/04/13/AR2008041302158.html |archive-date=December 2, 2018 |access-date=September 4, 2017 |work=The Washington Post}}</ref> On February 1, 2010, Kelly began hosting her own two-hour afternoon show, ''[[America Live with Megyn Kelly|America Live]]'', which replaced ''[[The Live Desk (U.S. TV program)|The Live Desk]]''.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Stelter |first=Brian |date=January 31, 2010 |title=New Role Puts Anchor in Fox News Spotlight |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2010/02/01/business/media/01kelly.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190421145012/https://www.nytimes.com/2010/02/01/business/media/01kelly.html |archive-date=April 21, 2019 |access-date=February 22, 2017 |work=The New York Times}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Krakauer |first=Steve |date=January 20, 2010 |title=Changes To FNC Daytime: Megyn Kelly To Get New 1pm Show (Update) |url=http://www.mediaite.com/tv/changes-to-fnc-daytime-megyn-kelly-to-get-new-1pm-show/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170713113755/http://www.mediaite.com/tv/changes-to-fnc-daytime-megyn-kelly-to-get-new-1pm-show/ |archive-date=July 13, 2017 |access-date=July 23, 2016 |website=[[Mediaite.com]]}}</ref> She was a guest panelist on Fox News' late-night satire program ''[[Red Eye w/ Greg Gutfeld]]''. In 2010, viewership for ''America Live'' increased by 20%, averaging 1,293,000 viewers, and increased by 4% in the 25–54 age demographic, averaging 268,000 viewers.<ref>{{Cite web |last=MacNicol |first=Glynnis |date=November 30, 2010 |title=Megyn Kelly Sees Biggest Year to Year Ratings Increased at Fox News |url=http://www.businessinsider.com/megyn-kelly-sees-biggest-year-to-year-ratings-increase-at-fox-news-2010-11 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160204160537/http://www.businessinsider.com/megyn-kelly-sees-biggest-year-to-year-ratings-increase-at-fox-news-2010-11 |archive-date=February 4, 2016 |access-date=November 29, 2012 |website=[[Business Insider]]}}</ref> In December 2010, Kelly hosted a New Year's Eve special with [[Bill Hemmer]].<ref>{{Cite web |last=Ariens |first=Chris |date=December 13, 2010 |title=Megyn Kelly and Bill Hemmer to Host New Year's Eve on Fox News |url=http://www.adweek.com/tvnewser/megyn-kelly-and-bill-hemmer-to-host-new-years-eve-on-fox-news/44726 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170510070321/http://www.adweek.com/tvnewser/megyn-kelly-and-bill-hemmer-to-host-new-years-eve-on-fox-news/44726 |archive-date=May 10, 2017 |access-date=July 23, 2016 |website=[[TVNewser]]}}</ref> |
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[[File:Megyn Kelly in 2012.jpg|thumb|left|upright|Kelly reporting during Fox's [[2012 Republican National Convention]] coverage]] |
[[File:Megyn Kelly in 2012.jpg|thumb|left|upright|Kelly reporting during Fox's [[2012 Republican National Convention]] coverage]] |
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Kelly received media attention for her coverage of the results of the [[2012 United States presidential election]]. On |
Kelly received media attention for her coverage of the results of the [[2012 United States presidential election]]. On election night, Fox News' [[decision desk]] projected that Obama would win the state of [[Ohio]] along with a second term after part of the results had been released. Republican operative [[Karl Rove]] objected to this projection, whereupon Kelly - with camera following - dramatically walked backstage to the decision desk and spoke with them; she also asked Rove, "Is this just math that you do as a [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]] to make yourself feel better? Or is this real?"<ref>{{Cite news |last=Reeve |first=Elspeth |date=November 7, 2012 |title=The Time Karl Rove Took on the Fox News Decision Desk |url=https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2012/11/time-karl-rove-took-fox-news-decision-desk/321670/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190520221216/https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2012/11/time-karl-rove-took-fox-news-decision-desk/321670/ |archive-date=May 20, 2019 |access-date=April 23, 2018 |work=The Atlantic}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Taintor |first=David |date=November 8, 2012 |title=Jon Stewart on Fox News' election night meltdown |url=http://talkingpointsmemo.com/election2012/jon-stewart-delights-in-fox-news-epic-election-night-meltdown |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190412094848/https://talkingpointsmemo.com/election2012/jon-stewart-delights-in-fox-news-epic-election-night-meltdown |archive-date=April 12, 2019 |access-date=August 15, 2015 |website=[[Talking Points Memo]]}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=November 7, 2012 |title=Post Democalypse 2012 – America Takes a Shower – Karl Rove's Math |url=http://thedailyshow.cc.com/videos/bxtuzh/post-democalypse-2012---america-takes-a-shower---karl-rove-s-math |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150820072820/http://thedailyshow.cc.com/videos/bxtuzh/post-democalypse-2012---america-takes-a-shower---karl-rove-s-math |archive-date=August 20, 2015 |access-date=August 15, 2015 |website=[[The Daily Show]] with Jon Stewart |publisher=Comedy Central}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |last=Dowd |first=Maureen |author-link=Maureen Dowd |date=November 10, 2012 |title=Romney Is President |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2012/11/11/opinion/sunday/dowd-romney-is-president.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190510211518/https://www.nytimes.com/2012/11/11/opinion/sunday/dowd-romney-is-president.html |archive-date=May 10, 2019 |access-date=February 22, 2017 |work=[[The New York Times]]}}</ref> Kelly left ''[[America Live with Megyn Kelly|America Live]]'' in July 2013 and took [[maternity leave]]. That October she began hosting a new nightly program, ''[[The Kelly File]]''.<ref>{{Cite web |date=September 17, 2013 |title=In 17 Years, FNC Has Made 5 Evening Changes; CNN and MSNBC Have Made 75 – TVNewser |url=http://www.adweek.com/tvnewser/in-17-years-fnc-has-made-5-evening-changes-cnn-and-msnbc-have-made-75/198165?red=tn |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151208135323/http://www.adweek.com/tvnewser/in-17-years-fnc-has-made-5-evening-changes-cnn-and-msnbc-have-made-75/198165?red=tn |archive-date=December 8, 2015 |access-date=August 15, 2015 |website=[[Mediabistro.com]]}}</ref> ''The Kelly File'' was occasionally the channel's ratings leader, topping ''[[The O'Reilly Factor]]''.<ref>{{Cite news |last=O'Connell |first=Michael |date=September 1, 2015 |title=TV Ratings: Megyn Kelly Bests Bill O'Reilly in August, Topping Cable News in Key Demo |url=https://hollywoodreporter.com/news/tv-ratings-megyn-kelly-bests-819516 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200319085205/https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/tv-ratings-megyn-kelly-bests-819516 |archive-date=March 19, 2020 |access-date=December 12, 2019 |work=[[The Hollywood Reporter]]}}</ref><ref>{{Cite magazine |last=Fox |first=Emily Jane |date=May 18, 2016 |title=Megyn Kelly's First Prime-Time Special was a Fundamental Miscalculation |url=https://www.vanityfair.com/news/2016/05/megyn-kelly-fox-interview |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161116053917/http://www.vanityfair.com/news/2016/05/megyn-kelly-fox-interview |archive-date=November 16, 2016 |access-date=April 16, 2020 |magazine=Vanity Fair}}</ref> |
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In December 2013, Kelly commented on a ''[[Slate (magazine)|Slate]]'' article on ''The Kelly File'': "For all you kids watching at home, Santa just is white, but this person is just arguing that maybe we should also have a black Santa," adding, "But Santa is what he is, and just so you know, we're just debating this because someone wrote about it." Kelly also said that [[Race and appearance of Jesus|Jesus was a white man]] later in the segment.<ref name="FN-131213">{{Cite web |date=December 13, 2013 |title=Megyn Kelly says 'Santa is white' remarks were tongue-in-cheek |url=http://www.foxnews.com/us/2013/12/13/megyn-kelly-responds-to-critics-over-santa-is-white-flap |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131217173004/http://www.foxnews.com/us/2013/12/13/megyn-kelly-responds-to-critics-over-santa-is-white-flap/ |archive-date=December 17, 2013 |access-date=December 17, 2013 |website=[[Fox News]]}}</ref> Soon after, [[Jon Stewart]],<ref name="Luippold">{{Cite web |last=Luippold |first=Ross |date=December 17, 2013 |title=Jon Stewart Hits Back At Megyn Kelly's 'White Santa' Defense |url=https://huffingtonpost.com/2013/12/17/jon-stewart-megyn-kelly_n_4459151.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190323070922/https://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/12/17/jon-stewart-megyn-kelly_n_4459151.html |archive-date=March 23, 2019 |access-date=December 12, 2019 |website=[[The Huffington Post]]}}</ref> [[Stephen Colbert]],<ref name="Taibi">{{Cite web |last=Taibi |first=Catherine |date=December 13, 2013 |title=Stephen Colbert Mocks Megyn Kelly's Santa Comments |url=https://huffingtonpost.com/2013/12/13/colbert-megyn-kelly-santa-white_n_4440467.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190323070913/https://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/12/13/colbert-megyn-kelly-santa-white_n_4440467.html |archive-date=March 23, 2019 |access-date=December 17, 2013 |website=[[The Huffington Post]]}}</ref> [[Rachel Maddow]],<ref name="Benen">{{Cite web |last=Benen |first=Steve |author-link=Steve Benen |date=December 14, 2013 |title=This Week in God |url=https://msnbc.com/rachel-maddow-show/week-god-86 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200326113247/http://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow-show/week-god-86 |archive-date=March 26, 2020 |access-date=December 12, 2019 |website=[[MSNBC]]}}</ref> [[Josh Barro]],<ref>{{Cite web |last=Barro |first=Josh |date=December 13, 2013 |title=Don't Tell Megyn Kelly, But At Whole Foods, Santa Is Black |url=http://www.businessinsider.com/dont-tell-megyn-kelly-but-at-whole-foods-santa-is-black-2013-12 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160301092600/http://www.businessinsider.com/dont-tell-megyn-kelly-but-at-whole-foods-santa-is-black-2013-12 |archive-date=March 1, 2016 |access-date=December 23, 2013 |website=[[Business Insider]]}}</ref> and others satirized her remarks.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Gold |first=Hadas |author-link=Hadas Gold |date=December 13, 2013 |title=Megyn Kelly absent from show post Santa, Jesus segment |url=http://www.politico.com/blogs/media/2013/12/megyn-kelly-absent-from-show-post-santa-jesus-segment-179551.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150816003932/http://www.politico.com/blogs/media/2013/12/megyn-kelly-absent-from-show-post-santa-jesus-segment-179551.html |archive-date=August 16, 2015 |access-date=December 18, 2013 |website=[[Politico]]}}</ref> Two days later, she said on the air that her original comments were "[[tongue-in-cheek]]",<ref name="Klein-131212">{{Cite news |last=Klein |first=Ezra |date=December 12, 2013 |title=Watch Megyn Kelly insist that a mythical present-giving man who commands flying reindeer is definitely white |url=http://knowmore.washingtonpost.com/2013/12/12/watch-megyn-kelly-insist-that-a-mythical-present-giving-man-who-commands-flying-reindeer-is-definitely-white/ |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131216214556/http://knowmore.washingtonpost.com/2013/12/12/watch-megyn-kelly-insist-that-a-mythical-present-giving-man-who-commands-flying-reindeer-is-definitely-white/ |archive-date=December 16, 2013 |access-date=December 17, 2013 |work=[[The Washington Post]]}}</ref><ref name="Chotiner">{{Cite magazine |last=Chotiner |first=Isaac |date=December 15, 2013 |title=Who Cares if Santa Claus is Real? The Megyn Kelly Scandal Is About Race |url=https://newrepublic.com/article/115938/megyn-kelly-scandal-and-santa-claus-race-not-religion |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191205030007/https://newrepublic.com/article/115938/megyn-kelly-scandal-and-santa-claus-race-not-religion |archive-date=December 5, 2019 |access-date=March 10, 2017 |magazine=[[The New Republic]]}}</ref><ref name="Hart">{{Cite web |last=Hart |first=Andrew |date=December 16, 2013 |title=Bill O'Reilly: Santa Is White |url=https://huffingtonpost.com/2013/12/16/oreilly-white-santa-megyn_n_4456439.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190323070910/https://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/12/16/oreilly-white-santa-megyn_n_4456439.html |archive-date=March 23, 2019 |access-date=December 12, 2019 |website=[[The Huffington Post]]}}</ref><ref name="Whitaker">{{Cite web |last=Whitaker |first=Morgan |date=December 16, 2013 |title=Bring on the black Santas! |url=https://msnbc.com/politicsnation/bring-the-black-santas |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190902023247/http://www.msnbc.com/politicsnation/bring-the-black-santas |archive-date=September 2, 2019 |access-date=December 12, 2019 |website=[[MSNBC]]}}</ref><ref name="Scott-131215">{{Cite news |last=Scott |first=David Clark |date=December 15, 2013 |title=Megyn Kelly said Santa and Jesus are white. Really? |url=http://www.csmonitor.com/The-Culture/TV/2013/1215/Megyn-Kelly-said-Santa-and-Jesus-are-white.-Really-video |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170414223619/http://www.csmonitor.com/The-Culture/TV/2013/1215/Megyn-Kelly-said-Santa-and-Jesus-are-white.-Really-video |archive-date=April 14, 2017 |access-date=December 18, 2013 |work=[[The Christian Science Monitor]]}}</ref> and that the skin color of Jesus is "far from settled".<ref>{{Cite web |date=December 14, 2013 |title=Today's News: Our Take – Megyn Kelly Stands By 'Santa Is White' Remarks |url=http://m.stuttgartdailyleader.com/article/20131214/NEWS/312149985 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://archive.today/20131222031552/http://m.stuttgartdailyleader.com/article/20131214/NEWS/312149985 |archive-date=December 22, 2013 |website=[[TV Guide]] |via=[[Stuttgart Daily Leader]]}}</ref> In June 2015, Kelly interviewed [[Jim Bob Duggar]] and Michelle Duggar of ''[[19 Kids and Counting]]'' regarding their son [[Josh Duggar]]'s alleged molestation of five girls in 2002. She later interviewed two of their daughters, Jill and Jessa. This show's Nielsen national estimates ratings of 3.09 million viewers, above its average 2.11 million, ranked with the 3.2 million for the [[Malaysia Airlines Flight 17]] shootdown coverage and 7.3 million for the [[Ferguson riots]] coverage.<ref>{{Cite magazine |last=Kissell |first=Rick |date=June 4, 2015 |title=Megyn Kelly's Duggars Interview Draws 3.1 Million Viewers |url=https://variety.com/2015/tv/ratings/megyn-kellys-duggars-interview-draws-3-1-million-viewers-1201512511/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171002221006/http://variety.com/2015/tv/ratings/megyn-kellys-duggars-interview-draws-3-1-million-viewers-1201512511/ |archive-date=October 2, 2017 |access-date=December 10, 2017 |magazine=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]]}}</ref> |
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Kelly left ''[[America Live with Megyn Kelly|America Live]]'' in July 2013, and took [[maternity leave]]. On October 7, 2013, she began hosting a new nightly program, ''[[The Kelly File]]''.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.adweek.com/tvnewser/in-17-years-fnc-has-made-5-evening-changes-cnn-and-msnbc-have-made-75/198165?red=tn |title=In 17 Years, FNC Has Made 5 Evening Changes; CNN and MSNBC Have Made 75 – TVNewser |website=Mediabistro.com |date=September 17, 2013}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Hasselbeck ditching 'The View' for 'FOX and Friends' |url=http://pagesix.com/2013/07/09/hasselbeck-ditching-the-view-for-fox-and-friends/ |website=PageSix.com |date=July 9, 2013}}</ref> ''The Kelly File'' was occasionally the channel's ratings leader, topping ''[[The O'Reilly Factor]]''.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://hollywoodreporter.com/news/tv-ratings-megyn-kelly-bests-819516 |title=TV Ratings: Megyn Kelly Bests Bill O'Reilly in August, Topping Cable News in Key Demo |first=Michael |last=O'Connell |date=September 1, 2015 |newspaper=[[The Hollywood Reporter]]}}</ref><ref>{{cite magazine |url=https://www.vanityfair.com/news/2016/05/megyn-kelly-fox-interview |title=Megyn Kelly's First Prime-Time Special was a Fundamental Miscalculation |date=May 18, 2016 |first=Emily Jane |last=Fox |magazine=Vanity Fair}}</ref> |
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In the [[Republican Party presidential debates, 2016#August 6, 2015 – Cleveland, Ohio|Republican Party presidential debate]] on August 6, 2015, Kelly asked then-presidential candidate [[Donald Trump]] whether a man of his temperament ought to be elected president, noting that he has called various women insulting names in the past.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Epstein |first=Kayla |date=August 6, 2015 |title=Trump responds to Megyn Kelly's questions on misogyny – with more misogyny |url=https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2015/aug/06/donald-trump-misogyny-republican-debate-megyn-kelly |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170104003716/https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2015/aug/06/donald-trump-misogyny-republican-debate-megyn-kelly |archive-date=January 4, 2017 |access-date=December 15, 2016 |work=The Guardian |issn=0261-3077}}</ref> Kelly's moderating generated a range of media and political reactions and her professionalism was criticized by Trump.<ref>{{Cite magazine |last=Setoodeh |first=Ramin |last2=Steinberg |first2=Brian |date=June 22, 2015 |title=How Megyn Kelly Became the New Star of Fox News |url=https://variety.com/2015/tv/news/megyn-kelly-fox-news-star-anchor-republicans-hillary-clinton-1201524340/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171207170910/http://variety.com/2015/tv/news/megyn-kelly-fox-news-star-anchor-republicans-hillary-clinton-1201524340/ |archive-date=December 7, 2017 |access-date=December 10, 2017 |magazine=Variety}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |last=Blake |first=Aaron |date=August 7, 2015 |title=Conservatives are mad at Fox News and Megyn Kelly. They shouldn't be |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/the-fix/wp/2015/08/07/conservatives-are-mad-at-fox-news-and-megyn-kelly-they-shouldnt-be/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171107005442/https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/the-fix/wp/2015/08/07/conservatives-are-mad-at-fox-news-and-megyn-kelly-they-shouldnt-be/ |archive-date=November 7, 2017 |access-date=September 4, 2017 |work=The Washington Post |issn=0190-8286}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |last=King |first=Michael |date=August 8, 2015 |title=Trump disinvited from event after Megyn Kelly 'blood' comment |url=https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation-now/2015/08/08/donald-trump-disinvited-redstate-gathering-cnn-megyn-kelly-twitter/31331187/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150811011804/http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation-now/2015/08/08/donald-trump-disinvited-redstate-gathering-cnn-megyn-kelly-twitter/31331187/ |archive-date=August 11, 2015 |work=[[USA Today]] |location=Atlanta, Georgia |agency=[[WXIA-TV]]}}</ref><ref name=":0">{{Cite web |last=Arana |first=Gabriel |date=August 8, 2015 |title=Here Are All The Ugly Remarks Trump Has Made About Megyn Kelly |url=https://huffingtonpost.com/entry/trump-megyn-kelly-debate-fox-news_55c5f6b3e4b0f73b20b989a7 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151231025257/http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/trump-megyn-kelly-debate-fox-news_55c5f6b3e4b0f73b20b989a7 |archive-date=December 31, 2015 |access-date=December 12, 2019 |website=[[The Huffington Post]]}}</ref> Kelly responded to Trump's criticism by saying she would not "apologize for doing good journalism".<ref>{{Cite news |last=Peters |first=Jeremy W. |last2=Victoraug |first2=Daniel |date=August 10, 2015 |title=Megyn Kelly Says She Won't Be Cowed by Donald Trump |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2015/08/11/us/megyn-kelly-says-she-wont-be-cowed-by-donald-trump.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150814051607/http://www.nytimes.com/2015/08/11/us/megyn-kelly-says-she-wont-be-cowed-by-donald-trump.html?_r=0 |archive-date=August 14, 2015 |work=The New York Times}}</ref> Trump declined to attend the [[Republican Party presidential debates, 2016#January 28, 2016 – Des Moines, Iowa|Iowa January 28 debate]] that she moderated.<ref>{{Cite magazine |last=Campbell |first=Kathy |date=January 26, 2016 |title=Donald Trump Boycotting Republican Debate Because Megyn Kelly Is a Moderator |url=http://www.usmagazine.com/celebrity-news/news/donald-trump-boycotting-republican-debate-because-megyn-kelly-is-a-moderator-w162615 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160128094356/http://www.usmagazine.com/celebrity-news/news/donald-trump-boycotting-republican-debate-because-megyn-kelly-is-a-moderator-w162615 |archive-date=January 28, 2016 |access-date=January 27, 2016 |magazine=[[Us Weekly]]}}</ref> After the debate and off-camera, [[Ted Cruz]] said that Kelly had referred to Trump off-camera as "[[Lord Voldemort|Voldemort]]", though Fox News denied it.<ref>{{Cite news |date=January 29, 2016 |title=Megyn Kelly Reportedly Called Trump 'Voldemort' Before the Debate |url=https://uk.news.yahoo.com/megyn-kelly-reportedly-called-trump-162500765.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221030024458/https://uk.news.yahoo.com/megyn-kelly-reportedly-called-trump-162500765.html |archive-date=October 30, 2022 |access-date=June 15, 2020 |work=Inside Edition |via=[[Yahoo! News]]}}</ref> [[Bill Maher]] complimented Kelly as being "so much better" than the candidates who attended the January 28 debate and argued that she was a more viable candidate for the Republican nomination.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Stern |first=Marlow |date=January 29, 2016 |title=Bill Maher: Forget Trump, Megyn Kelly Should Be the GOP Nominee for President |url=http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2016/01/29/bill-maher-forget-trump-megyn-kelly-should-be-the-gop-nominee-for-president.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160131080308/http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2016/01/29/bill-maher-forget-trump-megyn-kelly-should-be-the-gop-nominee-for-president.html |archive-date=January 31, 2016 |access-date=January 31, 2016 |work=[[The Daily Beast]]}}</ref> |
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In December 2013, Kelly commented on a ''[[Slate (magazine)|Slate]]'' on ''The Kelly File:'' "For all you kids watching at home, Santa just is white, but this person is just arguing that maybe we should also have a black Santa," adding, "But Santa is what he is, and just so you know, we're just debating this because someone wrote about it." Kelly also said that [[Race and appearance of Jesus|Jesus was a white man]] later in the segment.<ref name=FN-131213>{{cite web |url=http://www.foxnews.com/us/2013/12/13/megyn-kelly-responds-to-critics-over-santa-is-white-flap |title=Megyn Kelly says 'Santa is white' remarks were tongue-in-cheek |website=Fox News |date=December 13, 2013 |accessdate=December 17, 2013}}</ref> Soon after, [[Jon Stewart]],<ref name=Luippold>{{cite web |url=https://huffingtonpost.com/2013/12/17/jon-stewart-megyn-kelly_n_4459151.html |title=Jon Stewart Hits Back At Megyn Kelly's 'White Santa' Defense |website=[[The Huffington Post]] |date=December 17, 2013 |last=Luippold |first=Ross}}</ref> [[Stephen Colbert]],<ref name=Taibi>{{cite web |url=https://huffingtonpost.com/2013/12/13/colbert-megyn-kelly-santa-white_n_4440467.html |title=Stephen Colbert Mocks Megyn Kelly's Santa Comments |website=The Huffington Post |date=December 13, 2013 |accessdate=December 17, 2013 |last=Taibi |first=Catherine}}</ref> [[Rachel Maddow]],<ref name=Benen>{{cite web |url=https://msnbc.com/rachel-maddow-show/week-god-86 |title=This Week in God |website=[[MSNBC]] |date=December 14, 2013 |last=Benen |first=Steve}}</ref> [[Josh Barro]],<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.businessinsider.com/dont-tell-megyn-kelly-but-at-whole-foods-santa-is-black-2013-12 |title=Don't Tell Megyn Kelly, But At Whole Foods, Santa Is Black |website=[[Business Insider]] |date=December 13, 2013 |last=Barro |first=Josh}}</ref> and others satirized her remarks.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.politico.com/blogs/media/2013/12/megyn-kelly-absent-from-show-post-santa-jesus-segment-179551.html |title=Megyn Kelly absent from show post Santa, Jesus segment |date=December 13, 2013 |first=Hadas |last=Gold |author-link=Hadas Gold|website=[[Politico]]}}</ref> Two days later, she said on the air that her original comments were "[[tongue-in-cheek]]",<ref name="Klein-131212">{{cite news |url=http://knowmore.washingtonpost.com/2013/12/12/watch-megyn-kelly-insist-that-a-mythical-present-giving-man-who-commands-flying-reindeer-is-definitely-white/ |title=Watch Megyn Kelly insist that a mythical present-giving man who commands flying reindeer is definitely white |newspaper=[[The Washington Post]] |date=December 12, 2013 |last=Klein |first=Ezra |access-date=December 17, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131216214556/http://knowmore.washingtonpost.com/2013/12/12/watch-megyn-kelly-insist-that-a-mythical-present-giving-man-who-commands-flying-reindeer-is-definitely-white/ |archive-date=December 16, 2013 |url-status=dead |df=mdy-all }}</ref><ref name=Chotiner>{{cite magazine |url=https://newrepublic.com/article/115938/megyn-kelly-scandal-and-santa-claus-race-not-religion |title=Who Cares if Santa Claus is Real? The Megyn Kelly Scandal Is About Race |magazine=[[The New Republic]] |date=December 15, 2013 |last=Chotiner |first=Isaac}}</ref><ref name=Hart>{{cite web |url=https://huffingtonpost.com/2013/12/16/oreilly-white-santa-megyn_n_4456439.html |title=Bill O'Reilly: Santa Is White |website=[[The Huffington Post]] |date=December 16, 2013 |last=Hart |first=Andrew}}</ref><ref name=Whitaker>{{cite web |url=https://msnbc.com/politicsnation/bring-the-black-santas |title=Bring on the black Santas! |website=[[MSNBC]] |date=December 16, 2013 |last=Whitaker |first=Morgan}}</ref><ref name=Scott-131215>{{cite news |url=http://www.csmonitor.com/The-Culture/TV/2013/1215/Megyn-Kelly-said-Santa-and-Jesus-are-white.-Really-video |title=Megyn Kelly said Santa and Jesus are white. Really? |newspaper=[[The Christian Science Monitor]] |date=December 15, 2013 |last=Scott |first=David Clark}}</ref> and that the skin color of Jesus is "far from settled".<ref>{{cite web |url=http://m.stuttgartdailyleader.com/article/20131214/NEWS/312149985 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20131222031552/http://m.stuttgartdailyleader.com/article/20131214/NEWS/312149985 |url-status=dead |archive-date=December 22, 2013 |title=Today's News: Our Take – Megyn Kelly Stands By 'Santa Is White' Remarks |website=[[TV Guide]] |via=[[Stuttgart Daily Leader]] |date=December 14, 2013 }}</ref> |
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In an interview with ''[[CBS News Sunday Morning]]'', Kelly reflected that she was disappointed with the lack of support she received from coworker [[Bill O'Reilly (political commentator)|Bill O'Reilly]] and [[CNN]], the latter airing a Trump event the same time as the debate.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Jagannathan |first=Meera |date=April 1, 2016 |title=Megyn Kelly slams Bill O'Reilly for not having her back against Donald Trump's repeated sexist attacks |url=http://www.nydailynews.com/entertainment/tv/megyn-kelly-o-reilly-cnn-defended-trump-article-1.2585534 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160402031925/http://www.nydailynews.com/entertainment/tv/megyn-kelly-o-reilly-cnn-defended-trump-article-1.2585534 |archive-date=April 2, 2016 |access-date=April 2, 2016 |work=New York Daily News}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |date=April 1, 2016 |title=Fox News' Megyn Kelly: Bill O'Reilly, CNN Should Have Done More For Me |url=https://hollywoodreporter.com/news/megyn-kelly-donald-trump-feud-charlie-rose-879851 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190401070007/https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/megyn-kelly-donald-trump-feud-charlie-rose-879851 |archive-date=April 1, 2019 |access-date=December 12, 2019 |work=The Hollywood Reporter}}</ref> In April, at her request,<ref>{{Cite news |last=Grynbaum |first=Michael M. |last2=Rutenberg |first2=Jim |author-link2=Jim Rutenberg |date=April 13, 2016 |title=Megyn Kelly Meets With Donald Trump |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2016/04/14/business/media/megyn-kelly-meets-with-donald-trump.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170407103932/https://www.nytimes.com/2016/04/14/business/media/megyn-kelly-meets-with-donald-trump.html |archive-date=April 7, 2017 |access-date=February 22, 2017 |work=The New York Times}}</ref> Kelly met with Trump at [[Trump Tower]], having "a chance to clear the air".<ref>{{Cite web |last=Stelter |first=Brian |date=April 13, 2016 |title=Donald Trump and Megyn Kelly met at Trump Tower to 'clear the air' |url=https://money.cnn.com/2016/04/13/media/megyn-kelly-donald-trump-meet/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201108161950/https://money.cnn.com/2016/04/13/media/megyn-kelly-donald-trump-meet/ |archive-date=November 8, 2020 |access-date=August 3, 2020 |website=[[CNN]]}}</ref> The following month, after interviewing Trump and being met with mixed reception,<ref>{{Cite news |last=Stuever |first=Hank |author-link=Hank Stuever |date=May 17, 2016 |title=Megyn Kelly's awkward prime-time debut was a little too focused on Megyn Kelly |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/arts-and-entertainment/wp/2016/05/17/megyn-kellys-awkward-primetime-debut-was-a-little-too-focused-on-megyn-kelly/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160822075348/https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/arts-and-entertainment/wp/2016/05/17/megyn-kellys-awkward-primetime-debut-was-a-little-too-focused-on-megyn-kelly/ |archive-date=August 22, 2016 |access-date=July 23, 2016 |work=The Washington Post}}</ref> she expressed interest in doing another one with him.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Gass |first=Nick |date=May 27, 2016 |title=Megyn Kelly teases new Trump interview 'very soon,' invites Clinton |url=http://www.politico.com/story/2016/05/megyn-kelly-trump-interview-223643 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160630144057/http://www.politico.com/story/2016/05/megyn-kelly-trump-interview-223643 |archive-date=June 30, 2016 |access-date=July 23, 2016 |work=Politico}}</ref> In June, she criticized Trump for his claims against judge [[Gonzalo P. Curiel]]'s impartiality.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Gass |first=Nick |date=June 3, 2016 |title=Megyn Kelly: Trump 'out of line' with judge attack |url=http://www.politico.com/story/2016/06/megyn-kelly-trump-judge-223857 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160720160157/http://www.politico.com/story/2016/06/megyn-kelly-trump-judge-223857 |archive-date=July 20, 2016 |access-date=July 23, 2016 |work=Politico}}</ref> In October, a contentious discussion between Kelly and [[Newt Gingrich]] on ''The Kelly File'' regarding Trump's sexual comments in a [[Donald Trump and Billy Bush recording controversy|2005 audio recording]] gained widespread social media reaction.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Mele |first=Christopher |date=October 26, 2016 |title=Newt Gingrich and Megyn Kelly Get Into Bizarre Exchange on Live TV |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2016/10/26/us/newt-gingrich-megyn-kelly-bizarre-exchange-on-live-tv.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170406050128/https://www.nytimes.com/2016/10/26/us/newt-gingrich-megyn-kelly-bizarre-exchange-on-live-tv.html?_r=0 |archive-date=April 6, 2017 |access-date=February 22, 2017 |work=The New York Times}}</ref> |
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In June 2015, Kelly interviewed [[Jim Bob Duggar]] and Michelle Duggar of ''[[19 Kids and Counting]]'' regarding their son [[Josh Duggar]]'s alleged molestation of five girls in 2002. She later interviewed two of their daughters, Jill and Jessa. This show's Nielsen national estimates ratings of 3.09 million viewers, above its average 2.11 million, ranked with the 3.2 million for the [[Malaysia Airlines Flight 17]] shootdown coverage and 7.3 million for the [[Ferguson riots]] coverage.<ref>{{cite magazine |url=https://variety.com/2015/tv/ratings/megyn-kellys-duggars-interview-draws-3-1-million-viewers-1201512511/ |first=Rick |last=Kissell |title=Megyn Kelly's Duggars Interview Draws 3.1 Million Viewers |magazine=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]] |date=4 June 2015}}</ref> |
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In March 2016, it was announced that Kelly would host a one-hour prime time special on the [[Fox Broadcasting Company|Fox network]] wherein she would interview celebrities from the worlds of "politics, entertainment, and other areas of human interest".<ref>{{Cite magazine |last=Steinberg |first=Brian |date=January 28, 2016 |title=Megyn Kelly To Host Primetime Special On Fox Broadcasting |url=https://variety.com/2016/tv/news/megyn-kelly-primetime-special-fox-1201730594/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171107030012/http://variety.com/2016/tv/news/megyn-kelly-primetime-special-fox-1201730594/ |archive-date=November 7, 2017 |access-date=December 10, 2017 |magazine=Variety}}</ref> The special aired in May 2016, which was a [[sweeps]] month.<ref>{{Cite web |last=de Moraes |first=Lisa |date=January 28, 2016 |title=Megyn Kelly To Host Primetime Celebrity-Interview Special On Fox Network |url=https://deadline.com/2016/03/megyn-kelly-fox-broadcast-celebrity-interview-special-bill-geddie-1201720755/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200324174923/https://deadline.com/2016/03/megyn-kelly-fox-broadcast-celebrity-interview-special-bill-geddie-1201720755/ |archive-date=March 24, 2020 |access-date=December 12, 2019 |website=[[Deadline.com|Deadline]]}}</ref> It acquired 4.8 million viewers, but placed third in the ratings.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Maglio |first=Tony |date=May 18, 2016 |title=Do Megyn Kelly's Ratings for Trump Interview Mean She's Ready for Primetime? |url=https://thewrap.com/megyn-kelly-donald-trump-interview-fox-new-girl-tv-ratings/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191020231150/https://www.thewrap.com/megyn-kelly-donald-trump-interview-fox-new-girl-tv-ratings/ |archive-date=October 20, 2019 |access-date=December 12, 2019 |website=[[TheWrap.com]]}}</ref> [[Gabriel Sherman]] wrote of the stakes for Kelly as "high", elaborating that with Kelly being in the final year of her contract with Fox and having confirmed her ambitions, "[t]he special was essentially a public interview for her next job."<ref>{{Cite magazine |last=Sherman |first=Gabriel |author-link=Gabriel Sherman |date=May 20, 2016 |title=What's Next for Megyn Kelly? |url=https://nymag.com/daily/intelligencer/2016/05/whats-next-for-megyn-kelly.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180529094346/http://nymag.com/daily/intelligencer/2016/05/whats-next-for-megyn-kelly.html |archive-date=May 29, 2018 |access-date=December 12, 2019 |magazine=[[New York (magazine)|New York]]}}</ref> |
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In the [[Republican Party presidential debates, 2016#August 6, 2015 – Cleveland, Ohio|Republican Party presidential debate]] on August 6, 2015, Kelly asked then-presidential candidate [[Donald Trump]] whether a man of his temperament ought to be elected president, noting that he has called various women insulting names in the past.<ref>{{cite news |title=Trump responds to Megyn Kelly's questions on misogyny – with more misogyny |url=https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2015/aug/06/donald-trump-misogyny-republican-debate-megyn-kelly |newspaper=The Guardian |date=August 6, 2015 |issn=0261-3077 |first=Kayla |last=Epstein}}</ref> Kelly's moderating generated a range of media and political reactions and her professionalism was criticized by Trump.<ref>{{cite magazine |title=How Megyn Kelly Became the New Star of Fox News |url=https://variety.com/2015/tv/news/megyn-kelly-fox-news-star-anchor-republicans-hillary-clinton-1201524340/ |first1=Ramin |last1=Setoodeh |date=June 22, 2015 |magazine=Variety |last2=Steinberg |first2=Brian}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=Conservatives are mad at Fox News and Megyn Kelly. They shouldn't be |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/the-fix/wp/2015/08/07/conservatives-are-mad-at-fox-news-and-megyn-kelly-they-shouldnt-be/ |newspaper=The Washington Post |date=August 7, 2015 |issn=0190-8286 |first=Aaron |last=Blake}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=Trump disinvited from event after Megyn Kelly 'blood' comment |url=https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation-now/2015/08/08/donald-trump-disinvited-redstate-gathering-cnn-megyn-kelly-twitter/31331187/ |date=August 8, 2015 |last=King |first=Michael |newspaper=[[USA Today]] |agency=[[WXIA-TV]] |location=Atlanta, Georgia |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150811011804/http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation-now/2015/08/08/donald-trump-disinvited-redstate-gathering-cnn-megyn-kelly-twitter/31331187/ |archive-date=August 11, 2015 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref name=":0">{{cite web |title=Here Are All The Ugly Remarks Trump Has Made About Megyn Kelly |first=Gabriel |last=Arana |url=https://huffingtonpost.com/entry/trump-megyn-kelly-debate-fox-news_55c5f6b3e4b0f73b20b989a7 |website=The Huffington Post |date=August 8, 2015}}</ref> Kelly responded to Trump's criticism by saying she would not "apologize for doing good journalism".<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2015/08/11/us/megyn-kelly-says-she-wont-be-cowed-by-donald-trump.html |title=Megyn Kelly Says She Won't Be Cowed by Donald Trump |newspaper=The New York Times |first1=Jeremy W. |last1=Peters |first2=Daniel |last2=Victoraug |date=August 10, 2015 |archive-date=August 14, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150814051607/http://www.nytimes.com/2015/08/11/us/megyn-kelly-says-she-wont-be-cowed-by-donald-trump.html?_r=0 |url-status=live }}</ref> Trump declined to attend the [[Republican Party presidential debates, 2016#January 28, 2016 – Des Moines, Iowa|Iowa January 28 debate]] that she moderated.<ref>{{cite magazine |url=http://www.usmagazine.com/celebrity-news/news/donald-trump-boycotting-republican-debate-because-megyn-kelly-is-a-moderator-w162615 |title=Donald Trump Boycotting Republican Debate Because Megyn Kelly Is a Moderator |magazine=[[Us Weekly]] |first=Kathy |last=Campbell |date=January 26, 2016}}</ref> After the debate and off-camera, [[Ted Cruz]] said that Kelly had referred to Trump off-camera as "[[Lord Voldemort|Voldemort]]", though Fox News denied it.<ref>{{cite news |title=Megyn Kelly Reportedly Called Trump 'Voldemort' Before the Debate |url=https://uk.news.yahoo.com/megyn-kelly-reportedly-called-trump-162500765.html |accessdate=June 15, 2020 |work=Inside Edition |via=[[Yahoo! News]]|date=January 29, 2016}}</ref> [[Bill Maher]] complimented Kelly as being "so much better" than the candidates who attended the January 28 debate and argued that she was a more viable candidate for the Republican nomination.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2016/01/29/bill-maher-forget-trump-megyn-kelly-should-be-the-gop-nominee-for-president.html |title=Bill Maher: Forget Trump, Megyn Kelly Should Be the GOP Nominee for President |first=Marlow |last=Stern |date=January 29, 2016 |website=The Daily Beast}}</ref> In an interview with [[CBS News Sunday Morning]], Kelly reflected that she was disappointed with the lack of support she received from coworker [[Bill O'Reilly (political commentator)|Bill O'Reilly]] and [[CNN]], the latter airing a Trump event the same time as the debate.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.nydailynews.com/entertainment/tv/megyn-kelly-o-reilly-cnn-defended-trump-article-1.2585534 |title=Megyn Kelly slams Bill O'Reilly for not having her back against Donald Trump's repeated sexist attacks |first=Meera |last=Jagannathan |date=April 1, 2016 |newspaper=New York Daily News}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=https://hollywoodreporter.com/news/megyn-kelly-donald-trump-feud-charlie-rose-879851 |title=Fox News' Megyn Kelly: Bill O'Reilly, CNN Should Have Done More For Me |date=April 1, 2016 |newspaper=The Hollywood Reporter}}</ref> In April, at her request,<ref>{{cite news |first1=Michael M. |last1=Grynbaum |first2=Jim |last2=Rutenberg |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2016/04/14/business/media/megyn-kelly-meets-with-donald-trump.html |title=Megyn Kelly Meets With Donald Trump |date=April 13, 2016 |newspaper=The New York Times}}</ref> Kelly met with Trump at [[Trump Tower]], having "a chance to clear the air".<ref>{{cite web |url=https://money.cnn.com/2016/04/13/media/megyn-kelly-donald-trump-meet/ |date=April 13, 2016 |website=CNN |title=Donald Trump and Megyn Kelly met at Trump Tower to 'clear the air' |first=Brian |last=Stelter}}</ref> The following month, after interviewing Trump and being met with mixed reception,<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/arts-and-entertainment/wp/2016/05/17/megyn-kellys-awkward-primetime-debut-was-a-little-too-focused-on-megyn-kelly/ |title=Megyn Kelly's awkward prime-time debut was a little too focused on Megyn Kelly |date=May 17, 2016 |newspaper=The Washington Post |first=Hank |last=Stuever}}</ref> she expressed interest in doing another one with him.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.politico.com/story/2016/05/megyn-kelly-trump-interview-223643 |first=Nick |last=Gass |title=Megyn Kelly teases new Trump interview 'very soon,' invites Clinton |date=May 27, 2016 |newspaper=Politico}}</ref> In June, she criticized Trump for his claims against [[Gonzalo P. Curiel|Gonzalo P. Curiel's]] impartiality.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.politico.com/story/2016/06/megyn-kelly-trump-judge-223857 |title=Megyn Kelly: Trump 'out of line' with judge attack |first=Nick |last=Gass |date=June 3, 2016 |newspaper=Politico}}</ref> In October, a contentious discussion between Kelly and [[Newt Gingrich]] on ''The Kelly File'' regarding Trump's sexual comments in a [[Donald Trump and Billy Bush recording controversy|2005 audio recording]] gained widespread social media reaction.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2016/10/26/us/newt-gingrich-megyn-kelly-bizarre-exchange-on-live-tv.html?_r=0 |title=Newt Gingrich and Megyn Kelly Get Into Bizarre Exchange on Live TV |first=Christopher |last=Mele |date=October 26, 2016|newspaper=The New York Times}}</ref> |
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In July 2016, amid allegations of sexual harassment on the part of Fox News CEO [[Roger Ailes]], Kelly was reported to have confirmed that she herself was also subjected to his harassment.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Castillo |first=Michelle |date=July 19, 2016 |title=Fox nearing decision on Roger Ailes, likely to result in his departure: Sources |url=https://www.cnbc.com/2016/07/19/fox-news-megyn-kelly-accuses-roger-ailes-of-sexual-harassment-report.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171107011105/https://www.cnbc.com/2016/07/19/fox-news-megyn-kelly-accuses-roger-ailes-of-sexual-harassment-report.html |archive-date=November 7, 2017 |access-date=September 10, 2017 |website=[[CNBC]]}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |last=Yu |first=Roger |date=July 19, 2016 |title=Report: Megyn Kelly told Fox investigators Ailes sexually harassed her, too |url=https://www.usatoday.com/story/money/2016/07/19/report-megyn-kelly-told-fox-investigators-ailes-sexually-harassed-her-too/87292092/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171011011631/https://www.usatoday.com/story/money/2016/07/19/report-megyn-kelly-told-fox-investigators-ailes-sexually-harassed-her-too/87292092/ |archive-date=October 11, 2017 |access-date=September 4, 2017 |work=USA Today}}</ref> Two days after the report, Ailes resigned from Fox News and his lawyer, [[Susan Estrich]], publicly denied the charge.<ref>{{Cite news |date=July 22, 2016 |title=Fox News chief Roger Ailes denies harassing Megyn Kelly |url=https://www.chicagotribune.com/business/ct-megyn-kelly-roger-ailes-harassment-20160719-story.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200324174922/https://www.chicagotribune.com/business/ct-megyn-kelly-roger-ailes-harassment-20160719-story.html |archive-date=March 24, 2020 |access-date=April 16, 2020 |work=[[Chicago Tribune]]}}</ref> During her coverage of the [[2016 Republican National Convention]], her attire received criticism.<ref>{{Cite magazine |last=Marquina |first=Sierra |date=July 21, 2016 |title=Megyn Kelly Was Shamed for Wearing This Dress During the RNC — Read the Craziest Reactions |url=http://www.usmagazine.com/celebrity-news/news/megyn-kelly-slammed-for-rnc-dress-that-looked-like-a-bikini-w430346 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170603224833/http://www.usmagazine.com/celebrity-news/news/megyn-kelly-slammed-for-rnc-dress-that-looked-like-a-bikini-w430346 |archive-date=June 3, 2017 |access-date=July 23, 2016 |magazine=Us Weekly}}</ref> In a defense of Kelly, Jenavieve Hatch of ''[[The Huffington Post]]'' commented, "If you're a woman on national television reporting on a political event from hot, humid Cleveland, wearing a weather-appropriate outfit makes you the target of an endless stream of sexist commentary."<ref>{{Cite web |last=Hatch |first=Jenavieve |date=July 22, 2016 |title=Megyn Kelly Wore Spaghetti Straps And People Lost It |url=https://huffingtonpost.com/entry/megyn-kelly-wore-spaghetti-straps-and-people-lost-it_us_57923502e4b0fc06ec5cbe9a |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190210042041/https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/megyn-kelly-wore-spaghetti-straps-and-people-lost-it_us_57923502e4b0fc06ec5cbe9a |archive-date=February 10, 2019 |access-date=December 12, 2019 |website=[[The Huffington Post]]}}</ref> In September 2016, it was reported that Kelly would be collaborating with [[Michael De Luca]] to produce ''Embeds'', a scripted comedy about reporters covering politics, to be aired on a streaming service.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Shepherd |first=Ken |date=September 20, 2016 |title=Fox News' Megyn Kelly will produce political comedy series: Report |url=http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2016/sep/20/fox-news-megyn-kelly-will-produce-political-comedy/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170510133409/http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2016/sep/20/fox-news-megyn-kelly-will-produce-political-comedy/ |archive-date=May 10, 2017 |access-date=September 22, 2016 |work=The Washington Times}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |last=Andrews-Dyer |first=Helena |date=September 21, 2016 |title=Fox News anchor Megyn Kelly is trying her hand at comedy |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/reliable-source/wp/2016/09/21/fox-news-anchor-megyn-kelly-is-trying-her-hand-at-comedy/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170510141425/https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/reliable-source/wp/2016/09/21/fox-news-anchor-megyn-kelly-is-trying-her-hand-at-comedy/ |archive-date=May 10, 2017 |access-date=September 22, 2016 |work=The Washington Post}}</ref> Kelly appeared on the cover of the February 2016 issue of ''[[Vanity Fair (magazine)|Vanity Fair]]''.<ref>{{Cite magazine |last=Peretz |first=Evgenia |date=January 31, 2016 |title=Blowhards, 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Kelly appeared on the cover of the February 2016 issue of ''[[Vanity Fair (magazine)|Vanity Fair]]''.<ref>{{cite magazine |first=Evgenia |last=Peretz |url=https://www.vanityfair.com/news/2015/12/megyn-kelly-fox-news-cover-story |title=Blowhards, Beware: Megyn Kelly Will Slay You Now |magazine=[[Vanity Fair (magazine)|Vanity Fair]] |date=January 31, 2016}}</ref> In 2016, she was an honoree for ''[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]]''{{'}}s ''Power of Women'' for her addressing [[child abuse]].<ref>{{cite magazine |url=https://variety.com/2016/tv/news/megyn-kelly-childhelp-abuse-1201745257/ |title=Megyn Kelly Shines a Light on Child Abuse Nonprofit |date=April 5, 2016 |first=Ramin |last=Setoodeh |magazine=Variety}}</ref> |
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[[File:Vladimir Putin and Megyn Kelly 03.jpg|thumb|Kelly with Russian president [[Vladimir Putin]], June 2017]] |
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[[File:Prime Minister Narendra Modi speaks with Russian President Vladimir Putin, Austrian Federal Chancellor Christian Kern, and Moldovan President Igor Dodon on the sidelines of the St Petersburg International Economic Forum.jpg|thumb|Kelly with Putin, Indian prime minister [[Narendra Modi]], and Austrian chancellor [[Christian Kern]]]] |
[[File:Prime Minister Narendra Modi speaks with Russian President Vladimir Putin, Austrian Federal Chancellor Christian Kern, and Moldovan President Igor Dodon on the sidelines of the St Petersburg International Economic Forum.jpg|thumb|Kelly with Putin, Indian prime minister [[Narendra Modi]], and Austrian chancellor [[Christian Kern]]]] |
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In late 2016, with her Fox contract in its final months, Kelly was rumored to be actively considering moving to other news networks.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Steinberg |first=Brian |date=December 1, 2016 |title=Megyn Kelly Fields Early Offers From Rivals: Could She Go to CNN? |url=https://variety.com/2016/tv/news/megyn-kelly-cnn-fox-news-1201931483/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190412004838/https://variety.com/2016/tv/news/megyn-kelly-cnn-fox-news-1201931483/ |archive-date=April 12, 2019 |access-date=December 10, 2017 |work=Variety}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |last=Heslam |first=Jessica |date=December 2, 2016 |title=Heslam: 'Hot commodity' Megyn Kelly weighing her options |url=http://www.bostonherald.com/news/columnists/jessica_heslam/2016/12/heslam_hot_commodity_megyn_kelly_weighing_her_options |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181025225600/http://www.bostonherald.com/news/columnists/jessica_heslam/2016/12/heslam_hot_commodity_megyn_kelly_weighing_her_options |archive-date=October 25, 2018 |access-date=December 2, 2016 |work=Boston Herald}}</ref> In January 2017, ''[[The New York Times]]'' reported that she would leave Fox News for a "triple role" at [[NBC News]], which would include roles as a daytime talk show, hosting a forthcoming Sunday-night newsmagazine, as well as becoming a correspondent for major news events and political coverage.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Rutenberg |first=Jim |author-link=Jim Rutenberg |date=January 3, 2017 |title=Megyn Kelly Is Said to Be Leaving Fox News for NBC |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2017/01/03/business/media/megyn-kelly-nbc-fox-news.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170104131544/http://www.nytimes.com/2017/01/03/business/media/megyn-kelly-nbc-fox-news.html |archive-date=January 4, 2017 |access-date=January 3, 2017 |work=The New York Times |issn=0362-4331}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Shaw |first=Lucas |date=January 3, 2017 |title=Megyn Kelly to Leave Murdoch's Fox News for NBC Daytime Show |url=https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2017-01-03/megyn-kelly-agrees-to-join-nbc-leaving-fox-news-channel-behind |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190420051054/https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2017-01-03/megyn-kelly-agrees-to-join-nbc-leaving-fox-news-channel-behind |archive-date=April 20, 2019 |access-date=January 3, 2017 |website=[[Bloomberg News]]}}</ref> She departed Fox News on January 6, 2017, after the last episode of ''The Kelly File'' was aired.<ref>{{Cite web |last=de Moraes |first=Lisa |date=January 3, 2017 |title=Megyn Kelly To Exit Fox News This Week, Joins NBC News To Host Daytime Show & New Sunday Evening Newsmag |url=https://deadline.com/2017/01/megyn-kelly-leaving-fox-news-joins-nbc-report-1201877902/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190321004217/https://deadline.com/2017/01/megyn-kelly-leaving-fox-news-joins-nbc-report-1201877902/ |archive-date=March 21, 2019 |access-date=November 2, 2017 |website=Deadline}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |date=January 6, 2017 |title=Megyn Kelly Says Goodbye on 'The Kelly File': "I Am Better for Having Been Here" |url=https://hollywoodreporter.com/news/megyn-kelly-says-goodbye-kelly-file-i-am-better-having-been-961725 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170108004043/http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/megyn-kelly-says-goodbye-kelly-file-i-am-better-having-been-961725 |archive-date=January 8, 2017 |access-date=January 7, 2017 |work=The Hollywood Reporter}}</ref> In January 2017 ''[[People (magazine)|People]]'', quoting an unspecified source, reported that Kelly remained under a [[non-compete clause]] with Fox until July 2017, which would prevent her from working for a competitor until the clause expired, unless it would be canceled prior.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Triggs |first=Charlotte |last2=Corinthios |first2=Aurelie |date=January 6, 2017 |title=The Surprising Reason Megyn Kelly May Not Start at NBC for Nearly a Year |url=http://people.com/tv/why-megyn-kelly-may-not-startt-nbc-news-nearly-a-year/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170227063731/http://people.com/tv/why-megyn-kelly-may-not-startt-nbc-news-nearly-a-year/ |archive-date=February 27, 2017 |access-date=March 5, 2017 |website=[[People (magazine)|People]]}}</ref> |
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On June 2, 2017, Kelly interviewed Russian president [[Vladimir Putin]], first in a panel discussion she moderated at the [[St. Petersburg International Economic Forum]] and later in a one-on-one interview for the premiere episode of NBC's ''[[Sunday Night with Megyn Kelly]]'', which aired June 4, 2017.<ref>{{ |
On June 2, 2017, Kelly interviewed Russian president [[Vladimir Putin]], first in a panel discussion she moderated at the [[St. Petersburg International Economic Forum]] and later in a one-on-one interview for the premiere episode of NBC's ''[[Sunday Night with Megyn Kelly]]'', which aired June 4, 2017.<ref>{{Cite web |date=June 5, 2017 |title=Interview to NBC |url=http://en.kremlin.ru/events/president/news/54688 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180924064026/http://en.kremlin.ru/events/president/news/54688 |archive-date=September 24, 2018 |access-date=November 2, 2017 |website=[[Kremlin.ru]]}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Lewis |first=Hillary |date=June 1, 2017 |title=It's Official: Megyn Kelly to Interview Vladimir Putin for NBC Series Premiere |url=https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/its-official-megyn-kelly-to-interview-vladimir-putin-for-nbc-series-premiere/ar-BBBLXIY |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170605001927/http://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/its-official-megyn-kelly-to-interview-vladimir-putin-for-nbc-series-premiere/ar-BBBLXIY |archive-date=June 5, 2017 |access-date=June 1, 2017 |website=[[MSN]]}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Smith |first=Alexander |date=June 2, 2017 |title=Vladimir Putin to Megyn Kelly: Even Children Could Hack an Election |url=https://www.nbcnews.com/news/world/vladimir-putin-faces-questions-megyn-kelly-st-petersburg-n767481 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170602133758/https://www.nbcnews.com/news/world/vladimir-putin-faces-questions-megyn-kelly-st-petersburg-n767481 |archive-date=June 2, 2017 |access-date=June 15, 2017 |website=[[NBC News]]}}</ref> Kelly's daytime talk show, ''[[Megyn Kelly Today]]'', premiered in September 2017.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Gerard |first=Jeremy |date=July 11, 2017 |title=NBC News Sets 9/25 Start Date For Megyn Kelly's 'Today' Debut With Studio Audience: Report |url=https://deadline.com/2017/07/megyn-kelly-today-show-september-25-start-date-1202126466/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190412094725/https://deadline.com/2017/07/megyn-kelly-today-show-september-25-start-date-1202126466/ |archive-date=April 12, 2019 |access-date=September 25, 2017 |website=Deadline |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite magazine |last=Steinberg |first=Brian |date=July 19, 2017 |title=To Lure Ad Dollars, NBC Tied Megyn Kelly to 'Today' |url=https://variety.com/2017/tv/news/megyn-kelly-today-show-tv-advertising-nbc-1202499790/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190903232200/https://variety.com/2017/tv/news/megyn-kelly-today-show-tv-advertising-nbc-1202499790/ |archive-date=September 3, 2019 |access-date=July 21, 2017 |magazine=Variety |language=en-US}}</ref><ref name="bandc-todaykelly">{{Cite web |last=Albiniak |first=Paige |date=January 4, 2017 |title=Megyn Kelly's NBC Daytime Show to Replace Third Hour of 'Today' |url=http://www.broadcastingcable.com/news/programming/megyn-kellys-nbc-daytime-show-replace-third-hour-today/162179 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170105191154/http://www.broadcastingcable.com/news/programming/megyn-kellys-nbc-daytime-show-replace-third-hour-today/162179 |archive-date=January 5, 2017 |access-date=January 5, 2017 |website=[[Broadcasting & Cable]]}}</ref><ref name="tvnc-wherewillkelly">{{Cite web |last=Buckman |first=Adam |date=January 4, 2017 |title=Where Will Kelly Live On NBC's Schedule? |url=http://www.tvnewscheck.com/article/100451/where-will-kelly-live-on-nbcs-schedule |access-date=January 5, 2017 |website=TVNewsCheck}}{{Dead link|date=August 2018 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref> |
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Kelly was being paid reportedly between $15 million and $20 million a year at NBC.<ref>{{ |
Kelly was being paid reportedly between $15 million and $20 million a year at NBC.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Nededog |first=Jethro |last2=Acuna |first2=Kirsten |date=January 3, 2017 |title=Megyn Kelly is now one of the highest-paid hosts on TV — here's where her salary ranks |url=http://www.businessinsider.com/tv-host-salaries-megyn-kelley-nbc-2017-1 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170814224122/http://www.businessinsider.com/tv-host-salaries-megyn-kelley-nbc-2017-1 |archive-date=August 14, 2017 |access-date=August 14, 2017 |website=Business Insider |language=en}}</ref> After an initial run of eight episodes in the summer of 2017, NBC decided to bring her newsmagazine show ''Sunday Night with Megyn Kelly'' back for summer 2018 after a hiatus for football and the Winter Olympics, but only periodically. However, this return never materialized.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Flood |first=Brian |date=March 6, 2018 |title=NBC demotes Megyn Kelly's struggling Sunday night show to 'periodic' airings only |url=https://www.foxnews.com/entertainment/nbc-demotes-megyn-kellys-struggling-sunday-night-show-to-periodic-airings-only |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180310192056/http://www.foxnews.com/entertainment/2018/03/06/nbc-star-megyn-kelly-s-sunday-show-will-return-but-only-periodically.html |archive-date=March 10, 2018 |access-date=March 11, 2018 |work=[[Fox News]]}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Shows A-Z – sunday night with megyn kelly on nbc |url=http://www.thefutoncritic.com/showatch/sunday-night-with-megyn-kelly/listings/ |access-date=October 26, 2018 |website=the futon critic}}</ref> Instead, Kelly continued to report stories for ''[[Dateline NBC]]'' during the summer of 2018, continuing her work for the show which she joined in 2017.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Boedeker |first=Hal |title='Dynasty' star shares fight to save daughter from cult |url=https://www.orlandosentinel.com/entertainment/tv/tv-guy/os-et-dynasty-star-shares-fight-to-save-daughter-from-cult-20180803-story.html |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181027021632/https://www.orlandosentinel.com/entertainment/tv/tv-guy/os-et-dynasty-star-shares-fight-to-save-daughter-from-cult-20180803-story.html |archive-date=October 27, 2018 |access-date=October 26, 2018 |website=OrlandoSentinel.com}}</ref> |
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On October 23, 2018, Kelly was criticized for on-air remarks she made on ''Megyn Kelly Today'' related to the appropriateness of [[blackface]] as part of [[Halloween costume]]s. She recollected that "when I was a kid, that was okay as long as you were dressing up |
On October 23, 2018, Kelly was criticized for on-air remarks she made on ''Megyn Kelly Today'' related to the appropriateness of [[blackface]] as part of [[Halloween costume]]s. She recollected that "when I was a kid, that was okay as long as you were dressing up like a character", and defended [[Luann de Lesseps]]'s use of skin darkening spray to wear a [[Diana Ross]] Halloween costume.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Megyn Kelly slammed |url=https://www.usatoday.com/story/life/entertainthis/2018/10/23/megyn-kelly-slammed-blackface-comments-today-show/1738580002/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201021013036/https://www.usatoday.com/story/life/entertainthis/2018/10/23/megyn-kelly-slammed-blackface-comments-today-show/1738580002/ |archive-date=October 21, 2020 |access-date=October 19, 2020 |publisher=USA Today}}</ref> <ref>{{Cite web |title=Luann de Lesseps Apologizes for Her Diana Ross Costume, Denies Doing Blackface: 'I'm Horrified' |url=https://people.com/tv/luann-de-lesseps-apologizes-diana-ross-costume/ |access-date=2024-09-28 |website=[[People.com]] |language=en}}</ref> After receiving backlash for her comments, Kelly issued an internal email apologizing for the remarks later that day.<ref>{{Cite news |title=Megyn Kelly Apologizes to Colleagues for Blackface Comments |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/megyn-kelly-apologizes-blackface-comments-1154466 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190327090101/https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/megyn-kelly-apologizes-blackface-comments-1154466 |archive-date=March 27, 2019 |access-date=October 25, 2018 |work=The Hollywood Reporter |language=en}}</ref> On October 26, 2018, NBC canceled ''Megyn Kelly Today''.<ref name="wp-cancelled">{{Cite news |title=Megyn Kelly's NBC morning show has ended |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/style/megyn-kellys-nbc-morning-show-has-ended/2018/10/26/c66972ea-d8aa-11e8-aeb7-ddcad4a0a54e_story.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181026183353/https://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/style/megyn-kellys-nbc-morning-show-has-ended/2018/10/26/c66972ea-d8aa-11e8-aeb7-ddcad4a0a54e_story.html |archive-date=October 26, 2018 |work=[[The Washington Post]] |language=en}}</ref> It had been reported that Kelly was considering ending the program to focus on her role as a correspondent.<ref name="thr-expectedleave">{{Cite news |title=Megyn Kelly Expected to End NBC Morning Show |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/megyn-kelly-expected-end-nbc-morning-show-1154877 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181025015050/https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/megyn-kelly-expected-end-nbc-morning-show-1154877 |archive-date=October 25, 2018 |work=[[The Hollywood Reporter]] |language=en}}</ref> Her employment was terminated on January 11, 2019, and she was paid the $30 million due for the remainder of her contract.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Iannucci |first=Rebecca |date=January 7, 2019 |title=Today Reveals Cohosts for Post-Megyn Kelly Third Hour — Who's Taking Over? |url=https://tvline.com/2019/01/07/today-show-third-hour-hosts-megyn-kelly-replacement/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190112150251/https://tvline.com/2019/01/07/today-show-third-hour-hosts-megyn-kelly-replacement/ |archive-date=January 12, 2019 |access-date=January 12, 2019 |website=TVLine}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Kludt |first=Tom |last2=Stelter |first2=Brian |date=January 11, 2019 |title=Megyn Kelly leaves NBC with all of her $69 million contract intact |url=https://www.cnn.com/2019/01/11/media/megyn-kelly-leaves-nbc/index.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190112025010/https://www.cnn.com/2019/01/11/media/megyn-kelly-leaves-nbc/index.html |archive-date=January 12, 2019 |access-date=January 12, 2019 |website=[[CNN]]}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Rodrigo |first=Chris Mills |date=January 11, 2019 |title=Megyn Kelly officially leaves NBC |url=https://thehill.com/homenews/media/425024-megyn-kelly-officially-leaves-nbc |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190112065253/https://thehill.com/homenews/media/425024-megyn-kelly-officially-leaves-nbc |archive-date=January 12, 2019 |access-date=January 13, 2019 |website=[[The Hill (newspaper)|The Hill]] |publisher=Capitol Hill Publishing Corp.}}</ref> |
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Kelly announced the launch of Devil May Care Media, her media production company, on September 10, 2020, with a podcast, ''The Megyn Kelly Show''.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Steinberg |first=Brian |date=September 10, 2020 |title=Megyn Kelly Launches Independent Media Company, Will Start Podcast |url=https://variety.com/2020/tv/news/megyn-kelly-launches-devil-may-care-podcast-1234765217/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200911015908/https://variety.com/2020/tv/news/megyn-kelly-launches-devil-may-care-podcast-1234765217/ |archive-date=September 11, 2020 |access-date=September 25, 2020 |website=Variety |language=en}}</ref> Its first episode premiered on September 28, 2020.<ref>{{Cite web |date=September 28, 2020 |title=Megyn Kelly Says Trump's Done Well with Policy but Not Rhetoric |url=https://www.tmz.com/2020/09/28/megyn-kelly-trump-good-job-policy-coronavirus-biden-inauguration/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220726132244/https://www.tmz.com/2020/09/28/megyn-kelly-trump-good-job-policy-coronavirus-biden-inauguration/ |archive-date=July 26, 2022 |access-date=September 29, 2020 |website=TMZ |language=en}}</ref> On July 6, 2021, it was announced that the podcast would move to [[Sirius XM]] on September 7, 2021, to broadcast weekdays at 12 noon ET on the talk radio channel Triumph, along with a video simulcast available to Sirius XM subscribers.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Weprin |first=Alex |date=July 6, 2021 |title=SiriusXM Signs Megyn Kelly to Exclusive Radio Deal |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/business/business-news/megyn-kelly-siriusxm-radio-show-1234977768/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220726132759/https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/business/business-news/megyn-kelly-siriusxm-radio-show-1234977768/ |archive-date=July 26, 2022 |access-date=July 18, 2021 |work=[[Hollywood Reporter]]}}</ref> As of August 2024, her YouTube show had 2.3 million subscribers.<ref>https://www.semafor.com/article/08/25/2024/inside-megyn-kellys-youtube-success</ref> |
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On January 11, 2019, Kelly announced she would be back on television that year without providing details.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.tmz.com/2019/01/11/megyn-kelly-back-on-tv-new-dog/|title=Megyn Kelly Says She'll Be Back on TV This Year and She's Getting a New Dog!|work=TMZ|language=en|access-date=January 11, 2019}}</ref> |
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In early 2023, Kelly teased that she had to join [[SAG-AFTRA]] for an upcoming secret project. On November 30, 2023, she revealed on her show that she was set to star alongside [[Danny Trejo]], [[Roseanne Barr]], and [[Adam Carolla]] in ''[[Mr. Birchum]]'', a new [[Daily Wire]] adult animated comedy series scheduled to debut in early 2024.<ref>{{Cite web |date=November 30, 2023 |title=Megyn Reveals She Is Making Her Acting Debut in a New Daily Wire Scripted Series |url=https://www.megynkelly.com/2023/11/30/megyn-reveals-she-is-making-her-acting-debut-in-a-new-daily-wire-scripted-series/ |access-date=December 2, 2023 |website=Megyn Kelly |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Wiseman |first=Andreas |date=November 30, 2023 |title=The Daily Wire Sets Adult Animated Comedy Series 'Mr Birchum' Starring Adam Carolla, Megyn Kelly, Brett Cooper, Roseanne Barr, Candace Owens, Danny Trejo & More |url=https://deadline.com/2023/11/daily-wire-series-adam-carolla-megyn-kelly-brett-cooper-candace-owens-danny-trejo-roseanne-barr-1235643840/ |access-date=December 2, 2023 |website=[[Deadline.com]] |language=en-US}}</ref> On December 6, 2023, Kelly returned to the moderator desk to co-host the fourth Republican primary debate alongside [[Elizabeth Vargas]] and [[Eliana Johnson]] on [[NewsNation]].<ref>{{Cite news |last=Simonetti |first=Isabella |title=Wednesday's Republican Debate Is Opportunity to Shine for NewsNation |url=https://www.wsj.com/politics/elections/wednesdays-republican-debate-is-opportunity-to-shine-for-newsnation-d24168c9 |access-date=December 7, 2023 |work=[[WSJ]] |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |last=Wang |first=Amy B. |date=November 9, 2023 |title=RNC shifts away from establishment media for fourth GOP debate |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2023/11/09/fourth-republican-debate-news-nation/ |access-date=December 7, 2023 |work=Washington Post |language=en-US |issn=0190-8286}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=November 28, 2023 |title=NewsNation announces special programming ahead of Dec. 6 debate |url=https://www.newsnationnow.com/press/special-programming-newsnation-debate-2023/ |access-date=December 7, 2023 |website=NewsNation |language=en-US}}</ref> |
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Kelly announced the launch of Devil May Care Media, her media production company, on September 10, 2020, with a podcast, ''The Megyn Kelly Show''."<ref>{{Cite web|last=Steinberg|first=Brian|last2=Steinberg|first2=Brian|date=September 10, 2020|title=Megyn Kelly Launches Independent Media Company, Will Start Podcast|url=https://variety.com/2020/tv/news/megyn-kelly-launches-devil-may-care-podcast-1234765217/|access-date=2020-09-25|work=Variety|language=en}}</ref> Its first episode premiered on September 28.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Megyn Kelly Says Trump's Done Well with Policy but Not Rhetoric|url=https://www.tmz.com/2020/09/28/megyn-kelly-trump-good-job-policy-coronavirus-biden-inauguration/|date=September 28, 2020|access-date=September 29, 2020|work=TMZ|language=en}}</ref> |
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== Writing == |
== Writing == |
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In February 2016, Kelly signed an agreement with [[HarperCollins]] to write an autobiography scheduled for release later that year, in a deal worth more than $10 million.<ref>{{ |
In February 2016, Kelly signed an agreement with [[HarperCollins]] to write an autobiography scheduled for release later that year, in a deal worth more than $10 million.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Lewis |first=Andy |date=February 4, 2015 |title=Megyn Kelly Signs Book Deal |url=https://hollywoodreporter.com/bookmark/megyn-kelly-signs-book-deal-862319 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191202151820/https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/bookmark/megyn-kelly-signs-book-deal-862319 |archive-date=December 2, 2019 |access-date=December 12, 2019 |work=The Hollywood Reporter}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Stelter |first=Brian |date=February 4, 2016 |title=Fox's Megyn Kelly strikes a book deal |url=https://money.cnn.com/2016/02/04/media/megyn-kelly-harpercollins-book-deal/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181026222750/https://money.cnn.com/2016/02/04/media/megyn-kelly-harpercollins-book-deal/ |archive-date=October 26, 2018 |access-date=August 3, 2020 |website=[[CNN]]}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |last=Alter |first=Alexandra |date=February 5, 2016 |title=Megyn Kelly of Fox News Signs Book Deal |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2016/02/06/business/megyn-kelly-of-fox-news-signs-book-deal.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181026182637/https://www.nytimes.com/2016/02/06/business/megyn-kelly-of-fox-news-signs-book-deal.html |archive-date=October 26, 2018 |access-date=February 22, 2017 |work=The New York Times}}</ref> The book, titled ''[[Settle for More]]'', was released on November 15, 2016.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Battaglio |first=Stephen |date=November 16, 2016 |title=Trump supporters try to undermine Megyn Kelly's book with an onslaught of negative reviews on Amazon |url=https://latimes.com/business/hollywood/la-fi-ct-kelly-trump-20161116-story.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161117013640/http://www.latimes.com/business/hollywood/la-fi-ct-kelly-trump-20161116-story.html |archive-date=November 17, 2016 |access-date=November 17, 2016 |work=Los Angeles Times}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Customer reviews |url=https://www.amazon.com/Settle-More-Megyn-Kelly-ebook/product-reviews/B01ER6LIXA/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161118040533/https://www.amazon.com/Settle-More-Megyn-Kelly-ebook/product-reviews/B01ER6LIXA/ref=cm_cr_dp_see_all_summary?ie=UTF8&reviewerType=avp_only_reviews&showViewpoints=1&sortBy=helpful |archive-date=November 18, 2016 |access-date=November 17, 2016 |website=[[Amazon.com]]}}</ref> |
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==Accolades== |
==Accolades== |
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* In 2009, Kelly received an award from [[Childhelp]] for her work as a Fox News anchor covering the subject of child abuse.<ref>{{Cite magazine |date=April 5, 2016 |title=Variety's 2016 Power of Women New York |url=https://variety.com/2016/biz/news/power-of-women-new-york-2016-megyn-kelly-julianne-moore-1201745565/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171130191725/http://variety.com/2016/biz/news/power-of-women-new-york-2016-megyn-kelly-julianne-moore-1201745565/ |archive-date=November 30, 2017 |access-date=December 10, 2017 |magazine=Variety}}</ref> Kelly was honored with an Alumni Achievement Award from the Albany Law School in 2010 for her 15th class reunion.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Bump |first=Bethany |date=October 9, 2015 |title=Welcome back (again), Megyn Kelly |url=https://www.timesunion.com/local/article/Welcome-back-again-Megyn-Kelly-6560876.php |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160127121841/https://www.timesunion.com/local/article/Welcome-back-again-Megyn-Kelly-6560876.php |archive-date=January 27, 2016 |access-date=October 25, 2018 |work=[[Times Union (Albany)|Times Union]] |location=Albany}}</ref> She was included in the 2014 ''[[Time (magazine)|Time]]'' list of the [[Time 100|100 most influential people]].<ref>{{Cite magazine |date=April 23, 2014 |title=Time 2014 100 Most Influential People |url=http://time.com/70888/megyn-kelly-2014-time-100/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150201004507/http://time.com/70888/megyn-kelly-2014-time-100/ |archive-date=February 1, 2015 |access-date=April 29, 2014 |magazine=[[Time (magazine)|Time]]}}</ref> On September 26, 2015, Kelly was inducted into the Hall of Fame at [[Bethlehem Central High School]], her alma mater.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Ellis |first=Lindsay |date=September 26, 2015 |title=Megyn Kelly of Fox News honored at Bethlehem Central High School |url=http://www.timesunion.com/local/article/Megyn-Kelly-of-Fox-News-honored-at-Bethlehem-6532483.php |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170310163235/http://www.timesunion.com/local/article/Megyn-Kelly-of-Fox-News-honored-at-Bethlehem-6532483.php |archive-date=March 10, 2017 |access-date=January 20, 2017 |work=[[Times Union (Albany)|Times Union]] |location=Albany}}</ref> |
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* In 2009, Kelly received an award from [[Childhelp]] for her work as a Fox News anchor covering the subject of child abuse.<ref>{{cite magazine |url=https://variety.com/2016/biz/news/power-of-women-new-york-2016-megyn-kelly-julianne-moore-1201745565/ |title=Variety's 2016 Power of Women New York |magazine=Variety |date=April 5, 2016}}</ref> |
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* Kelly was honored with an Alumni Achievement Award from the Albany Law School in 2010 for her 15th class reunion.<ref>{{cite news |last=Bump |first=Bethany |date=October 9, 2015 |title=Welcome back (again), Megyn Kelly |work=[[Times Union (Albany)|Times Union]] |location=Albany |url=https://www.timesunion.com/local/article/Welcome-back-again-Megyn-Kelly-6560876.php |accessdate=October 25, 2018 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160127121841/https://www.timesunion.com/local/article/Welcome-back-again-Megyn-Kelly-6560876.php |archive-date=January 27, 2016}}</ref> |
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* She was included in the 2014 ''[[Time (magazine)|Time]]'' list of the [[Time 100|100 most influential people]].<ref>{{cite magazine |url=http://time.com/70888/megyn-kelly-2014-time-100/ |title=Time 2014 100 Most Influential People |magazine=[[Time (magazine)|Time]] |date=April 23, 2014}}</ref> |
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* On September 26, 2015, Kelly was inducted into the Hall of Fame at [[Bethlehem Central High School]], her alma mater.<ref>{{cite news |first=Lindsay |last=Ellis |date=September 26, 2015 |title=Megyn Kelly of Fox News honored at Bethlehem Central High School |work=[[Times Union (Albany)|Times Union]] |location=Albany |url=http://www.timesunion.com/local/article/Megyn-Kelly-of-Fox-News-honored-at-Bethlehem-6532483.php |access-date=January 20, 2017 }}</ref> |
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==In popular culture== |
==In popular culture== |
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''[[Bombshell (2019 film)|Bombshell]]'', a 2019 film depicting [[Roger Ailes]]' sexual abuses and his subsequent resignation from [[Fox News]], was released on December 13, 2019. Kelly is portrayed in the film by [[Charlize Theron]], who was nominated for the [[Academy Award for Best Actress]] for her performance.<ref name="variety">{{Cite web |last=Nicholls |first=MacKenzie |date=August 21, 2019 |title='Bombshell' Trailer Gives First Look at Charlize Theron as Megyn Kelly, Nicole Kidman as Gretchen Carlson |url=https://variety.com/2019/film/news/bombshell-trailer-charlize-theron-megyn-kelly-nicole-kidman-gretchen-carlson-margot-robbie-1203309171/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200409111711/https://variety.com/2019/film/news/bombshell-trailer-charlize-theron-megyn-kelly-nicole-kidman-gretchen-carlson-margot-robbie-1203309171/ |archive-date=April 9, 2020 |access-date=March 15, 2020 |magazine=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]]}}</ref> Kelly said she was not consulted for the film's content;<ref>{{Cite web |last=Aspinall, Georgia |date=January 15, 2020 |title=A deep dive into the accuracy of Bombshell and the Fox News Sexual Harassment Scandal |url=https://graziadaily.co.uk/life/tv-and-film/bombshell-film-fox-news/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201021164524/https://graziadaily.co.uk/life/tv-and-film/bombshell-film-fox-news/ |archive-date=October 21, 2020 |access-date=October 19, 2020 |website=[[Grazia Daily]]}}</ref> however, after viewing a screening of the film, Kelly held a roundtable discussion with other involved parties such as [[Juliet Huddy]], [[Rudi Bakhtiar]], [[Douglas Brunt]], and former Fox News producer Julie Zann. Kelly confirmed and denied several moments in the film, while describing the film overall as an emotional experience for her.<ref name="kellyyt">{{Cite AV media |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MmSz7HqkI9s |title=Megyn Kelly Presents: A Response to "Bombshell" – Full Discussion |date=January 9, 2020 |last=Kelly |first=Megyn |author-link=Megyn Kelly |access-date=January 12, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200113054047/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MmSz7HqkI9s |archive-date=January 13, 2020 |url-status=live |via=[[YouTube]]}}</ref><ref name="deadlinekelly">{{Cite web |last=Evans |first=Greg |date=January 10, 2020 |title=Megyn Kelly, Other Fox News Accusers Dissect 'Bombshell' In New Video |url=https://deadline.com/2020/01/megyn-kelly-bombshell-response-video-juliet-huddy-rudi-bakhtiar-julie-zann-1202826788/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200111140020/https://deadline.com/2020/01/megyn-kelly-bombshell-response-video-juliet-huddy-rudi-bakhtiar-julie-zann-1202826788/ |archive-date=January 11, 2020 |access-date=January 12, 2020 |website=[[Deadline Hollywood]]}}</ref> |
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''[[Bombshell (2019 film)|Bombshell]]'', a film portraying Kelly's career at [[Fox News]], was released on December 13, 2019. Kelly is played by [[Charlize Theron]], with other cast members including [[Margot Robbie]] as Kayla Pospisil (a composite character), [[Nicole Kidman]] as [[Gretchen Carlson]], and [[John Lithgow]] as [[Roger Ailes]]. The film follows events at Fox News in the lead up to Ailes resigning from the organization.<ref name="variety">{{cite web|url=https://variety.com/2019/film/news/bombshell-trailer-charlize-theron-megyn-kelly-nicole-kidman-gretchen-carlson-margot-robbie-1203309171/|title='Bombshell' Trailer Gives First Look at Charlize Theron as Megyn Kelly, Nicole Kidman as Gretchen Carlson|last1=Nicholls|first1=MacKenzie|magazine=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]]}}</ref> Kelly says she was not consulted for the film's content.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://graziadaily.co.uk/life/tv-and-film/bombshell-film-fox-news/ |title=A deep dive into the accuracy of Bombshell and the Fox News Sexual Harassment Scandal |work=[[Grazia Daily]] |date=January 15, 2020 |accessdate=October 19, 2020 |author=Aspinall, Georgia}}</ref> |
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==Personal life== |
==Personal life== |
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In 2001, Kelly married Daniel Kendall, an [[anesthesiologist]], in a [[Marriage in the Catholic Church|Catholic ceremony.]] The marriage ended in divorce in 2006.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Bercovici |first=Jeff |date=March 17, 2008 |title=Vows And The Mystery Of The Missing Marriage |url=http://upstart.bizjournals.com/companies/media/2008/03/17/vows-and-the-mystery-of-the-missing-marriage.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150309001359/http://upstart.bizjournals.com/companies/media/2008/03/17/vows-and-the-mystery-of-the-missing-marriage.html |archive-date=March 9, 2015 |access-date=August 15, 2015 |website=[[Portfolio.com]]}}</ref> In March 2024, Kelly revealed that she was going through the [[Annulment (Catholic Church)|Catholic annulment]] process with Kendall.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2024-03-29 |title=Megyn Opens Up About Her 'Crisis of Faith' and Going Through the Catholic Annulment Process |url=https://www.megynkelly.com/2024/03/29/megyn-opens-up-about-her-crisis-of-faith-and-going-through-the-catholic-annulment-process/ |access-date=2024-04-09 |website=Megyn Kelly |language=en-US}}</ref> |
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Kelly married Daniel Kendall, an [[anesthesiologist]], in 2001. The marriage ended in divorce in 2006.<ref>{{cite web |last=Bercovici |first=Jeff |url=http://upstart.bizjournals.com/companies/media/2008/03/17/vows-and-the-mystery-of-the-missing-marriage.html |title=Vows And The Mystery Of The Missing Marriage |website=Portfolio.com |date=March 17, 2008}}</ref> In 2008, she married [[Douglas Brunt]], who was then president and CEO of the cybersecurity firm [[Authentium]],<ref>{{cite news |last=Saslow |first=Linda |newspaper=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2008/03/16/fashion/weddings/16vows.html |title=Megyn Kelly and Douglas Brunt |date=March 16, 2008}}</ref> and who became a full-time writer and novelist.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.douglasbrunt.com/about-doug-brunt/ |title=Douglas Brunt biography |accessdate=July 1, 2013}}</ref> They have three children, son Yates (b. 2009),<ref name=yardley>{{cite magazine |url=http://celebritybabies.people.com/2011/08/10/megyn-kelly-shares-photo-of-daughter-yardley/ |title=Megyn Kelly Shares Photo of Daughter Yardley |date=August 10, 2011 |first=Joshua |last=Zuckerman |magazine=People |accessdate=June 8, 2017 |quote=...joining big brother Edward Yates, 22 months. 'Yates was [my husband] Doug's father's name, and we felt we needed a strong name to match it,' Kelly, 40, tells ''People'' of their name choice.}}</ref> daughter Yardley (b. 2011),<ref name=yardley /><ref>{{cite magazine |url=https://nymag.com/daily/intelligencer/2011/04/megyn_kelly_gives_birth_to_bab.html |title=Megyn Kelly Gives Birth to Baby Girl |first=Chris |last=Rovzar |magazine=[[New York (magazine)|New York]] |date=April 14, 2011 |accessdate=June 8, 2017 |quote=The popular host of Fox News' ''America Live'' just gave birth to a girl named Yardley Evans, substitute host Martha MacCallum just announced.}}</ref> and son Thatcher (b. 2013).<ref>{{cite news |title=Megyn Kelly Baby: Anchor Gives Birth To A Boy, Thatcher Bray |website=The Huffington Post |accessdate=January 4, 2017 |date=July 26, 2013 |url=https://huffingtonpost.com/2013/07/26/megyn-kelly-baby-boy-thatcher-bray_n_3660403.html |quote=The news was announced at the end of Kelly's former show, ''America Live''... }}</ref> |
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In 2008, she married [[Douglas Brunt]], who was then president and CEO of the cybersecurity firm [[Authentium]],<ref>{{Cite news |last=Saslow |first=Linda |date=March 16, 2008 |title=Megyn Kelly and Douglas Brunt |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2008/03/16/fashion/weddings/16vows.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170222091824/http://www.nytimes.com/2008/03/16/fashion/weddings/16vows.html |archive-date=February 22, 2017 |access-date=February 22, 2017 |work=The New York Times}}</ref> and who became a full-time writer and novelist.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Douglas Brunt biography |url=http://www.douglasbrunt.com/about-doug-brunt/ |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160215171138/http://douglasbrunt.com/about-doug-brunt/ |archive-date=February 15, 2016 |access-date=July 1, 2013}}</ref> They have three children: Son Yates, daughter Yardley, and son Thatcher, born in 2009, 2011, and 2013 respectively.<ref name="yardley">{{Cite magazine |last=Zuckerman |first=Joshua |date=August 10, 2011 |title=Megyn Kelly Shares Photo of Daughter Yardley |url=http://celebritybabies.people.com/2011/08/10/megyn-kelly-shares-photo-of-daughter-yardley/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170607002107/http://celebritybabies.people.com/2011/08/10/megyn-kelly-shares-photo-of-daughter-yardley/ |archive-date=June 7, 2017 |access-date=June 8, 2017 |magazine=People |quote=...joining big brother Edward Yates, 22 months. 'Yates was [my husband] Doug's father's name, and we felt we needed a strong name to match it,' Kelly, 40, tells ''People'' of their name choice.}}</ref><ref>{{Cite magazine |last=Rovzar |first=Chris |date=April 14, 2011 |title=Megyn Kelly Gives Birth to Baby Girl |url=https://nymag.com/daily/intelligencer/2011/04/megyn_kelly_gives_birth_to_bab.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180922122407/http://nymag.com/daily/intelligencer/2011/04/megyn_kelly_gives_birth_to_bab.html |archive-date=September 22, 2018 |access-date=June 8, 2017 |magazine=[[New York (magazine)|New York]] |quote=The popular host of Fox News' ''America Live'' just gave birth to a girl named Yardley Evans, substitute host Martha MacCallum just announced.}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |date=July 26, 2013 |title=Megyn Kelly Baby: Anchor Gives Birth To A Boy, Thatcher Bray |url=https://huffingtonpost.com/2013/07/26/megyn-kelly-baby-boy-thatcher-bray_n_3660403.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170104234824/http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/07/26/megyn-kelly-baby-boy-thatcher-bray_n_3660403.html |archive-date=January 4, 2017 |access-date=January 4, 2017 |work=[[The Huffington Post]] |quote=The news was announced at the end of Kelly's former show, ''America Live''...}}</ref><ref>https://x.com/megynkelly</ref> All three children were conceived through [[In vitro fertilisation|in vitro fertilization]].<ref>{{Cite web |last=Kelly |first=Megyn |date=April 6, 2021 |title=Many couples struggle with getting pregnant. Been there, trust me. My thoughts... |url=https://twitter.com/megynkelly/status/1379413492684427271?lang=en |website=[[Twitter]]}}</ref><ref>{{Citation |title=Megyn Kelly on Parents Trying to "Game the System" with IVF and Birth Months #shorts |url=https://www.youtube.com/shorts/_ackX7G425o |access-date=December 10, 2023 |language=en}}</ref> The family lives in Connecticut during the school year, and have a waterfront New Jersey home for the summer.<ref>megynkelly.com</ref> |
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Politically, Kelly identifies as an [[Independent (voter)|independent]], and told ''[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]]'' in 2015 that she has voted for both Democrats and Republicans.<ref>{{cite magazine |first1=Ramin |last1=Setoodeh |first2=Brian |last2=Steinberg |url=https://variety.com/2015/tv/news/fox-news-megyn-kelly-independent-1201525083/ |title=Fox News Anchor Megyn Kelly Comes Out as an Independent |magazine=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]] |date=June 22, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151019062205/http://variety.com/2015/tv/news/fox-news-megyn-kelly-independent-1201525083/ |archive-date=October 19, 2015 |url-status=live}}</ref> |
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Kelly is a lifelong [[Catholic Church in the United States|Catholic]].<ref>{{Cite web |date=October 12, 2016 |title=Multiple women accuse Trump of bad behavior |url=http://www.foxnews.com/transcript/2016/10/12/multiple-women-accuse-trump-bad-behavior/ |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161014113815/http://www.foxnews.com/transcript/2016/10/12/multiple-women-accuse-trump-bad-behavior/ |archive-date=October 14, 2016 |access-date=October 14, 2016 |website=[[Fox News]] |type=Transcript |quote=But I'm Catholic. I've lived as a Catholic my whole life, but I haven't heard my fellow Catholics speak so snidely about our faith, other than in this email.}}</ref> She has appeared at a fundraiser for the conservative group [[Moms for Liberty]].<ref name="mediamatters">{{Cite web |last=Little |first=Olivia |date=November 12, 2021 |title=Unmasking Moms for Liberty |url=https://www.mediamatters.org/critical-race-theory/unmasking-moms-liberty |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211120210226/https://www.mediamatters.org/critical-race-theory/unmasking-moms-liberty |archive-date=November 20, 2021 |access-date=November 20, 2021 |website=[[Media Matters for America]]}}</ref> Kelly has [[Raynaud's disease]].<ref>https://www.megynkelly.com/Episode 859,16:18</ref> In 2022, Kelly revealed that her older sister, Suzanne Crossley, had died of a heart attack after a battle with addiction.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Megyn Kelly Opens Up About Her 'Firecracker' Sister's Death and Her Struggles with Addiction |url=https://people.com/tv/megyn-kelly-honors-sister-in-touching-tribute-after-her-death/ |access-date=2024-09-16 |website=[[Peoplemag]] |language=en}}</ref> She had left behind three children and a grandson.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Zilber |first=Ariel |date=2022-10-24 |title=Megyn Kelly reveals sister died suddenly: 'Spare a prayer for my mom'' |url=https://nypost.com/2022/10/24/megyn-kelly-reveals-sister-died-suddenly-spare-a-prayer-for-my-mom/ |access-date=2024-09-16 |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2023-08-21 |title='It Just Haunts You': Megyn Opens Up About Her Late Sister's Addiction and Recovery |url=https://www.megynkelly.com/2023/08/21/it-just-haunts-you-megyn-opens-up-about-her-late-sisters-addiction-and-recovery/ |access-date=2024-09-16 |website=Megyn Kelly |language=en-US}}</ref> |
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On October 12, 2016, Kelly stated in a segment on her show with Fox News commentator [[Julie Roginsky]] that she is a lifelong [[Catholic Church in the United States|Catholic]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Multiple women accuse Trump of bad behavior |url=http://www.foxnews.com/transcript/2016/10/12/multiple-women-accuse-trump-bad-behavior/ |website=Fox News |accessdate=October 14, 2016 |date=October 12, 2016 |type=Transcript |quote=But I'm Catholic. I've lived as a Catholic my whole life, but I haven't heard my fellow Catholics speak so snidely about our faith, other than in this email.}}</ref> |
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=== Political views === |
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On December 14, 2020, Kelly said she's leaving New York City and taking her kids out of their far left 'woke' $56k-a-year school after letter circulated saying 'white kids are being indoctrinated in black death' and will grow up to be 'killer cops'. |
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Politically, Kelly identifies as an [[Independent (voter)|independent]], and told ''[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]]'' in 2015 that she had voted for both Democrats and Republicans.<ref>{{Cite magazine |last=Setoodeh |first=Ramin |last2=Steinberg |first2=Brian |date=June 22, 2015 |title=Fox News Anchor Megyn Kelly Comes Out as an Independent |url=https://variety.com/2015/tv/news/fox-news-megyn-kelly-independent-1201525083/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151019062205/http://variety.com/2015/tv/news/fox-news-megyn-kelly-independent-1201525083/ |archive-date=October 19, 2015 |magazine=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]]}}</ref> She has spoken out in support of [[War on drugs|drug legalization]] and supports accepting more [[legal immigrants]],<ref>{{Cite web |last=Stossel |first=John |date=November 30, 2022 |title='I'm totally uncancelable': Megyn Kelly speaks out on left-wing and right-wing media bias |url=https://reason.com/2022/11/30/im-totally-uncancelable-megyn-kelly-speaks-out-on-left-wing-and-right-wing-media-bias/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230330210024/https://reason.com/2022/11/30/im-totally-uncancelable-megyn-kelly-speaks-out-on-left-wing-and-right-wing-media-bias/ |archive-date=March 30, 2023 |access-date=March 30, 2023 |website=[[Reason.com]] |language=en-US}}</ref> but objected to Muslim immigration in Europe.<ref>{{Cite web |date=October 24, 2018 |title=Megyn Kelly's Long History Of Racial Insensitivity |url=https://www.huffpost.com/entry/megyn-kelly-racial-insensitivity-blackface_n_5bd088e8e4b055bc948748af |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230330210024/https://www.huffpost.com/entry/megyn-kelly-racial-insensitivity-blackface_n_5bd088e8e4b055bc948748af |archive-date=March 30, 2023 |access-date=March 30, 2023 |website=[[HuffPost]] |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=January 7, 2016 |title=Fox's Kelly On Muslim Immigration: 'Is Germany Over As We Know It? Is Europe?' |url=https://www.mediamatters.org/fox-nation/foxs-kelly-muslim-immigration-germany-over-we-know-it-europe |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230330210026/https://www.mediamatters.org/fox-nation/foxs-kelly-muslim-immigration-germany-over-we-know-it-europe |archive-date=March 30, 2023 |access-date=March 30, 2023 |website=[[Media Matters for America]] |language=en}}</ref>{{unreliable source?|date=August 2023}} After the [[Parkland high school shooting]] in 2018, Kelly criticized the [[National Rifle Association of America]] for being too powerful and criticized lawmakers for not pushing for reform on guns.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Concha |first=Joe |date=February 15, 2018 |title=Megyn Kelly: Guns are 'too ubiquitous' |url=https://thehill.com/homenews/media/374060-megyn-kelly-guns-are-too-ubiquitous/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230330210026/https://thehill.com/homenews/media/374060-megyn-kelly-guns-are-too-ubiquitous/ |archive-date=March 30, 2023 |access-date=March 30, 2023 |website=[[TheHill.com]] |language=en-US}}</ref> |
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In June 2023, Kelly explained why she had changed her position on "[[Preferred gender pronoun|preferred pronouns]]" from being for them to being against them.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Schwartz |first=Ian |date=June 2, 2023 |title=Megyn Kelly: I'm Done With The Trans Pronoun Charade, I Didn't See The Harm |url=https://www.realclearpolitics.com/video/2023/06/02/megyn_kelly_i_was_unfortunately_an_early_proponent_of_using_preferred_pronouns_trans_people_were_tortured_enough.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240201093355/https://www.realclearpolitics.com/video/2023/06/02/megyn_kelly_i_was_unfortunately_an_early_proponent_of_using_preferred_pronouns_trans_people_were_tortured_enough.html |archive-date=February 1, 2024 |access-date=July 19, 2023 |website=[[RealClearPolitics]]}}</ref> She had also begun to express [[Transphobia|anti-transgender]] views, especially against [[LGBTQ]] figures such as [[Dylan Mulvaney]], referring to Mulvaney's "mockery of womanhood and girlhood";<ref>{{Cite web |last=Lindsay |first=Benjamin |date=April 17, 2023 |title=Megyn Kelly Goes on Transphobic Tirade Over Dylan Mulvaney |url=https://www.thewrap.com/megyn-kelly-dylan-mulvaney-transphobic-anheuser-busch-clip/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230417221256/https://www.thewrap.com/megyn-kelly-dylan-mulvaney-transphobic-anheuser-busch-clip/ |archive-date=April 17, 2023 |access-date=November 22, 2023 |website=[[TheWrap]] |language=en-US}}</ref> Ava Kris Tyson, who was repeatedly [[Transphobia#Misgendering|misgendered]] by Kelly in a response to Tyson coming out as a [[Trans woman|transgender woman]] in an interview with [[Anthony Padilla]];<ref>{{Cite web |date=July 26, 2023 |title=Megyn Kelly Attacks YouTube Megastar Mr. Beast For Daring to Put Transgender Friend in His Videos |url=https://www.mediaite.com/politics/megyn-kelly-and-oli-london-say-its-incredibly-harmful-for-youtuber-mr-beast-to-feature-transgender-friend-in-videos/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230726175615/https://www.mediaite.com/politics/megyn-kelly-and-oli-london-say-its-incredibly-harmful-for-youtuber-mr-beast-to-feature-transgender-friend-in-videos/ |archive-date=July 26, 2023 |access-date=November 22, 2023 |website=[[Mediaite]] |language=en}}</ref> and the writers of the ''[[Transformers: EarthSpark]]'' kids show, calling them "disgusting" for showcasing a [[Non-binary gender|non-binary]] [[Non-binary characters in fiction|character]].<ref>{{Cite web|title=Transformers are Fox News' Latest Outrage Target |url=https://www.seibertron.com/transformers/news/transformers-are-fox-news-megyn-kellys-latest-outrage-target/47695/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230514080710/https://www.seibertron.com/transformers/news/transformers-are-fox-news-megyn-kellys-latest-outrage-target/47695/ |archive-date=May 14, 2023 |access-date=November 22, 2023 |website=Seibertron.com |language=en}}</ref> |
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After [[Taylor Swift]] endorsed [[Kamala Harris]] in the [[2024 United States presidential election|2024 presidential election]], Kelly said "screw you Taylor Swift" on ''[[The Tucker Carlson Show]]'' for "picking a side" in a hotly contested election and due to Swift explaining this choice as a result of [[Tim Walz]]'s LGBTQ stance.<ref>{{Cite AV media |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uGGRElF0Wss |title=Megyn Kelly: Taylor Swift's Extremist Transgender Ideology, Debate Reaction, & Cable News Collapse |date=2024-09-13 |last=Carlson |first=Tucker |access-date=2024-09-26 |via=YouTube}}</ref> On November 4, 2024, the day before the election, Kelly appeared on a stage in [[Pittsburgh]] and delivered a speech [[List of Donald Trump 2024 presidential campaign non-political endorsements|supporting Trump]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://apnews.com/article/donald-trump-megyn-kelly-rally-closing-message-11f88728b4ee24f8bfed59e68200805b |title=Trump called Megyn Kelly ‘nasty’ 9 years ago. She just helped deliver his closing message }}Associated Press</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.tiktok.com/@realdonaldtrump/video/7433682490071452970?lang=en |title=THANK YOU MEGYN KELLY, GREAT HONOR! }}Per Donald Trump's official TikTok account</ref> |
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In an interview, Kelly criticized [[Rachel Levine]], saying Levine is "the farthest thing I've seen from a woman in a long time. He was unattractive as a male, outrageous as a female."<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.bitchute.com/video/8wQP7O6lUPw/ |title='She's the farthest thing I've seen from a woman': Megyn Kelly slams Rachel Levine |via=www.bitchute.com}}</ref> |
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Born | Megyn Marie Kelly November 18, 1970 Champaign, Illinois, U.S. |
Other names | Megyn Kendall[1] |
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Megyn Marie Kelly (/ˈmeɪɡən/; born November 18, 1970)[3] is an American commentator and media personality.[4] Her talk show and podcast, The Megyn Kelly Show, airs live daily on the Triumph channel on SiriusXM, and has 2.3 million subscribers. She had been a talk show host at Fox News from 2004 to 2017 and a host and correspondent with NBC News from 2017 to 2018. Besides her podcast, she is also active in posting to her Instagram page and YouTube channel.
During her time at Fox News, Kelly hosted America Live and, before that, co-hosted America's Newsroom with Bill Hemmer. From 2007 to 2012, the two reporters hosted Fox News Channel's New Year's Eve specials. Kelly also hosted The Kelly File from October 2013 to January 2017. In 2014, she was included in the TIME list of the 100 most influential people. Kelly left Fox News in January 2017 and joined NBC News. She started hosting the third hour of the morning show Today with her program titled Megyn Kelly Today in September 2017. The show was cancelled in October 2018 after a segment discussing blackface, and she left the network in January 2019.
Early life and education
Kelly was born on November 18, 1970 in Champaign, Illinois,[5][6] to Edward Francis Kelly, Ed.D.,[7] who taught in the School of Education at the State University of New York at Albany, and Linda (née DeMaio), a homemaker.[8] She grew up with an older sister, Suzanne (1964–2022) and an older brother, Pete (born c. 1965).[9] She is of Italian and German descent on her mother's side and Irish descent on her father's.[8] She was raised Catholic.[10] Her father died of a heart attack in 1985 when she was 15 years old.[11][12] She also has a step-sister and a step-brother from her mother's second marriage, to Peter Kirwan.[13]
Kelly attended Tecumseh Elementary School in suburban Syracuse, New York. When she was 9, her family moved to Delmar, New York, a suburb of Albany,[14][6] where she attended Bethlehem Central High School.[15] She obtained an undergraduate degree in political science from the Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs at Syracuse University in 1992[8][16] and earned a J.D. from Albany Law School in 1995.[17]
Kelly was an associate attorney in the Chicago office of law firm Bickel & Brewer LLP. In fall 1996, she co-wrote an article, "The Conflicting Roles of Lawyer as Director", for the American Bar Association's journal, Litigation.[18] She later worked at Jones Day for nine years, where one of her clients was the credit bureau Experian.[19]
Media career
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Early career
In 2003, Kelly moved to Washington, D.C., where she was hired by the ABC affiliate WJLA-TV as a general assignment reporter.[12] She covered national and local events, including live coverage of the confirmation hearings for U.S. Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito and Chief Justice John G. Roberts, the retirement of Justice Sandra Day O'Connor, the death of Chief Justice William Rehnquist, and the 2004 presidential election.[20] CNN president Jonathan Klein later said he regretted not hiring Kelly as a reporter at the beginning of her career, because she was "the one talent you'd want to have from somewhere else".[15]
2004–2017: Fox News
In 2004, Kelly applied for a job at Fox News.[20] She contributed legal segments for Special Report with Brit Hume and hosted her own legal segment, Kelly's Court, during Weekend Live. She appeared in a weekly segment on The O'Reilly Factor and occasionally filled in for Greta Van Susteren on On the Record, where most of her reporting focused on legal and political matters. She occasionally contributed as an anchor, but more often as a substitute anchor on weekends.[21] On February 1, 2010, Kelly began hosting her own two-hour afternoon show, America Live, which replaced The Live Desk.[22][23] She was a guest panelist on Fox News' late-night satire program Red Eye w/ Greg Gutfeld. In 2010, viewership for America Live increased by 20%, averaging 1,293,000 viewers, and increased by 4% in the 25–54 age demographic, averaging 268,000 viewers.[24] In December 2010, Kelly hosted a New Year's Eve special with Bill Hemmer.[25]
Kelly received media attention for her coverage of the results of the 2012 United States presidential election. On election night, Fox News' decision desk projected that Obama would win the state of Ohio along with a second term after part of the results had been released. Republican operative Karl Rove objected to this projection, whereupon Kelly - with camera following - dramatically walked backstage to the decision desk and spoke with them; she also asked Rove, "Is this just math that you do as a Republican to make yourself feel better? Or is this real?"[26][27][28][29] Kelly left America Live in July 2013 and took maternity leave. That October she began hosting a new nightly program, The Kelly File.[30] The Kelly File was occasionally the channel's ratings leader, topping The O'Reilly Factor.[31][32]
In December 2013, Kelly commented on a Slate article on The Kelly File: "For all you kids watching at home, Santa just is white, but this person is just arguing that maybe we should also have a black Santa," adding, "But Santa is what he is, and just so you know, we're just debating this because someone wrote about it." Kelly also said that Jesus was a white man later in the segment.[33] Soon after, Jon Stewart,[34] Stephen Colbert,[35] Rachel Maddow,[36] Josh Barro,[37] and others satirized her remarks.[38] Two days later, she said on the air that her original comments were "tongue-in-cheek",[39][40][41][42][43] and that the skin color of Jesus is "far from settled".[44] In June 2015, Kelly interviewed Jim Bob Duggar and Michelle Duggar of 19 Kids and Counting regarding their son Josh Duggar's alleged molestation of five girls in 2002. She later interviewed two of their daughters, Jill and Jessa. This show's Nielsen national estimates ratings of 3.09 million viewers, above its average 2.11 million, ranked with the 3.2 million for the Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 shootdown coverage and 7.3 million for the Ferguson riots coverage.[45]
In the Republican Party presidential debate on August 6, 2015, Kelly asked then-presidential candidate Donald Trump whether a man of his temperament ought to be elected president, noting that he has called various women insulting names in the past.[46] Kelly's moderating generated a range of media and political reactions and her professionalism was criticized by Trump.[47][48][49][50] Kelly responded to Trump's criticism by saying she would not "apologize for doing good journalism".[51] Trump declined to attend the Iowa January 28 debate that she moderated.[52] After the debate and off-camera, Ted Cruz said that Kelly had referred to Trump off-camera as "Voldemort", though Fox News denied it.[53] Bill Maher complimented Kelly as being "so much better" than the candidates who attended the January 28 debate and argued that she was a more viable candidate for the Republican nomination.[54]
In an interview with CBS News Sunday Morning, Kelly reflected that she was disappointed with the lack of support she received from coworker Bill O'Reilly and CNN, the latter airing a Trump event the same time as the debate.[55][56] In April, at her request,[57] Kelly met with Trump at Trump Tower, having "a chance to clear the air".[58] The following month, after interviewing Trump and being met with mixed reception,[59] she expressed interest in doing another one with him.[60] In June, she criticized Trump for his claims against judge Gonzalo P. Curiel's impartiality.[61] In October, a contentious discussion between Kelly and Newt Gingrich on The Kelly File regarding Trump's sexual comments in a 2005 audio recording gained widespread social media reaction.[62]
In March 2016, it was announced that Kelly would host a one-hour prime time special on the Fox network wherein she would interview celebrities from the worlds of "politics, entertainment, and other areas of human interest".[63] The special aired in May 2016, which was a sweeps month.[64] It acquired 4.8 million viewers, but placed third in the ratings.[65] Gabriel Sherman wrote of the stakes for Kelly as "high", elaborating that with Kelly being in the final year of her contract with Fox and having confirmed her ambitions, "[t]he special was essentially a public interview for her next job."[66]
In July 2016, amid allegations of sexual harassment on the part of Fox News CEO Roger Ailes, Kelly was reported to have confirmed that she herself was also subjected to his harassment.[67][68] Two days after the report, Ailes resigned from Fox News and his lawyer, Susan Estrich, publicly denied the charge.[69] During her coverage of the 2016 Republican National Convention, her attire received criticism.[70] In a defense of Kelly, Jenavieve Hatch of The Huffington Post commented, "If you're a woman on national television reporting on a political event from hot, humid Cleveland, wearing a weather-appropriate outfit makes you the target of an endless stream of sexist commentary."[71] In September 2016, it was reported that Kelly would be collaborating with Michael De Luca to produce Embeds, a scripted comedy about reporters covering politics, to be aired on a streaming service.[72][73] Kelly appeared on the cover of the February 2016 issue of Vanity Fair.[74] In 2016, she was an honoree for Variety's Power of Women for her addressing child abuse.[75]
2017–2018: NBC News
In late 2016, with her Fox contract in its final months, Kelly was rumored to be actively considering moving to other news networks.[76][77] In January 2017, The New York Times reported that she would leave Fox News for a "triple role" at NBC News, which would include roles as a daytime talk show, hosting a forthcoming Sunday-night newsmagazine, as well as becoming a correspondent for major news events and political coverage.[78][79] She departed Fox News on January 6, 2017, after the last episode of The Kelly File was aired.[80][81] In January 2017 People, quoting an unspecified source, reported that Kelly remained under a non-compete clause with Fox until July 2017, which would prevent her from working for a competitor until the clause expired, unless it would be canceled prior.[82]
On June 2, 2017, Kelly interviewed Russian president Vladimir Putin, first in a panel discussion she moderated at the St. Petersburg International Economic Forum and later in a one-on-one interview for the premiere episode of NBC's Sunday Night with Megyn Kelly, which aired June 4, 2017.[83][84][85] Kelly's daytime talk show, Megyn Kelly Today, premiered in September 2017.[86][87][88][89]
Kelly was being paid reportedly between $15 million and $20 million a year at NBC.[90] After an initial run of eight episodes in the summer of 2017, NBC decided to bring her newsmagazine show Sunday Night with Megyn Kelly back for summer 2018 after a hiatus for football and the Winter Olympics, but only periodically. However, this return never materialized.[91][92] Instead, Kelly continued to report stories for Dateline NBC during the summer of 2018, continuing her work for the show which she joined in 2017.[93]
On October 23, 2018, Kelly was criticized for on-air remarks she made on Megyn Kelly Today related to the appropriateness of blackface as part of Halloween costumes. She recollected that "when I was a kid, that was okay as long as you were dressing up like a character", and defended Luann de Lesseps's use of skin darkening spray to wear a Diana Ross Halloween costume.[94] [95] After receiving backlash for her comments, Kelly issued an internal email apologizing for the remarks later that day.[96] On October 26, 2018, NBC canceled Megyn Kelly Today.[97] It had been reported that Kelly was considering ending the program to focus on her role as a correspondent.[98] Her employment was terminated on January 11, 2019, and she was paid the $30 million due for the remainder of her contract.[99][100][101]
2020–present: Sirius XM
Kelly announced the launch of Devil May Care Media, her media production company, on September 10, 2020, with a podcast, The Megyn Kelly Show.[102] Its first episode premiered on September 28, 2020.[103] On July 6, 2021, it was announced that the podcast would move to Sirius XM on September 7, 2021, to broadcast weekdays at 12 noon ET on the talk radio channel Triumph, along with a video simulcast available to Sirius XM subscribers.[104] As of August 2024, her YouTube show had 2.3 million subscribers.[105]
In early 2023, Kelly teased that she had to join SAG-AFTRA for an upcoming secret project. On November 30, 2023, she revealed on her show that she was set to star alongside Danny Trejo, Roseanne Barr, and Adam Carolla in Mr. Birchum, a new Daily Wire adult animated comedy series scheduled to debut in early 2024.[106][107] On December 6, 2023, Kelly returned to the moderator desk to co-host the fourth Republican primary debate alongside Elizabeth Vargas and Eliana Johnson on NewsNation.[108][109][110]
Writing
In February 2016, Kelly signed an agreement with HarperCollins to write an autobiography scheduled for release later that year, in a deal worth more than $10 million.[111][112][113] The book, titled Settle for More, was released on November 15, 2016.[114][115]
Accolades
- In 2009, Kelly received an award from Childhelp for her work as a Fox News anchor covering the subject of child abuse.[116] Kelly was honored with an Alumni Achievement Award from the Albany Law School in 2010 for her 15th class reunion.[117] She was included in the 2014 Time list of the 100 most influential people.[118] On September 26, 2015, Kelly was inducted into the Hall of Fame at Bethlehem Central High School, her alma mater.[119]
In popular culture
Bombshell, a 2019 film depicting Roger Ailes' sexual abuses and his subsequent resignation from Fox News, was released on December 13, 2019. Kelly is portrayed in the film by Charlize Theron, who was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Actress for her performance.[120] Kelly said she was not consulted for the film's content;[121] however, after viewing a screening of the film, Kelly held a roundtable discussion with other involved parties such as Juliet Huddy, Rudi Bakhtiar, Douglas Brunt, and former Fox News producer Julie Zann. Kelly confirmed and denied several moments in the film, while describing the film overall as an emotional experience for her.[122][123]
Personal life
In 2001, Kelly married Daniel Kendall, an anesthesiologist, in a Catholic ceremony. The marriage ended in divorce in 2006.[124] In March 2024, Kelly revealed that she was going through the Catholic annulment process with Kendall.[125]
In 2008, she married Douglas Brunt, who was then president and CEO of the cybersecurity firm Authentium,[126] and who became a full-time writer and novelist.[127] They have three children: Son Yates, daughter Yardley, and son Thatcher, born in 2009, 2011, and 2013 respectively.[128][129][130][131] All three children were conceived through in vitro fertilization.[132][133] The family lives in Connecticut during the school year, and have a waterfront New Jersey home for the summer.[134]
Kelly is a lifelong Catholic.[135] She has appeared at a fundraiser for the conservative group Moms for Liberty.[136] Kelly has Raynaud's disease.[137] In 2022, Kelly revealed that her older sister, Suzanne Crossley, had died of a heart attack after a battle with addiction.[138] She had left behind three children and a grandson.[139][140]
Political views
Politically, Kelly identifies as an independent, and told Variety in 2015 that she had voted for both Democrats and Republicans.[141] She has spoken out in support of drug legalization and supports accepting more legal immigrants,[142] but objected to Muslim immigration in Europe.[143][144][unreliable source?] After the Parkland high school shooting in 2018, Kelly criticized the National Rifle Association of America for being too powerful and criticized lawmakers for not pushing for reform on guns.[145]
In June 2023, Kelly explained why she had changed her position on "preferred pronouns" from being for them to being against them.[146] She had also begun to express anti-transgender views, especially against LGBTQ figures such as Dylan Mulvaney, referring to Mulvaney's "mockery of womanhood and girlhood";[147] Ava Kris Tyson, who was repeatedly misgendered by Kelly in a response to Tyson coming out as a transgender woman in an interview with Anthony Padilla;[148] and the writers of the Transformers: EarthSpark kids show, calling them "disgusting" for showcasing a non-binary character.[149]
After Taylor Swift endorsed Kamala Harris in the 2024 presidential election, Kelly said "screw you Taylor Swift" on The Tucker Carlson Show for "picking a side" in a hotly contested election and due to Swift explaining this choice as a result of Tim Walz's LGBTQ stance.[150] On November 4, 2024, the day before the election, Kelly appeared on a stage in Pittsburgh and delivered a speech supporting Trump.[151][152] In an interview, Kelly criticized Rachel Levine, saying Levine is "the farthest thing I've seen from a woman in a long time. He was unattractive as a male, outrageous as a female."[153]
See also
References
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But I'm Catholic. I've lived as a Catholic my whole life, but I haven't heard my fellow Catholics speak so snidely about our faith, other than in this email.
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