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{{short description|American commentator and podcaster (born 1970)}}
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| birth_name = Megyn Marie Kelly
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|mf=yes|1970|11|18}}
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==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=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 |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=February 27, 2023 |work=[[syracuse.com]] |date=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 }}</ref> <!--where she served as an associate editor of the ''[[Albany Law Review]]''.-->
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[[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=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last=Dowd |first=Maureen |author-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>
▲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>
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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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 2016, it was reported that Kelly would be collaborating with [[Michael De Luca]] to produce ''Embeds'', a scripted comedy about reporters covering politics, to be aired on a streaming service.<ref>{{cite news |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>
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 ===
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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=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=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=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 fourth Republican primary debate alongside [[Elizabeth Vargas]] and [[Eliana Johnson]] on [[NewsNation]].<ref>{{Cite news |last=Simonetti |first=Isabella |title=Wednesday's Republican Debate Is Opportunity to Shine for NewsNation |url=https://www.wsj.com/politics/elections/wednesdays-republican-debate-is-opportunity-to-shine-for-newsnation-d24168c9 |access-date=December 7, 2023 |website=WSJ |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |last=Wang |first=Amy B. |date=November 9, 2023 |title=RNC shifts away from establishment media for fourth GOP debate |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 |issn=0190-8286}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=November 28, 2023 |title=NewsNation announces special programming ahead of Dec. 6 debate |url=https://www.newsnationnow.com/press/special-programming-newsnation-debate-2023/ |access-date=December 7, 2023 |website=NewsNation |language=en-US}}</ref>▼
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 fourth Republican primary debate alongside [[Elizabeth Vargas]] and [[Eliana Johnson]] on [[NewsNation]].<ref>{{Cite news |last=Simonetti |first=Isabella |title=Wednesday's Republican Debate Is Opportunity to Shine for NewsNation |url=https://www.wsj.com/politics/elections/wednesdays-republican-debate-is-opportunity-to-shine-for-newsnation-d24168c9 |access-date=December 7, 2023 |website=WSJ |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |last=Wang |first=Amy B. |date=November 9, 2023 |title=RNC shifts away from establishment media for fourth GOP debate |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 |issn=0190-8286}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=November 28, 2023 |title=NewsNation announces special programming ahead of Dec. 6 debate |url=https://www.newsnationnow.com/press/special-programming-newsnation-debate-2023/ |access-date=December 7, 2023 |website=NewsNation |language=en-US}}</ref>
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==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 |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>
==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=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 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> She has appeared at a fundraiser for the conservative group [[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]] |access-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, 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=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 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> She has appeared at a fundraiser for the conservative group [[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]] |access-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>
=== 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>
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>
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=February 1, 2024 |url-status=live}}</ref> She had also begun to express [[Transphobia|anti-transgender]] material, especially against [[LGBT|LGBT+LGBTQ]] figures such as [[Dylan Mulvaney]], referring to Mulvaney's "mockery of womanhood and girlhood";<ref>{{Cite web |last=Lindsay |first=Benjamin |date=April 17, 2023 |title=Megyn Kelly Goes on Transphobic Tirade Over Dylan Mulvaney |url=https://www.thewrap.com/megyn-kelly-dylan-mulvaney-transphobic-anheuser-busch-clip/ |access-date=November 22, 2023 |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=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 |date=July 26, 2023 |title=Megyn Kelly Attacks YouTube Megastar Mr. Beast For Daring to Put Transgender Friend in His Videos |url=https://www.mediaite.com/politics/megyn-kelly-and-oli-london-say-its-incredibly-harmful-for-youtuber-mr-beast-to-feature-transgender-friend-in-videos/ |access-date=November 22, 2023 |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=July 26, 2023 |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=November 22, 2023 |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=May 14, 2023 |url-status=live}}</ref> In an interview, Megyn Kelly criticized [[Rachel Levine]], saying the doctorLevine 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>
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