Megyn Kelly made a name for herself as an outspoken contributor to several news shows,
but plenty of her peers are now making waves by speaking out against her.
Here’s a look at some of the celebs who can’t stand Megyn Kelly.
When Kelly questioned then-candidate Donald Trump during the first Republican presidential
primary debate in August 2015, he didn't even try to mask his contempt.
When Kelly asked about Hillary Clinton's assertion that he was part of a "war on women," Trump
replied:
"And honestly, Megyn, if you don't like it, I'm sorry.
I've been very nice to you although I could probably not be based on the way you have
treated me, but I wouldn’t do that."
After the debate, Trump described Kelly's questions as "vicious" and "unfair.”
On Twitter, he called her a "bimbo" and said that she was a "lightweight" who is "highly
overrated."
Trump later tweeted:
Trump and Kelly met again in 2016 for a one-on-one interview, and let’s just say it was all
sorts of awkward.
The big story that broke after Kelly's interview with the cast of Will & Grace was the dust-up
over her questionable joke to one of the show’s superfans about his sexuality.
"Now, listen.
Is it true that you became a lawyer and you became gay because of Will?"
While the fan clearly didn't seem to take issue with Kelly's tone-deaf attempt at humor,
actress Debra Messing certainly did.
When an Instagram commenter suggested the cast appearing on Kelly's show was "a fail,"
Messing replied:
Last Week Tonight with John Oliver specializes in long-form comedic editorials that focus
on a single subject.
But sometimes, it only takes Oliver few minutes to absolutely eviscerate a target, like he
did with Kelly's claim that she hoped her new Today show would be a:
In an echo of his Daily Show alma mater, Oliver proved his point by stringing together a montage
of her previously divisive work at Fox News.
In under two minutes, he showed Kelly getting into heated arguments over controversial topics
such as gay rights, her insistence that Santa Claus and Jesus Christ were white, the Black
Lives Matter movement, and much more.
Without actually uttering a word against her, Oliver may have expressed his disdain for
Kelly more clearly than anyone else so far.
On an episode of her show, Full Frontal, host Samantha Bee poked fun at Megyn Kelly’s
attempt to wrangle the candidates during the first GOP presidential debate with her repeated
and ineffectual use of the phrase "stand by."
"The world’s toughest Megyn deployed her new safe word."
"Okay."
"Stand by."
"Stand by, let him finish his point."
"She's trying to get out of the case…"
"Stand by."
In an interview with the Santa Barbara Independent, Bee was all business.
When asked how her work as an "infotainer" compares to the work of people like Kelly,
specifically regarding the "balance of truth to entertainment," Bee replied:
Ouch.
Someone call the burn unit; Kelly's on her way.
Under Jon Stewart, The Daily Show basically became a nightly rebuke of pretty much everything
Fox News did that day, with a particular emphasis on pointing out the perceived hypocrisies
of the conservative network's talking heads.
Having assumed hosting duties, comedian Trevor Noah has continued the tradition, at times
taking aim directly at Kelly.
In a particularly bruising segment about her "long-awaited" interview with Trump, the stand-up
comedian and talk show host had some harsh, hilarious words to say about the ridiculous
build-up surrounding the event.
"Like, this was sold as a blood bath, but in the end it just turned out to be one of
those couples bath that only exists in like the Cialis commercials.
What is that?"
Obviously, Noah felt Kelly was way too soft on Trump after the months of public ugliness
between them.
He even went as far to say:
"I can’t believe this, but Megyn Kelly just got negged by Donald Trump."
In another attack on Kelly, Noah and Daily Show correspondent Michelle Wolf took her
to task over her interview with Russian President Vladimir Putin.
Wolf said:
"Maybe you thought doing this interview with Putin would be good, because he's so skilled
at making journalists vanish.
But Meggy, we still see you."
Actress Jane Fonda found herself in an awkward spot after a Megyn Kelly Today interview went
awry.
There to promote her film, Our Souls at Night, Fonda was caught off guard by Kelly's question
about plastic surgery, which came seemingly out of nowhere.
"I read that you said you felt you're not proud that you had work done.
Why not?"
After serving a glare that could melt steel, Fonda asked Kelly a question of her own:
"We really want to talk about that right now?"
Fonda would go on to throw shade in Kelly’s direction during a few interviews before the
talk show host’s eventual retort, which she delivered live on her show in a scathing
segment titled "A word on Jane Fonda."
Kelly claimed to have no regrets about her interview with Fonda, saying:
"Nor am I in the market for a lesson from Jane Fonda on what is and is not appropriate."
Kelly really went for the dunk when she said Fonda's name is "synonymous with outrage,"
unearthing the decades-old controversy over Fonda's remarks and actions during her protest
of the Vietnam War.
Yikes!
Is it likely we'll ever see another live face-off between these two?
Maybe.
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