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{{short description|American journalistcommentator and podcaster (born 1970)}}
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{{Infobox person
| name = Megyn Kelly
| image = Megyn Kelly by(53804005492) Gage Skidmore(cropped).jpg
| caption = Kelly in 20232024
| birth_name = Megyn Marie Kelly
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|mf=yes|1970|11|18}}
| birth_place = [[Champaign, Illinois]], U.S.
| other_names = Megyn Kendall
| alma_matereducation = {{unbulleted list
| [[Syracuse University]] ([[Bachelor of Arts|BA]])
| [[Albany Law School]] ([[Juris Doctor|JD]])
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| occupation = {{flatlist|
*Talk show host
*political commentator }}
| years active = 2003{{ndash}}present
| employer = {{ubl
| [[American Broadcasting Company|ABC]] (2003{{ndashnbnd}}2004)<br/>
| [[Fox News]] (2004{{ndashnbnd}}2017)<br/>
| [[NBC]] (2017{{ndashnbnd}}2019)<br/>
| [[SiriusXM]] (2021{{ndashnbnd}}present)
}}▼
| notable_works = ''[[Sunday Night with Megyn Kelly]]<br />[[Megyn Kelly Today]]<br />[[The Kelly File]]<br />[[America Live with Megyn Kelly|America Live]]''<br />''The Megyn Kelly Show''
| party notable_works = [[Independent]]{{ubl
| ''[[Sunday Night with Megyn Kelly]]''
|title= ''[[Megyn Kelly Today]]''▼
| ''[[The Kelly File]]''
| ''[[America Live with Megyn Kelly|America Live]]''
| ''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>
| spouse = {{unbulleted list
| {{marriage|Daniel Kendall|2001|2006|reason=divorced}}
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'''Megyn Marie Kelly''' ({{IPAc-en|ˈ|m|eɪ|g|ə|n}}; born November 18, 1970)<ref>{{cite book |last= |first= |author-link= |date=2002 |title=The Martindale–Hubbell Law Directory |volume=7 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=dC08AQAAIAAJ&q=%22MEGYN+M.+KELLY+,+born+Champaign+,+Illinois+,+November+18+,+1970%22 |location=New Providence, NJ |publisher=Martindale-Hubbell Law Directory, Incorporated |page=11406 |isbn=978-1-5616-0515-6 |via=[[Google Books]] |access-date=January 31, 2023 |archive-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 |url-status=live }}</ref> is an American journalistcommentator 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 |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." |access-date=January 31, 2023 |archive-date=January 31, 2023 |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 |url-status=live }}</ref> She currently hosts a talk show and podcast, ''The Megyn Kelly Show'', that airs live daily on the Triumph channel on [[SiriusXM]]. She was a talk show host at [[Fox News]] from 2004 to 2017 and a host and correspondent with [[NBC News]] from 2017 to 2018. She is also active in posting to her [[Instagram]] page and [[YouTube]] channel.
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.
==Early life and education==
Kelly was born on November 18, 1970 in [[Champaign, Illinois]],<ref>{{cite book |last=Kelly |first=Megyn |year=2016 |title=Settle for More |publisher=Harper |location=New York |isbn=978-0-06-249460-3}}</ref><ref name=brit>{{cite encyclopedia |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Megyn-Kelly |title=Megyn Kelly |first=Richard |last=Pallardy |encyclopedia=[[Encyclopedia Britannica]]|access-date=January 17, 2019|archive-date=November 19, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201119020222/https://www.britannica.com/biography/Megyn-Kelly|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 |url=http://www.elle.com/life-love/society-career/megyn-kelly-on-her-childhood |title=How Fox's Megyn Kelly Got to the Top, And Why She's Probably There to Stay |date=January 20, 2014 |first=Ben |last=Dickinson |magazine=[[Elle (magazine)|Elle]] |access-date=June 2, 2015 |archive-date=May 26, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150526184342/http://www.elle.com/culture/career-politics/interviews/a12652/megyn-kelly-profile/ |url-status=dead}}</ref> She grew up with a sister, Suzanne (1964–2022) and a brother, Pete. 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 |url=http://www.foxnews.com/transcript/2016/10/12/multiple-women-accuse-trump-bad-behavior.html |title=Multiple women accuse Trump of bad behavior |date=October 12, 2016 |work=Fox News|access-date=February 17, 2018 |language=en-US|archive-date=June 30, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180630050634/http://www.foxnews.com/transcript/2016/10/12/multiple-women-accuse-trump-bad-behavior.html|url-status=live}}</ref> Her father died of a heart attack in 1985 when she was 15 years old.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Henderson |first=Cydney |date=2018-11-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 |access-date=February 3, 2023-02-03 |website=USA TODAY |language=en-US |archive-date=February 3, 2023 |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/ }}</ref><ref name="Quick Rise">{{cite news |url=http://alb.merlinone.net/mweb/wmsql.wm.request?oneimage&imageid=6546634 |title=For Megyn Kelly, a quick rise at Fox |newspaper=[[The Washington Post]] |via=''[[Times Union (Albany)|Times Union]]'' (Albany, New York) |date=April 16, 2008 |first=Howard |last=Kurtz |author-link=Howard Kurtz |access-date=December 13, 2022 |archive-date=May 11, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110511141424/http://alb.merlinone.net/mweb/wmsql.wm.request?oneimage&imageid=6546634 |url-status=dead}}</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>
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 |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 |newspaper=[[The Post-Standard]] |location=Syracuse, New York |date=October 6, 2013 |first=Geoff |last=Herbert |access-date=June 2, 2015 |archive-date=February 23, 2014 |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 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref name=brit /> where she attended [[Bethlehem Central High School]].<ref name=nytimesmagazine>{{cite magazine |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2015/01/25/magazine/the-megyn-kelly-moment.html |title=The Megyn Kelly Moment |first=Jim |last=Rutenberg |author-link=Jim Rutenberg |date=January 21, 2015 |magazine=[[The New York Times Magazine]] |access-date=June 2, 2015 |archive-date=April 29, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150429003808/http://www.nytimes.com/2015/01/25/magazine/the-megyn-kelly-moment.html?_r=0 |url-status=live }}</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 |last1=Herbert |first1=Geoff |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 |access-date=27 February 27, 2023 |work=[[syracuse.com]] |date=5 January 5, 2016 |language=en |archive-date=February 27, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230227000842/https://www.syracuse.com/entertainment/2016/01/megyn_kelly_newhouse_syracuse_credit.html |url-status=live }}</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 |website=[[Albany Law School]] |location=Albany, New York |access-date=November 10, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150722025413/http://www.albanylaw.edu/about/pages/facts.aspx |archive-date=July 22, 2015 |url-status=dead |df=mdy-all }}</ref> <!--where she served as an associate editor of the ''[[Albany Law Review]]''.-->
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 |url=http://heinonline.org/HOL/LandingPage?collection=journals&handle=hein.journals/laba23&div=16&id=&page= |title=23 Litigation 1996–1997 Conflicting Roles of Lawyer as Director, The Conflicts |journal=Litigation |volume=23 |page=48 |access-date=August 13, 2011 |last1=Cummins |first1=Robert P. |last2=Kelly |first2=Megyn M. |archive-date=August 30, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130830112905/http://heinonline.org/HOL/LandingPage?collection=journals&handle=hein.journals/laba23&div=16&id=&page= |url-status=live }}</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 |website=vLex |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 |df=mdy-all }}</ref>
==Television career==
===Early career===
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 |url=http://www.foxnews.com/on-air/personalities/megyn-kelly/bio/#s=h-l |title=Megyn Kelly – Biography |website=Fox News|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}}</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>{{cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2015/01/25/magazine/the-megyn-kelly-moment.html |title=The Megyn Kelly Moment |date=January 21, 2015 |first=Jim |last=Rutenburg |newspaper=[[The New York Times]] |access-date=February 22, 2017 |archive-date=April 29, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150429003808/http://www.nytimes.com/2015/01/25/magazine/the-megyn-kelly-moment.html?_r=0 |url-status=live }}</ref>
===2004–2017: Fox News===
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 |first=Howard |last=Kurtz |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/04/13/AR2008041302158.html |title=Megyn Kelly, Fox News's Fast-Rising Anchor |newspaper=The Washington Post |date=April 14, 2008 |access-date=September 4, 2017 |archive-date=December 2, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181202211456/http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/04/13/AR2008041302158.html |url-status=live }}</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 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2010/02/01/business/media/01kelly.html |title=New Role Puts Anchor in Fox News Spotlight |first=Brian |last=Stelter |work=The New York Times |date=January 31, 2010 |access-date=February 22, 2017 |archive-date=April 21, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190421145012/https://www.nytimes.com/2010/02/01/business/media/01kelly.html |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.mediaite.com/tv/changes-to-fnc-daytime-megyn-kelly-to-get-new-1pm-show/ |title=Changes To FNC Daytime: Megyn Kelly To Get New 1pm Show (Update) |first=Steve |last=Krakauer |date=January 20, 2010 |website=Mediaite.com |access-date=July 23, 2016 |archive-date=July 13, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170713113755/http://www.mediaite.com/tv/changes-to-fnc-daytime-megyn-kelly-to-get-new-1pm-show/ |url-status=live }}</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 |first=Glynnis |last=MacNicol |url=http://www.businessinsider.com/megyn-kelly-sees-biggest-year-to-year-ratings-increase-at-fox-news-2010-11 |title=Megyn Kelly Sees Biggest Year to Year Ratings Increased at Fox News |website=[[Business Insider]] |date=November 30, 2010 |access-date=November 29, 2012 |archive-date=February 4, 2016 |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 |url-status=live }}</ref> In December 2010, Kelly hosted a New Year's Eve special with [[Bill Hemmer]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.adweek.com/tvnewser/megyn-kelly-and-bill-hemmer-to-host-new-years-eve-on-fox-news/44726 |title=Megyn Kelly and Bill Hemmer to Host New Year's Eve on Fox News |first=Chris |last=Ariens |date=December 13, 2010 |website=TVNewser |access-date=July 23, 2016 |archive-date=May 10, 2017 |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 |url-status=live }}</ref>
[[File:Megyn Kelly in 2012.jpg|thumb|left|upright|Kelly reporting during Fox's [[2012 Republican National Convention]] coverage]]
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. In response to [[Karl Rove]]'s opposition to this projection, Kelly walked backstage to the decision desk on camera 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 |last1=Reeve |first1=Elspeth |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/ |work=The Atlantic |date=November 7, 2012|access-date=April 23, 2018|archive-date=May 20, 2019|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/|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |first=David |last=Taintor |url=http://talkingpointsmemo.com/election2012/jon-stewart-delights-in-fox-news-epic-election-night-meltdown |title=Jon Stewart on Fox News' election night meltdown |website=[[Talking Points Memo]] |date=November 8, 2012 |access-date=August 15, 2015 |archive-date=April 12, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190412094848/https://talkingpointsmemo.com/election2012/jon-stewart-delights-in-fox-news-epic-election-night-meltdown |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://thedailyshow.cc.com/videos/bxtuzh/post-democalypse-2012---america-takes-a-shower---karl-rove-s-math |title=Post Democalypse 2012 – America Takes a Shower – Karl Rove's Math |website=[[The Daily Show]] with Jon Stewart |publisher=Comedy Central |date=November 7, 2012 |access-date=August 15, 2015 |archive-date=August 20, 2015 |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 |url-status=live dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last=Dowd |first=Maureen |authorlinkauthor-link=Maureen Dowd |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2012/11/11/opinion/sunday/dowd-romney-is-president.html |title=Romney Is President |newspaper=[[The New York Times]] |date=November 10, 2012 |access-date=February 22, 2017 |archive-date=May 10, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190510211518/https://www.nytimes.com/2012/11/11/opinion/sunday/dowd-romney-is-president.html |url-status=live}}</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 |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 |access-date=August 15, 2015 |archive-date=December 8, 2015 |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 |url-status=live}}</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]] |access-date=December 12, 2019 |archive-date=March 19, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200319085205/https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/tv-ratings-megyn-kelly-bests-819516 |url-status=live}}</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 |access-date=April 16, 2020 |archive-date=November 16, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161116053917/http://www.vanityfair.com/news/2016/05/megyn-kelly-fox-interview |url-status=live}}</ref>
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 |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 |access-date=December 17, 2013 |archive-date=December 17, 2013 |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/ |url-status=live}}</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 |access-date=December 12, 2019 |archive-date=March 23, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190323070922/https://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/12/17/jon-stewart-megyn-kelly_n_4459151.html |url-status=live}}</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 |access-date=December 17, 2013 |last=Taibi |first=Catherine |archive-date=March 23, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190323070913/https://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/12/13/colbert-megyn-kelly-santa-white_n_4440467.html |url-status=live}}</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 |author-link=Steve Benen |access-date=December 12, 2019 |archive-date=March 26, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200326113247/http://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow-show/week-god-86 |url-status=live}}</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 |access-date=December 23, 2013 |archive-date=March 1, 2016 |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 |url-status=live}}</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]] |access-date=December 18, 2013 |archive-date=August 16, 2015 |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 |url-status=live}}</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 }}</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 |access-date=March 10, 2017 |archive-date=December 5, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191205030007/https://newrepublic.com/article/115938/megyn-kelly-scandal-and-santa-claus-race-not-religion |url-status=live}}</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 |access-date=December 12, 2019 |archive-date=March 23, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190323070910/https://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/12/16/oreilly-white-santa-megyn_n_4456439.html |url-status=live}}</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 |access-date=December 12, 2019 |archive-date=September 2, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190902023247/http://www.msnbc.com/politicsnation/bring-the-black-santas |url-status=live}}</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 |access-date=December 18, 2013 |archive-date=April 14, 2017 |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 |url-status=live}}</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> 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=June 4, 2015 |access-date=December 10, 2017 |archive-date=October 2, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171002221006/http://variety.com/2015/tv/ratings/megyn-kellys-duggars-interview-draws-3-1-million-viewers-1201512511/ |url-status=live}}</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 |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 |access-date=August 15, 2015 |archive-date=December 8, 2015 |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 |url-status=live }}</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]] |access-date=December 12, 2019 |archive-date=March 19, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200319085205/https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/tv-ratings-megyn-kelly-bests-819516 |url-status=live }}</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 |access-date=April 16, 2020 |archive-date=November 16, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161116053917/http://www.vanityfair.com/news/2016/05/megyn-kelly-fox-interview |url-status=live }}</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 |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 |access-date=April 2, 2016 |archive-date=April 2, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160402031925/http://www.nydailynews.com/entertainment/tv/megyn-kelly-o-reilly-cnn-defended-trump-article-1.2585534 |url-status=live}}</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 |access-date=December 12, 2019 |archive-date=April 1, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190401070007/https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/megyn-kelly-donald-trump-feud-charlie-rose-879851 |url-status=live}}</ref> In April, at her request,<ref>{{cite news |first1=Michael M. |last1=Grynbaum |first2=Jim |last2=Rutenberg |author2-link=Jim 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 |access-date=February 22, 2017 |archive-date=April 7, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170407103932/https://www.nytimes.com/2016/04/14/business/media/megyn-kelly-meets-with-donald-trump.html |url-status=live}}</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 |access-date=August 3, 2020 |archive-date=November 8, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201108161950/https://money.cnn.com/2016/04/13/media/megyn-kelly-donald-trump-meet/ |url-status=live}}</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 |author-link=Hank Stuever |access-date=July 23, 2016 |archive-date=August 22, 2016 |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/ |url-status=live}}</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 |access-date=July 23, 2016 |archive-date=June 30, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160630144057/http://www.politico.com/story/2016/05/megyn-kelly-trump-interview-223643 |url-status=live}}</ref> In June, she criticized Trump for his claims against judge [[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 |access-date=July 23, 2016 |archive-date=July 20, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160720160157/http://www.politico.com/story/2016/06/megyn-kelly-trump-judge-223857 |url-status=live}}</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 |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 |access-date=February 22, 2017 |archive-date=April 6, 2017 |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 |url-status=live}}</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 |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 |access-date=December 10, 2017 |archive-date=October 2, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171002221006/http://variety.com/2015/tv/ratings/megyn-kellys-duggars-interview-draws-3-1-million-viewers-1201512511/ |url-status=live }}</ref>
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 |first=Brian |last=Steinberg |url=https://variety.com/2016/tv/news/megyn-kelly-primetime-special-fox-1201730594/ |title=Megyn Kelly To Host Primetime Special On Fox Broadcasting |magazine=Variety |date=January 28, 2016 |access-date=December 10, 2017 |archive-date=November 7, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171107030012/http://variety.com/2016/tv/news/megyn-kelly-primetime-special-fox-1201730594/ |url-status=live }}</ref> The special aired in May 2016, which was a [[sweeps]] month.<ref>{{cite web |first=Lisa |last=de Moraes |url=https://deadline.com/2016/03/megyn-kelly-fox-broadcast-celebrity-interview-special-bill-geddie-1201720755/ |title=Megyn Kelly To Host Primetime Celebrity-Interview Special On Fox Network |website=Deadline |date=January 28, 2016 |access-date=December 12, 2019 |archive-date=March 24, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200324174923/https://deadline.com/2016/03/megyn-kelly-fox-broadcast-celebrity-interview-special-bill-geddie-1201720755/ |url-status=live }}</ref> It acquired 4.8 million viewers, but placed third in the ratings.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://thewrap.com/megyn-kelly-donald-trump-interview-fox-new-girl-tv-ratings/ |title=Do Megyn Kelly's Ratings for Trump Interview Mean She's Ready for Primetime? |first=Tony |last=Maglio |date=May 18, 2016 |website=TheWrap.com |access-date=December 12, 2019 |archive-date=October 20, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191020231150/https://www.thewrap.com/megyn-kelly-donald-trump-interview-fox-new-girl-tv-ratings/ |url-status=live }}</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 |url=https://nymag.com/daily/intelligencer/2016/05/whats-next-for-megyn-kelly.html |title=What's Next for Megyn Kelly? |magazine=[[New York (magazine)|New York]] |first=Gabriel |last=Sherman |author-link=Gabriel Sherman |date=May 20, 2016 |access-date=December 12, 2019 |archive-date=May 29, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180529094346/http://nymag.com/daily/intelligencer/2016/05/whats-next-for-megyn-kelly.html |url-status=live }}</ref>▼
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 |access-date=December 15, 2016 |archive-date=January 4, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170104003716/https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2015/aug/06/donald-trump-misogyny-republican-debate-megyn-kelly |url-status=live }}</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 |access-date=December 10, 2017 |archive-date=December 7, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171207170910/http://variety.com/2015/tv/news/megyn-kelly-fox-news-star-anchor-republicans-hillary-clinton-1201524340/ |url-status=live }}</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 |access-date=September 4, 2017 |archive-date=November 7, 2017 |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/ |url-status=live }}</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 |access-date=December 12, 2019 |archive-date=December 31, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151231025257/http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/trump-megyn-kelly-debate-fox-news_55c5f6b3e4b0f73b20b989a7 |url-status=live }}</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 |access-date=January 27, 2016 |archive-date=January 28, 2016 |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 |url-status=live }}</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 |access-date=June 15, 2020 |work=Inside Edition |via=[[Yahoo! News]] |date=January 29, 2016 |archive-date=October 30, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221030024458/https://uk.news.yahoo.com/megyn-kelly-reportedly-called-trump-162500765.html |url-status=live }}</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 |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 |access-date=January 31, 2016 |archive-date=January 31, 2016 |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 |url-status=live }}</ref>
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|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/2019040107000720171011011631/https://www.hollywoodreporterusatoday.com/newsstory/money/2016/07/19/report-megyn-kelly-donaldtold-trumpfox-feudinvestigators-charlieailes-rosesexually-879851harassed-her-too/87292092/ |url-status=live }}</ref> InTwo Aprildays after the report, atAiles herresigned requestfrom Fox News and his lawyer, [[Susan Estrich]], publicly denied the charge.<ref>{{cite news |first1url=Michael Mhttps://www.chicagotribune.com/business/ct-megyn-kelly-roger-ailes-harassment-20160719-story.html |last1title=GrynbaumFox News chief Roger Ailes denies harassing Megyn Kelly |first2date=JimJuly 22, 2016 |last2newspaper=Rutenberg[[Chicago Tribune]] |author2access-linkdate=JimApril Rutenberg16, 2020 |archive-date=March 24, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200324174922/https://www.nytimeschicagotribune.com/business/ct-megyn-kelly-roger-ailes-harassment-20160719-story.html |url-status=live}}</ref> During her coverage of the [[2016 Republican National Convention]], her attire received criticism.<ref>{{cite magazine |url=http:/04/14www.usmagazine.com/businesscelebrity-news/medianews/megyn-kelly-meetsslammed-withfor-donaldrnc-trump.htmldress-that-looked-like-a-bikini-w430346 |title=Megyn Kelly MeetsWas WithShamed Donaldfor TrumpWearing This Dress During the RNC — Read the Craziest Reactions |first=Sierra |last=Marquina |date=AprilJuly 1321, 2016 |newspapermagazine=TheUs New York TimesWeekly |access-date=FebruaryJuly 2223, 20172016 |archive-date=AprilJune 73, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/2017040710393220170603224833/httpshttp://www.nytimesusmagazine.com/2016celebrity-news/04/14/business/medianews/megyn-kelly-meetsslammed-withfor-donaldrnc-trump.htmldress-that-looked-like-a-bikini-w430346 |url-status=live }}</ref> KellyIn meta withdefense Trumpof atKelly, Jenavieve Hatch of ''[[TrumpThe TowerHuffington Post]]'' commented, having "If you're a chancewoman toon clearnational television reporting 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metwould be collaborating with mixed[[Michael receptionDe Luca]] to produce ''Embeds'', a scripted comedy about reporters covering politics, to be aired on a streaming service.<ref>{{cite news |url=httpshttp://www.washingtonpostwashingtontimes.com/news/arts-and-entertainment/wp/2016/05sep/1720/megynfox-kellysnews-awkwardmegyn-primetimekelly-debutwill-wasproduce-apolitical-little-too-focused-on-megyn-kellycomedy/ |title=MegynFox KellyNews's awkwardMegyn prime-timeKelly debutwill wasproduce apolitical littlecomedy tooseries: focused on Megyn Kelly |date=May 17, 2016Report |newspaper=The Washington PostTimes |first=HankKen |last=StueverShepherd |author-linkdate=HankSeptember Stuever20, 2016 |access-date=JulySeptember 2322, 2016 |archive-date=AugustMay 2210, 20162017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/2016082207534820170510133409/httpshttp://www.washingtonpostwashingtontimes.com/news/arts-and-entertainment/wp/2016/05sep/1720/megynfox-kellysnews-awkwardmegyn-primetimekelly-debutwill-wasproduce-apolitical-little-too-focused-on-megyn-kellycomedy/ |url-status=live }}</ref> she expressed interest in doing another one with him.<ref>{{cite news |url=httphttps://www.politicowashingtonpost.com/storynews/reliable-source/wp/2016/0509/21/fox-news-anchor-megyn-kelly-trumpis-interviewtrying-223643her-hand-at-comedy/ |firstdate=NickSeptember 21, 2016 |lastnewspaper=GassThe Washington Post |title=MegynFox KellyNews teasesanchor newMegyn TrumpKelly interviewis 'verytrying soon,'her inviteshand Clintonat comedy |datefirst=May 27, 2016Helena |newspaperlast=PoliticoAndrews-Dyer |access-date=JulySeptember 2322, 2016 |archive-date=JuneMay 3010, 20162017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/2016063014405720170510141425/httphttps://www.politicowashingtonpost.com/storynews/reliable-source/wp/2016/0509/21/fox-news-anchor-megyn-kelly-trumpis-interviewtrying-223643her-hand-at-comedy/ |url-status=live }}</ref> InKelly June,appeared sheon criticizedthe Trumpcover forof histhe claimsFebruary against2016 judgeissue of ''[[GonzaloVanity P.Fair Curiel(magazine)|Vanity Fair]]'s impartiality'.<ref>{{cite newsmagazine |first=Evgenia |last=Peretz |url=httphttps://www.politicovanityfair.com/storynews/20162015/0612/megyn-kelly-trumpfox-judgenews-223857cover-story |title=MegynBlowhards, KellyBeware: TrumpMegyn 'outKelly ofWill line'Slay withYou judge attackNow |firstmagazine=Nick[[Vanity Fair (magazine)|last=GassVanity Fair]] |date=JuneJanuary 331, 2016 |newspaper=Politico |access-date=JulyApril 2316, 20162020 |archive-date=JulySeptember 2026, 20162020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/2016072016015720200926130215/httphttps://www.politicovanityfair.com/storynews/20162015/0612/megyn-kelly-trumpfox-judgenews-223857cover-story |url-status=live }}</ref> In October2016, ashe contentiouswas discussionan betweenhonoree Kelly andfor ''[[NewtVariety Gingrich(magazine)|Variety]] on ''The Kelly{{'}}s File''Power regardingof TrumpWomen''s sexualfor commentsher in aaddressing [[Donaldchild Trump and Billy Bush recording controversy|2005 audio recordingabuse]] gained widespread social media reaction.<ref>{{cite newsmagazine |url=https://www.nytimesvariety.com/2016/10tv/26news/us/newt-gingrich-megyn-kelly-bizarrechildhelp-exchangeabuse-on-live-tv.html1201745257/ |title=Newt Gingrich and Megyn Kelly GetShines Into Bizarrea ExchangeLight on LiveChild TVAbuse |first=Christopher |last=MeleNonprofit |date=OctoberApril 265, 2016 |newspaperfirst=TheRamin New|last=Setoodeh York Times|magazine=Variety |access-date=FebruaryDecember 2210, 2017 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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 |first=Brian |last=Steinberg |url=https://variety.com/2016/tv/news/megyn-kelly-primetime-special-fox-1201730594/ |title=Megyn Kelly To Host Primetime Special On Fox Broadcasting |magazine=Variety |date=January 28, 2016 |access-date=December 10, 2017 |archive-date=November 7, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171107030012/http://variety.com/2016/tv/news/megyn-kelly-primetime-special-fox-1201730594/ |url-status=live }}</ref> The special aired in May 2016, which was a [[sweeps]] month.<ref>{{cite web |first=Lisa |last=de Moraes |url=https://deadline.com/2016/03/megyn-kelly-fox-broadcast-celebrity-interview-special-bill-geddie-1201720755/ |title=Megyn Kelly To Host Primetime Celebrity-Interview Special On Fox Network |website=Deadline |date=January 28, 2016 |access-date=December 12, 2019 |archive-date=March 24, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200324174923/https://deadline.com/2016/03/megyn-kelly-fox-broadcast-celebrity-interview-special-bill-geddie-1201720755/ |url-status=live }}</ref> It acquired 4.8 million viewers, but placed third in the ratings.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://thewrap.com/megyn-kelly-donald-trump-interview-fox-new-girl-tv-ratings/ |title=Do Megyn Kelly's Ratings for Trump Interview Mean She's Ready for Primetime? |first=Tony |last=Maglio |date=May 18, 2016 |website=TheWrap.com |access-date=December 12, 2019 |archive-date=October 20, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191020231150/https://www.thewrap.com/megyn-kelly-donald-trump-interview-fox-new-girl-tv-ratings/ |url-status=live }}</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 |url=https://nymag.com/daily/intelligencer/2016/05/whats-next-for-megyn-kelly.html |title=What's Next for Megyn Kelly? |magazine=[[New York (magazine)|New York]] |first=Gabriel |last=Sherman |author-link=Gabriel Sherman |date=May 20, 2016 |access-date=December 12, 2019 |archive-date=May 29, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180529094346/http://nymag.com/daily/intelligencer/2016/05/whats-next-for-megyn-kelly.html |url-status=live }}</ref>
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 |url=https://www.cnbc.com/2016/07/19/fox-news-megyn-kelly-accuses-roger-ailes-of-sexual-harassment-report.html |title=Fox nearing decision on Roger Ailes, likely to result in his departure: Sources |first=Michelle |last=Castillo |date=July 19, 2016 |website=CNBC |access-date=September 10, 2017 |archive-date=November 7, 2017 |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 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.usatoday.com/story/money/2016/07/19/report-megyn-kelly-told-fox-investigators-ailes-sexually-harassed-her-too/87292092/ |title=Report: Megyn Kelly told Fox investigators Ailes sexually harassed her, too |first=Roger |last=Yu |date=July 19, 2016 |newspaper=USA Today |access-date=September 4, 2017 |archive-date=October 11, 2017 |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/ |url-status=live }}</ref> Two days after the report, Ailes resigned from Fox News and his lawyer, [[Susan Estrich]], publicly denied the charge.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.chicagotribune.com/business/ct-megyn-kelly-roger-ailes-harassment-20160719-story.html |title=Fox News chief Roger Ailes denies harassing Megyn Kelly |date=July 22, 2016 |newspaper=[[Chicago Tribune]] |access-date=April 16, 2020 |archive-date=March 24, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200324174922/https://www.chicagotribune.com/business/ct-megyn-kelly-roger-ailes-harassment-20160719-story.html |url-status=live }}</ref>
During her coverage of the [[2016 Republican National Convention]], her attire received criticism.<ref>{{cite magazine |url=http://www.usmagazine.com/celebrity-news/news/megyn-kelly-slammed-for-rnc-dress-that-looked-like-a-bikini-w430346 |title=Megyn Kelly Was Shamed for Wearing This Dress During the RNC — Read the Craziest Reactions |first=Sierra |last=Marquina |date=July 21, 2016 |magazine=Us Weekly |access-date=July 23, 2016 |archive-date=June 3, 2017 |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 |url-status=live }}</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 |url=https://huffingtonpost.com/entry/megyn-kelly-wore-spaghetti-straps-and-people-lost-it_us_57923502e4b0fc06ec5cbe9a |title=Megyn Kelly Wore Spaghetti Straps And People Lost It |first=Jenavieve |last=Hatch |date=July 22, 2016 |website=The Huffington Post |access-date=December 12, 2019 |archive-date=February 10, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190210042041/https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/megyn-kelly-wore-spaghetti-straps-and-people-lost-it_us_57923502e4b0fc06ec5cbe9a |url-status=live }}</ref> In September, 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 |url=http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2016/sep/20/fox-news-megyn-kelly-will-produce-political-comedy/ |title=Fox News' Megyn Kelly will produce political comedy series: Report |newspaper=The Washington Times |first=Ken |last=Shepherd |date=September 20, 2016 |access-date=September 22, 2016 |archive-date=May 10, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170510133409/http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2016/sep/20/fox-news-megyn-kelly-will-produce-political-comedy/ |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/reliable-source/wp/2016/09/21/fox-news-anchor-megyn-kelly-is-trying-her-hand-at-comedy/ |date=September 21, 2016 |newspaper=The Washington Post |title=Fox News anchor Megyn Kelly is trying her hand at comedy |first=Helena |last=Andrews-Dyer |access-date=September 22, 2016 |archive-date=May 10, 2017 |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/ |url-status=live }}</ref>
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 |access-date=April 16, 2020 |archive-date=September 26, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200926130215/https://www.vanityfair.com/news/2015/12/megyn-kelly-fox-news-cover-story |url-status=live }}</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 |access-date=December 10, 2017 |archive-date=December 14, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171214141010/http://variety.com/2016/tv/news/megyn-kelly-childhelp-abuse-1201745257/ |url-status=live }}</ref>
=== 2017–2018: NBC News ===
[[File:Vladimir Putin and Megyn Kelly 03.jpg|thumb|Kelly with Russian president [[Vladimir Putin]], June 2017]]
[[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]]]]
In late 2016, Kelly was rumored to be actively considering other news networks aside from Fox News, since her contract was a few months from expiring.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://variety.com/2016/tv/news/megyn-kelly-cnn-fox-news-1201931483/ |title=Megyn Kelly Fields Early Offers From Rivals: Could She Go to CNN? |work=Variety |first=Brian |last=Steinberg |date=December 1, 2016 |access-date=December 10, 2017 |archive-date=April 12, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190412004838/https://variety.com/2016/tv/news/megyn-kelly-cnn-fox-news-1201931483/ |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.bostonherald.com/news/columnists/jessica_heslam/2016/12/heslam_hot_commodity_megyn_kelly_weighing_her_options |title=Heslam: 'Hot commodity' Megyn Kelly weighing her options |work=Boston Herald |date=December 2, 2016 |first=Jessica |last=Heslam |access-date=December 2, 2016 |archive-date=October 25, 2018 |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 |url-status=live }}</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 a daytime talk show, a Sunday-night newsmagazine, and becoming a correspondent for major news events and political coverage.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2017/01/03/business/media/megyn-kelly-nbc-fox-news.html |title=Megyn Kelly Is Said to Be Leaving Fox News for NBC |last=Rutenberg |first=Jim |author-link=Jim Rutenberg |date=January 3, 2017 |work=The New York Times |issn=0362-4331 |access-date=January 3, 2017 |archive-date=January 4, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170104131544/http://www.nytimes.com/2017/01/03/business/media/megyn-kelly-nbc-fox-news.html |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2017-01-03/megyn-kelly-agrees-to-join-nbc-leaving-fox-news-channel-behind |title=Megyn Kelly to Leave Murdoch's Fox News for NBC Daytime Show |first=Lucas |last=Shaw |date=January 3, 2017 |work=[[Bloomberg News]] |access-date=January 3, 2017 |archive-date=April 20, 2019 |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 |url-status=live }}</ref> She departed Fox News on January 6, 2017, after the last episode of ''The Kelly File'' was aired.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://deadline.com/2017/01/megyn-kelly-leaving-fox-news-joins-nbc-report-1201877902/ |title=Megyn Kelly To Exit Fox News This Week, Joins NBC News To Host Daytime Show & New Sunday Evening Newsmag |first=Lisa |last=de Moraes |date=January 3, 2017 |work=Deadline |access-date=November 2, 2017 |archive-date=March 21, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190321004217/https://deadline.com/2017/01/megyn-kelly-leaving-fox-news-joins-nbc-report-1201877902/ |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |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 |access-date=January 7, 2017 |work=The Hollywood Reporter |date=January 6, 2017 |archive-date=January 8, 2017 |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 |url-status=live }}</ref> In January 2017, ''[[People (magazine)|People]]'' quoted an unspecified source 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 |url=http://people.com/tv/why-megyn-kelly-may-not-startt-nbc-news-nearly-a-year/ |title=The Surprising Reason Megyn Kelly May Not Start at NBC for Nearly a Year |work=[[People (magazine)|People]] |first1=Charlotte |last1=Triggs |first2=Aurelie |last2=Corinthios |date=January 6, 2017 |access-date=March 5, 2017 |archive-date=February 27, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170227063731/http://people.com/tv/why-megyn-kelly-may-not-startt-nbc-news-nearly-a-year/ |url-status=live }}</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 |url=http://en.kremlin.ru/events/president/news/54688 |title=Interview to NBC |date=June 5, 2017 |website=Kremlin.ru |access-date=November 2, 2017 |archive-date=September 24, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180924064026/http://en.kremlin.ru/events/president/news/54688 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/its-official-megyn-kelly-to-interview-vladimir-putin-for-nbc-series-premiere/ar-BBBLXIY |title=It's Official: Megyn Kelly to Interview Vladimir Putin for NBC Series Premiere |work=[[MSN]] |first1=Hillary |last1=Lewis |date=June 1, 2017 |access-date=June 1, 2017 |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 |url-status=dead |df=mdy-all }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.nbcnews.com/news/world/vladimir-putin-faces-questions-megyn-kelly-st-petersburg-n767481| |title=Vladimir Putin to Megyn Kelly: Even Children Could Hack an Election |work=[[NBC News]]| |date=June 2, 2017 |access-date=June 15, 2017| |first=Alexander |last=Smith |archive-date=June 2, 2017| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170602133758/https://www.nbcnews.com/news/world/vladimir-putin-faces-questions-megyn-kelly-st-petersburg-n767481| url-status=live}}</ref> Kelly's daytime talk show, ''[[Megyn Kelly Today]]'', premiered in September 2017.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://deadline.com/2017/07/megyn-kelly-today-show-september-25-start-date-1202126466/ |title=NBC News Sets 9/25 Start Date For Megyn Kelly's 'Today' Debut With Studio Audience: Report |last=Gerard |first=Jeremy |date=July 11, 2017 |work=Deadline |access-date=September 25, 2017 |language=en-US |archive-date=April 12, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190412094725/https://deadline.com/2017/07/megyn-kelly-today-show-september-25-start-date-1202126466/ |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite magazine |url=https://variety.com/2017/tv/news/megyn-kelly-today-show-tv-advertising-nbc-1202499790/ |title=To Lure Ad Dollars, NBC Tied Megyn Kelly to 'Today' |last=Steinberg |first=Brian |date=July 19, 2017 |magazine=Variety |access-date=July 21, 2017 |language=en-US |archive-date=September 3, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190903232200/https://variety.com/2017/tv/news/megyn-kelly-today-show-tv-advertising-nbc-1202499790/ |url-status=live }}</ref><ref name="bandc-todaykelly">{{cite web |url=http://www.broadcastingcable.com/news/programming/megyn-kellys-nbc-daytime-show-replace-third-hour-today/162179 |title=Megyn Kelly's NBC Daytime Show to Replace Third Hour of 'Today' |website=Broadcasting & Cable |first=Paige |last=Albiniak |date=January 4, 2017 |access-date=January 5, 2017 |archive-date=January 5, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170105191154/http://www.broadcastingcable.com/news/programming/megyn-kellys-nbc-daytime-show-replace-third-hour-today/162179 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref name="tvnc-wherewillkelly">{{cite web |url=http://www.tvnewscheck.com/article/100451/where-will-kelly-live-on-nbcs-schedule |title=Where Will Kelly Live On NBC's Schedule? |first=Adam |last=Buckman |date=January 4, 2017 |website=TVNewsCheck |access-date=January 5, 2017 }}{{Dead link|date=August 2018 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref>
Kelly was being paid reportedly between $15 million and $20 million a year at NBC.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.businessinsider.com/tv-host-salaries-megyn-kelley-nbc-2017-1 |title=Megyn Kelly is now one of the highest-paid hosts on TV — here's where her salary ranks |first1=Jethro |last1=Nededog |first2=Kirsten |last2=Acuna |date=January 3, 2017 |work=Business Insider |access-date=August 14, 2017 |language=en |archive-date=August 14, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170814224122/http://www.businessinsider.com/tv-host-salaries-megyn-kelley-nbc-2017-1 |url-status=live }}</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 |last1=Flood |first1=Brian |title=NBC demotes Megyn Kelly's struggling Sunday night show to 'periodic' airings only |url=http://www.foxnews.com/entertainment/2018/03/06/nbc-star-megyn-kelly-s-sunday-show-will-return-but-only-periodically.html |website=Fox News|access-date=March 11, 2018 |date=6 March 6, 2018|archive-date=March 10, 2018|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|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.thefutoncritic.com/showatch/sunday-night-with-megyn-kelly/listings/ |title=Shows A-Z -– sunday night with megyn kelly on nbc |work=the futon critic|access-date=October 26, 2018}}</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 |url=https://www.orlandosentinel.com/entertainment/tv/tv-guy/os-et-dynasty-star-shares-fight-to-save-daughter-from-cult-20180803-story.html |title='Dynasty' star shares fight to save daughter from cult |first=Hal |last=Boedeker |work=OrlandoSentinel.com|access-date=October 26, 2018|archive-date=October 27, 2018|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|url-status=dead}}</ref>
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 portraywear a [[Diana Ross]] Halloween costume.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.usatoday.com/story/life/entertainthis/2018/10/23/megyn-kelly-slammed-blackface-comments-today-show/1738580002/ | title=Megyn Kelly slammed | publisher=USA Today | access-date=19 October 19, 2020 | archive-date=October 21, 2020 | 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/ | url-status=live}}</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 |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/megyn-kelly-apologizes-blackface-comments-1154466 |title=Megyn Kelly Apologizes to Colleagues for Blackface Comments |work=The Hollywood Reporter|access-date=October 25, 2018 |language=en|archive-date=March 27, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190327090101/https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/megyn-kelly-apologizes-blackface-comments-1154466|url-status=live}}</ref> On October 26, 2018, NBC canceled ''Megyn Kelly Today''.<ref name="wp-cancelled">{{Cite news |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/style/megyn-kellys-nbc-morning-show-has-ended/2018/10/26/c66972ea-d8aa-11e8-aeb7-ddcad4a0a54e_story.html |title=Megyn Kelly's NBC morning show has ended |newspaper=[[The Washington Post]] |language=en|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|url-status=live}}</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 |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/megyn-kelly-expected-end-nbc-morning-show-1154877 |title=Megyn Kelly Expected to End NBC Morning Show |work=[[The Hollywood Reporter]] |language=en|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|url-status=live}}</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 |url=https://tvline.com/2019/01/07/today-show-third-hour-hosts-megyn-kelly-replacement/ |title=Today Reveals Cohosts for Post-Megyn Kelly Third Hour — Who's Taking Over? |work=TVLine |first=Rebecca |last=Iannucci |date=January 7, 2019|access-date=January 12, 2019|archive-date=January 12, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190112150251/https://tvline.com/2019/01/07/today-show-third-hour-hosts-megyn-kelly-replacement/|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.cnn.com/2019/01/11/media/megyn-kelly-leaves-nbc/index.html |title=Megyn Kelly leaves NBC with all of her $69 million contract intact |work=[[CNN]] |first1=Tom |last1=Kludt |first2=Brian |last2=Stelter |date=January 11, 2019|access-date=January 12, 2019|archive-date=January 12, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190112025010/https://www.cnn.com/2019/01/11/media/megyn-kelly-leaves-nbc/index.html|url-status=live}}</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 |work=[[The Hill (newspaper)|The Hill]] |publisher=Capitol Hill Publishing Corp.|access-date=January 13, 2019|archive-date=January 12, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190112065253/https://thehill.com/homenews/media/425024-megyn-kelly-officially-leaves-nbc|url-status=live}}</ref>
=== 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''.<ref>{{Cite web |last1=Steinberg |first1=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-September 25, 2020 |work=Variety |language=en|archive-date=September 11, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200911015908/https://variety.com/2020/tv/news/megyn-kelly-launches-devil-may-care-podcast-1234765217/|url-status=live}}</ref> Its first episode premiered on September 28, 2020.<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|archive-date=July 26, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220726132244/https://www.tmz.com/2020/09/28/megyn-kelly-trump-good-job-policy-coronavirus-biden-inauguration/|url-status=live}}</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 |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/business/business-news/megyn-kelly-siriusxm-radio-show-1234977768/ |title=SiriusXM Signs Megyn Kelly to Exclusive Radio Deal |last=Weprin |first=Alex |date=July 6, 2021 |work=[[Hollywood Reporter]]|access-date=July 18, 2021|archive-date=July 26, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220726132759/https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/business/business-news/megyn-kelly-siriusxm-radio-show-1234977768/|url-status=live}}</ref>
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 |language=en-US}}</ref> On December 6, 2023, Kelly returned to the moderator desk to co-host the 4thfourth Republican primary debate along sidealongside [[Elizabeth Vargas]] and [[Eliana Johnson]] on [[NewsNation]].<ref>{{Cite webnews |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, 2023-12-07 |website=WSJ |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |last=Wang |first=Amy B. |date=November 9, 2023-11-09 |title=RNC shifts away from establishment media for fourth GOP debate |language=en-US |newspaper=Washington Post |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2023/11/09/fourth-republican-debate-news-nation/ |access-date=December 7, 2023-12-07 |issn=0190-8286}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2023-11-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, 2023-12-07 |website=NewsNation |language=en-US}}</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|url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/business/business-news/megyn-kelly-siriusxm-radio-show-1234977768/|title=SiriusXM Signs Megyn Kelly to Exclusive Radio Deal|last=Weprin|first=Alex|date=6 July 2021|work=[[Hollywood Reporter]]|access-date=18 July 2021|archive-date=July 26, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220726132759/https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/business/business-news/megyn-kelly-siriusxm-radio-show-1234977768/|url-status=live}}</ref>
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 had been working with [[The Daily Wire]] and would be starring in a new adult animated comedy series called "''Mr. Birchum''." Kelly is set to star alongside notable names such as [[Danny Trejo]], [[Roseanne Barr]], and [[Adam Carolla]]. The show is scheduled to debut in early 2024.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2023-11-30 |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=2023-12-02 |website=Megyn Kelly |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Wiseman |first=Andreas |date=2023-11-30 |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=2023-12-02 |website=Deadline |language=en-US}}</ref>
▲On December 6, 2023, Kelly returned to the moderator desk to co-host the 4th Republican primary debate along side [[Elizabeth Vargas]] and [[Eliana Johnson]] on [[NewsNation]].<ref>{{Cite web |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=2023-12-07 |website=WSJ |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |last=Wang |first=Amy B. |date=2023-11-09 |title=RNC shifts away from establishment media for fourth GOP debate |language=en-US |newspaper=Washington Post |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2023/11/09/fourth-republican-debate-news-nation/ |access-date=2023-12-07 |issn=0190-8286}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2023-11-28 |title=NewsNation announces special programming ahead of Dec. 6 debate |url=https://www.newsnationnow.com/press/special-programming-newsnation-debate-2023/ |access-date=2023-12-07 |website=NewsNation |language=en-US}}</ref>
== 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.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://hollywoodreporter.com/bookmark/megyn-kelly-signs-book-deal-862319 |title=Megyn Kelly Signs Book Deal |date=February 4, 2015 |first=Andy |last=Lewis |newspaper=The Hollywood Reporter |access-date=December 12, 2019 |archive-date=December 2, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191202151820/https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/bookmark/megyn-kelly-signs-book-deal-862319 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://money.cnn.com/2016/02/04/media/megyn-kelly-harpercollins-book-deal/ |title=Fox's Megyn Kelly strikes a book deal |date=February 4, 2016 |website=CNN |first=Brian |last=Stelter |access-date=August 3, 2020 |archive-date=October 26, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181026222750/https://money.cnn.com/2016/02/04/media/megyn-kelly-harpercollins-book-deal/ |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2016/02/06/business/megyn-kelly-of-fox-news-signs-book-deal.html |title=Megyn Kelly of Fox News Signs Book Deal |newspaper=The New York Times |first=Alexandra |last=Alter |date=February 5, 2016 |access-date=February 22, 2017 |archive-date=October 26, 2018 |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 |url-status=live }}</ref> The book, titled ''[[Settle for More]]'', was released on November 15, 2016.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://latimes.com/business/hollywood/la-fi-ct-kelly-trump-20161116-story.html |title=Trump supporters try to undermine Megyn Kelly's book with an onslaught of negative reviews on Amazon |newspaper=Los Angeles Times |first=Stephen |last=Battaglio |date=November 16, 2016 |access-date=November 17, 2016 |archive-date=November 17, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161117013640/http://www.latimes.com/business/hollywood/la-fi-ct-kelly-trump-20161116-story.html |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.amazon.com/Settle-More-Megyn-Kelly-ebook/product-reviews/B01ER6LIXA/ |title=Customer reviews |website=Amazon.com |access-date=November 17, 2016 |archive-date=November 18, 2016 |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 |url-status=live }}</ref>
==Accolades==
* 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 |access-date=December 10, 2017 |archive-date=November 30, 2017 |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/ |url-status=live}}</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 |work=[[Times Union (Albany)|Times Union]] |location=Albany |url=https://www.timesunion.com/local/article/Welcome-back-again-Megyn-Kelly-6560876.php |access-date=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> 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 |access-date=April 29, 2014 |archive-date=February 1, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150201004507/http://time.com/70888/megyn-kelly-2014-time-100/ |url-status=live}}</ref> 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 |archive-date=March 10, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170310163235/http://www.timesunion.com/local/article/Megyn-Kelly-of-Fox-News-honored-at-Bethlehem-6532483.php |url-status=live}}</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 |work=[[Times Union (Albany)|Times Union]] |location=Albany |url=https://www.timesunion.com/local/article/Welcome-back-again-Megyn-Kelly-6560876.php |access-date=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>
* 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 |access-date=April 29, 2014 |archive-date=February 1, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150201004507/http://time.com/70888/megyn-kelly-2014-time-100/ |url-status=live }}</ref>
* 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 |archive-date=March 10, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170310163235/http://www.timesunion.com/local/article/Megyn-Kelly-of-Fox-News-honored-at-Bethlehem-6532483.php |url-status=live }}</ref>
==In popular culture==
''[[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 |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]] |date=August 21, 2019|access-date=March 15, 2020|archive-date=April 9, 2020|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/|url-status=live}}</ref> Kelly said 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 |access-date=October 19, 2020 |author=Aspinall, Georgia |archive-date=October 21, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201021164524/https://graziadaily.co.uk/life/tv-and-film/bombshell-film-fox-news/ |url-status=live}}</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 |date=January 9, 2020 |first=Megyn |last=Kelly |author-link=Megyn Kelly |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MmSz7HqkI9s |title=Megyn Kelly Presents: A Response to "Bombshell" – Full Discussion |via=[[YouTube]] |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}}</ref><ref name="deadlinekelly">{{Cite web |last1=Evans |first1=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>
Kelly said 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 |access-date=October 19, 2020 |author=Aspinall, Georgia |archive-date=October 21, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201021164524/https://graziadaily.co.uk/life/tv-and-film/bombshell-film-fox-news/ |url-status=live }}</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 |date= January 9, 2020 |first= Megyn |last=Kelly |authorlink=Megyn Kelly|url= https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MmSz7HqkI9s |title= Megyn Kelly Presents: A Response to "Bombshell" - Full Discussion |via= [[YouTube]] |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 }}</ref><ref name="deadlinekelly">{{Cite web|last1=Evans|first1=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>
==Personal life==
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 |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 |access-date=August 15, 2015 |archive-date=March 9, 2015 |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 |url-status=live}}</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> 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 |access-date=February 22, 2017 |archive-date=February 22, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170222091824/http://www.nytimes.com/2008/03/16/fashion/weddings/16vows.html |url-status=live }}</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 |access-date=July 1, 2013 |archive-date=February 15, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160215171138/http://douglasbrunt.com/about-doug-brunt/ |url-status=dead }}</ref> They have three children, born in 2009, 2011, and 2013.<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 |access-date=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. |archive-date=June 7, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170607002107/http://celebritybabies.people.com/2011/08/10/megyn-kelly-shares-photo-of-daughter-yardley/ |url-status=live }}</ref><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 |access-date=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. |archive-date=September 22, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180922122407/http://nymag.com/daily/intelligencer/2011/04/megyn_kelly_gives_birth_to_bab.html |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=Megyn Kelly Baby: Anchor Gives Birth To A Boy, Thatcher Bray |website=The Huffington Post |access-date=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''... |archive-date=January 4, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170104234824/http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/07/26/megyn-kelly-baby-boy-thatcher-bray_n_3660403.html |url-status=live }}</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=2023-12-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>▼
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 |access-date=August 15, 2015 |archive-date=March 9, 2015 |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 |url-status=live }}</ref>
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 |access-date=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. |archive-date=October 14, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161014113815/http://www.foxnews.com/transcript/2016/10/12/multiple-women-accuse-trump-bad-behavior/ |url-status=live }}</ref> KellyShe has appeared at a fundraiser for parentalthe rightsconservative organizationgroup [[Moms for Liberty]].<ref name="mediamatters">{{cite web |first=Olivia |last=Little |date=November 12, 2021 |url=https://www.mediamatters.org/critical-race-theory/unmasking-moms-liberty |title=Unmasking Moms for Liberty |website=[[Media Matters for America]] |accessdateaccess-date=November 20, 2021|archive-date=November 20, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211120210226/https://www.mediamatters.org/critical-race-theory/unmasking-moms-liberty|url-status=live}}</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>▼
▲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 |access-date=February 22, 2017 |archive-date=February 22, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170222091824/http://www.nytimes.com/2008/03/16/fashion/weddings/16vows.html |url-status=live }}</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 |access-date=July 1, 2013 |archive-date=February 15, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160215171138/http://douglasbrunt.com/about-doug-brunt/ |url-status=dead }}</ref> They have three children.<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 |access-date=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. |archive-date=June 7, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170607002107/http://celebritybabies.people.com/2011/08/10/megyn-kelly-shares-photo-of-daughter-yardley/ |url-status=live }}</ref><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 |access-date=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. |archive-date=September 22, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180922122407/http://nymag.com/daily/intelligencer/2011/04/megyn_kelly_gives_birth_to_bab.html |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=Megyn Kelly Baby: Anchor Gives Birth To A Boy, Thatcher Bray |website=The Huffington Post |access-date=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''... |archive-date=January 4, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170104234824/http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/07/26/megyn-kelly-baby-boy-thatcher-bray_n_3660403.html |url-status=live }}</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=2023-12-10 |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>
▲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 |access-date=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. |archive-date=October 14, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161014113815/http://www.foxnews.com/transcript/2016/10/12/multiple-women-accuse-trump-bad-behavior/ |url-status=live }}</ref> Kelly has appeared at a fundraiser for parental rights organization [[Moms for Liberty]].<ref name="mediamatters">{{cite web|first=Olivia|last=Little|date=November 12, 2021|url=https://www.mediamatters.org/critical-race-theory/unmasking-moms-liberty|title=Unmasking Moms for Liberty|website=[[Media Matters for America]]|accessdate=November 20, 2021|archive-date=November 20, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211120210226/https://www.mediamatters.org/critical-race-theory/unmasking-moms-liberty|url-status=live}}</ref>
=== Political views ===
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 |last1=Setoodeh |first1=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 |magazine=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]] |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}}</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/ |access-date=March 30, 2023 |website=Reason.com |language=en-US |archive-date=March 30, 2023 |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/ |url-status=live}}</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 |access-date=March 30, 2023 |website=HuffPost |language=en |archive-date=March 30, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230330210024/https://www.huffpost.com/entry/megyn-kelly-racial-insensitivity-blackface_n_5bd088e8e4b055bc948748af |url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |author=Media Matters Staff |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 |access-date=March 30, 2023 |website=Media Matters for America |date=January 7, 2016 |language=en |archive-date=March 30, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230330210026/https://www.mediamatters.org/fox-nation/foxs-kelly-muslim-immigration-germany-over-we-know-it-europe |url-status=live}}</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/ |access-date=March 30, 2023 |website=The Hill |language=en-US |archive-date=March 30, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230330210026/https://thehill.com/homenews/media/374060-megyn-kelly-guns-are-too-ubiquitous/ |url-status=live}}</ref>
SheIn hasJune spoken2023, outKelly inexplained supportwhy ofshe had changed her position on "[[WarPreferred ongender drugspronoun|drugpreferred legalizationpronouns]]" andfrom supportsbeing acceptingfor morethem [[legalto immigrants]],being against them.<ref>{{Cite web |last=StosselSchwartz |first=JohnIan |date=2022-11-30June 2, 2023 |title='Megyn Kelly: I'm totallyDone uncancelable':With MegynThe KellyTrans speaksPronoun outCharade, onI left-wingDidn't andSee right-wing mediaThe biasHarm |url=https://reasonwww.realclearpolitics.com/2022video/112023/3006/im-totally-uncancelable-megyn-kelly-speaks-out-on-left-wing-and-right-wing-media-bias02/megyn_kelly_i_was_unfortunately_an_early_proponent_of_using_preferred_pronouns_trans_people_were_tortured_enough.html |access-date=July 19, 2023-03-30 |website=Reason.com |language=en-US |archive-date=March 30, 2023[[RealClearPolitics]] |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/2023033021002420240201093355/https://reasonwww.realclearpolitics.com/2022video/112023/3006/im-totally-uncancelable-megyn-kelly-speaks-out-on-left-wing-and-right-wing-media-bias02/megyn_kelly_i_was_unfortunately_an_early_proponent_of_using_preferred_pronouns_trans_people_were_tortured_enough.html |archive-date=February 1, 2024 |url-status=live }}</ref> butShe objectedhad also begun to Muslimexpress immigration[[Transphobia|anti-transgender]] inmaterial, Europe.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=2018-10-24April 17, 2023 |title=Megyn Kelly's LongGoes Historyon OfTransphobic Tirade Over RacialDylan InsensitivityMulvaney |url=https://www.huffpostthewrap.com/entry/megyn-kelly-racialdylan-insensitivitymulvaney-blackface_n_5bd088e8e4b055bc948748aftransphobic-anheuser-busch-clip/ |access-date=November 22, 2023-03-30 |website=HuffPostTheWrap |language=en |archive-date=March 30, 2023US |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/2023033021002420230417221256/https://www.huffpostthewrap.com/entry/megyn-kelly-racialdylan-insensitivitymulvaney-blackface_n_5bd088e8e4b055bc948748aftransphobic-anheuser-busch-clip/ |archive-date=April 17, 2023 |url-status=live }}</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 |authordate=MediaJuly Matters26, Staff2023 |title=Fox'sMegyn Kelly OnAttacks MuslimYouTube Immigration:Megastar 'IsMr. GermanyBeast OverFor AsDaring Weto KnowPut It?Transgender IsFriend Europe?'in His Videos |url=https://www.mediamattersmediaite.orgcom/fox-nationpolitics/foxsmegyn-kelly-muslimand-immigrationoli-germanylondon-oversay-weits-knowincredibly-itharmful-europefor-youtuber-mr-beast-to-feature-transgender-friend-in-videos/ |access-date=November 22, 2023-03-30 |website=Media Matters for America |date=January 7, 2016Mediaite |language=en |archive-date=March 30, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/2023033021002620230726175615/https://www.mediamattersmediaite.orgcom/fox-nationpolitics/foxsmegyn-kelly-muslimand-immigrationoli-germanylondon-oversay-weits-knowincredibly-itharmful-europefor-youtuber-mr-beast-to-feature-transgender-friend-in-videos/ |archive-date=July 26, 2023 |url-status=live }}</ref> {{unreliableand source|date=Augustthe 2023}}writers Afterof the ''[[ParklandTransformers: high school shootingEarthSpark]]'' inkids 2018show, Kellycalling criticizedthem the"disgusting" [[Nationalfor Rifleshowcasing Associationa of[[Non-binary Americagender|non-binary]] for[[Non-binary beingcharacters tooin powerful and criticized lawmakers for not pushing for reform on gunsfiction|character]].<ref>{{Cite web |last=ConchaSeibertron.com |firsttitle=JoeTransformers |date=2018-02-15are |title=MegynFox Kelly:News' GunsLatest areOutrage 'too ubiquitous'Target |url=https://thehillwww.seibertron.com/homenewstransformers/medianews/374060transformers-megynare-kellyfox-gunsnews-aremegyn-tookellys-ubiquitouslatest-outrage-target/47695/ |access-date=November 22, 2023-03-30 |website=The HillSeibertron.com |language=en-US |archive-date=March 30, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/2023033021002620230514080710/https://thehillwww.seibertron.com/homenewstransformers/medianews/374060transformers-megynare-kellyfox-gunsnews-aremegyn-tookellys-ubiquitouslatest-outrage-target/47695/ |archive-date=May 14, 2023 |url-status=live}}</ref> 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> During the [[2024 Olympic Games]] Kelly spread the false claim that Algerian boxer [[Imane Khelif]] is a trans woman when she was actually born female.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oskYax6cWg0&t=604s | title=Megyn Kelly Calls Out Injustice of Female Boxer Brutalized at Olympics, with Charlie Kirk | website=[[YouTube]] | date=August 2024 }}</ref>
After [[Taylor Swift]] endorsed [[Kamala Harris]], Kelly said "screw you Taylor Swift" on ''The [[Tucker Carlson]] Podcast'' 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=Tucker Carlson |access-date=2024-09-26 |via=YouTube}}</ref>
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 |access-date=July 19, 2023 |website=[[RealClearPolitics]] |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=2024-02-01 |url-status=live}}</ref> She had also began to express [[Transphobia|anti-transgender]] material, especially against [[LGBT|LGBT+]] figures such as [[Dylan Mulvaney]], referring to Mulvaney's "mockery of womanhood and girlhood";<ref>{{Cite web |last=Lindsay |first=Benjamin |date=2023-04-17 |title=Megyn Kelly Goes on Transphobic Tirade Over Dylan Mulvaney |url=https://www.thewrap.com/megyn-kelly-dylan-mulvaney-transphobic-anheuser-busch-clip/ |access-date=2023-11-22 |website=TheWrap |language=en-US |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230417221256/https://www.thewrap.com/megyn-kelly-dylan-mulvaney-transphobic-anheuser-busch-clip/ |archive-date=2023-04-17 |url-status=live}}</ref> [[Mr. Beast|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=2023-07-26 |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/ |access-date=2023-11-22 |website=Mediaite |language=en |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=2023-07-26 |url-status=live}}</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 |last=Seibertron.com |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/ |access-date=2023-11-22 |website=Seibertron.com |language=en |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=2023-05-14 |url-status=live}}</ref> In an interview, Megyn Kelly criticized [[Rachel Levine]], saying the doctor 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>https://www.bitchute.com/video/8wQP7O6lUPw/</ref>
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