It’s official: Megyn Kelly has parted ways with NBC, three months after being yanked off the air. Kelly and the Peacock network have officially reached an exit agreement, according to CNN, that will see the anchor walk away with every penny of her original three-year, $ 69 million contract, even though she’s leaving more than […]
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Megyn Kelly, NBC News Close to Finalizing $30 Million Exit Deal
It pays to be Megyn Kelly: The former Today host is nearing a $ 30 million settlement to finalize her exit from NBC News, according to the New York Post. The $ 30 million represents the full value remaining on the reported $ 69 million contract Kelly signed when she joined NBC News in January […]
‘Straight bull’: Tomi Lahren defends Megyn Kelly in blackface debate
Fox News contributor Tomi Lahren has defended Megan Kelly, following reports that the NBC host will lose her daytime show over remarks she made questioning whether the use of blackface as a Halloween costume was racist. The bombastic blonde pundit tweeted her support for Kelly on Thursday night, referring to the news that Kelly was […]
Twitter in schadenfreude feast as NBC’s Megyn Kelly reportedly shown door after blackface comment
Reports that Megyn Kelly is parting ways with NBC after a ‘blackface’ Halloween costume remark have sent Twitter into convulsions. She has apparently fired her talent agent and lawyered up for the forthcoming contract battle. The news host did not appear on her morning show, ‘Megyn Kelly Today,’ on Thursday, and multiple outlets have reported […]
Megyn Kelly's Blackface Defense Was 'Ignorant and Racist,' Says Today Colleagues — Watch Her Latest Apology
Megyn Kelly‘s Today show colleagues did not hold back when addressing her inexcusable defense of blackface. To recap: Kelly on Tuesday stated on-air that it isn’t “racist” for white people to darken their skin with makeup on Halloween as long as they’re portraying an actual person or character. Later that day, she sent an internal email […]
Megyn Kelly Apologizes for Defending Blackface on Today: 'I Realize Now That Such Behavior Is Indeed Wrong'
Megyn Kelly is reevaluating her stance on blackface. Just hours after stating on-air that it isn’t “racist” for white people to darken their skin with makeup on Halloween as long as they’re portraying an actual person or character, the host of Megyn Kelly Today on Tuesday released an internal email to her staff, apologizing for her […]
‘Tone deaf’ and ‘infuriating’: Megyn Kelly lays into Trump for criticizing Al Franken sexual misconduct controversy
Screenshot/NBC NBC host Megyn Kelly slammed President Donald Trump for commenting on sexual misconduct allegations against Sen. Al Franken. Trump has been accused of varying degrees of sexually inappropriate behavior by over a dozen women. Kelly also had some harsh words for Alabama Senate candidate Roy Moore, who chimed in with his own assessment of […]
Megyn Kelly invited her harshest critic onto her show and the meeting was hilariously awkward
Megyn Kelly TODAY Megyn Kelly invited one of her sharpest critics, a Jezebel writer, to her Friday morning NBC show. Kelly, who was being a good sport, hailed the writer, Bobby Finger, a “rockstar” as the two hugged awkwardly on live TV. One of NBC host Megyn Kelly’s sharpest critics, Jezebel’s Bobby Finger, was invited […]
Megyn Kelly Refutes Bill O'Reilly's Claim That No Fox News Employee Reported His Harassment: 'I Complained'
Former Fox News Channel host Bill O’Reilly spent the weekend taking issue with a New York Times report that he’d come to a $ 32 million settlement in regard to sexually harassing another Fox News personality. One of O’Reilly’s talking points: that no one at the network had ever complained to human resources about his behavior. […]
Megyn Kelly Today's Rocky First Week: The 5 Most Awkward Moments
You ever have a first week of work where seemingly everything went wrong? Well, now you have something in common with Megyn Kelly. The former Fox News anchor, who bolted to NBC News back in January for a reported $ 17 million, made her debut on the venerable Today show on Monday, hosting an all-new […]