[ APPLAUSE ] >>> GOOD MORNING, EVERYONE.
IM MEGYN KELLY.
WE BEGIN TODAY WITH WONDER WOMAN.IN TODAY WITH WONDER
WOMAN.
YES.
WHEN I WAS A KID, BACK IN THE 70s, THERE WAS SUPERMAN, THERE
WAS BATMAN, THERE WAS SPIDER-MAN
AND LOTS OF MALE HEROES AND ONE
WOMAN.
WOMAN.
JUST ONE. AND SHE WAS SPECTACULAR.
WONDER WOMAN BROUGHT TO LIFE BY
THE REAL-LIFE WONDER WOMAN,
LYNDA CARTER.
SHE HAS ALWAYS BEEN THE WOMAN,
WHO, FOR ME, WHEN YOU THOUGHT OF A WOMAN. ME, WHEN YOU THOUGHT OF
A WOMAN. WE DIDNT HAVE THAT MANY
EXAMPLES.
EXAMPLES.
THERE WAS THE BIONIC WOMAN.
SHE WASNT A SOOUCHUPERHERO. THERE WAS LYNDA CARTER.ERO.
THERE WAS LYNDA CARTER. AND SHES HERE.
FIRST, LETS SEE WHERE IT ALL
BEGAN.
BEGAN. LYNDA CARTER IS BEST KNOWN AS
THIS ICONIC AMAZONIAN WARRIOR.
CARTERS "WONDER WOMAN" HIT THE
SMALL SCREEN IN 1975.
FOR THREE SEASONS, SHE FOUGHT
VILLAINS WHILE ARMED WITH THE
COOLEST ACCESSORIES.
COOLEST ACCESSORIES.
AND A SIGNATURE SPIN.
THE ACTRESS APPEARED IN THE CULT FILM, "SUPERTROOPER."IN THE CULT
FILM, "SUPERTROOPER." SHE EVEN PLAYED THE U.S.
PRESIDENT IN "SUPERGIRL."
NOW, SHES BACK IN "SUPER
TROOPERS II."
TROOPERS II." >> YOU WANT A CRACK AT YOUR OLD
JOBS?
JOBS?
PLEASE HELP ME WELCOME LYNDA CARTER.HELP ME WELCOME LYNDA
CARTER.
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THATS AWESOME. WELCOME.ESOME.
WELCOME. >> THANK YOU.
>> SO GREAT TO SEE YOU HERE.
>> IM SUCH A FAN.
>> THAT MEANS A LOT TO ME.
>> I AM SUCH A FAN.
>> TRULY.
>> TRULY. ITS SAD BUT THERE REALLY
WERENT THAT MANY WOMEN TO LOOK
UP TO ON TELEVISION BACK IN THE
70s.
70s.
>> I KNOW.
>> AND THEN, YOU CAME ALONG. AND IT WAS LIKE THE LASSO OF
TRUTH INSTEAD OF THE DAMSELS IN
DISTRESSED, THE DUDES IN
DISTRESS AND YOU WERE THE ONES
WHO CAME THROUGH AND SAVED THEM.
WHAT DID THAT ROLE MEAN TO YOU?
>> I THINK, IVE REALLY TRIED TO
FIGURE OUT WHAT IT WAS ABOUT
THAT PARTICULAR CHARACTER THAT
IT HAS BEEN SO ENDURING.
AND I THINK WITH THIS #METOO
MOVEMENT, I FINALLY REALIZED
THAT SHE WAS ABLE TO FIGHT BACK.
SHE WAS ABLE TO PROTECT HERSELF.
SHE WAS ABLE TO PROTECT THOSE
WOMEN AROUND HER.
AND IF SOMEONE WAS -- NO ONE COULD TAKE ADVANTAGE OF HER.
AND THERES A PIECE OF THAT,
RIGHT?
RIGHT?
THESE WOMEN ARE NODDING. AND I FINALLY REALLY UNDERSTOOD
THAT, THAT YOU COULD BE
BEAUTIFUL.
BEAUTIFUL.
I KNEW YOU COULD BE BEAUTIFUL AND STRONG AND HAVE A MIND AND
INTELLECT AND ALL THAT.
AND YOU DIDNT HAVE TO COVER
YOURSELVES UP, IN ORDER TO BE
ACCEPTED.
ACCEPTED.
AND YOU JUST WERE WHO YOU WERE. SHE WASNT PREDATORY.O YOU WERE.
SHE WASNT PREDATORY. SHE WASNT TRYING TO BE SEXY.
>> SHE WAS LIKE A REGULAR WOMAN
WITH SUPERPOWERS.
WITH SUPERPOWERS. >> YES.
>> YES.
SHE WAS A BEAUTIFUL WOMAN. SHE DIDNT THINK MUCH OF HER
COSTUME OR THAT WAS WHAT HER
BODY LOOKED LIKE.
GET OVER IT.
>> WEVE BEEN TALKING ABOUT
THIS.
THIS.
RIGHT? WEVE BEEN TALKING ABOUT THIS ON
THE SHOW, ABOUT DOES A WOMAN, IN
ORDER TO BE TAKEN SERIOUSLY,
HAVE TO CHOOSE BETWEEN BEING
SEXY AND BEING STRONG?
BEING SEXY AND BEING SMART?
I THINK THAT CHARACTER IS AN
ANSWER IN AND OF ITSELF.
NO.
NO.
YOU DONT HAVE TO CHOOSE. YOU CAN BE -- YOURE NOT GOING
TO GO IN A COURT OF LAW WEARING
A BIKINI.
A BIKINI. BUT WHEN YOURE WONDER WOMAN, OR
WHEN YOU WANT TO SHOW A LITTLE,
WHATEVER, WEAR A LITTLE LEATHER
ON THE JOB, YOU CAN DO IT AND BE
TAKEN SERIOUSLY.
TAKEN SERIOUSLY.
WHY CANT WE?
>> WE CAN. I WOULD LOVE TO CHALLENGE ALL
MEN TO WEAR HIGH HEELS FOR A DAY
DAY.
DAY.
AND A BRA.
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AND A DOUBLE-D BRA AND TRY TO PLAY GOLF OR TENNIS.ND TRY TO
PLAY GOLF OR TENNIS. >> AND IN OUR CASE, THE
DOUBLE-SPANX.
DOUBLE-SPANX.
>> MY POINT IS, THAT THEY CRITICIZE US GOING AND COMING.
THEY CRITICIZE US IF WERE NOT
LOOKING AS GOOD.
AND THAT IS REALLY WHAT BOTHERS
ME.
ME. IN POLITICAL LIFE, THEYRE
CRITICIZING PANTSUITS, FAT LEGS.
SHE DOESNT LOOK SO GOOD.
BLAH, BLAH, BLAH.
THATS THE WAY IT IS, FOLKS.
WHEN WERE 22 OR WERE 32 AND
WERE 42 AND 52 AND 62, AND ON
AND ON.
AND ON.
THIS IS THE WAY WE LOOK.
OKAY.
IF THEYRE GOING TO CRITICIZE IN
PUBLIC ANY WOMAN, THEN WE WILL CRITICIZE YOUR BALD HEAD, YOUR
HAIR NOSE.
HAIR NOSE. YOUR EAR HAIR.
YOUR BEER BELLY.
>> FAIR IS FAIR.
>> HILLARY CLINTONS
COMMUNICATION DIRECTOR ON THE
SHOW A COUPLE WEEKS AGO, SHE DID
QUOTE HILLARY HAVING A GREAT
LINE.
LINE.
PEOPLE WOULD SAY, SHE NEEDS TO
WORK ON HER LAUGH.
SHE NEEDS TO WORK ON HER VOICE.
SHE NEEDS TO WORK ON HER DRESS. AND HILLARY SAID TO JEN PALMERRY
PALMERRY, WHO WAS RELATING TO
MEN ON THE NATIONAL STAGE.
POINT THAT PERSON OUT TO ME
BECAUSE WOMEN HAVE TO GO THROUGH
ALL OF THE HOOPS THAT OTHERS
DONT ALWAYS.
DONT ALWAYS.
>> ITS NOT ONLY THAT.
ITS THAT WHAT ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT?AT WHAT ARE YOU TALKING
ABOUT?
ITS LIKE, GET OVER THIS. WHAT ARE YOU -- ITS NOT EVEN
NAME THIS OR NAME THAT.
YOU ARE MISSING THE POINT.
WE ARE WHOLE WOMEN.
WE ARE TOTAL WOMEN.
WE HAVE A VOICE.
WE HAVE CAUSES.
WE ARE YOUNG, OLD.
WE ARE THIN, FAT, WE ARE SHORT,
WE ARE TALL.
WE ARE GINGERS, WE ARE BLONDES,
WE ARE SALT AND PEPPERS, WE ARE
EVERYTHING.
EVERYTHING.
WE WEAR COVERINGS.
WHATEVER WE ARE.
AND WERE SEXY.
>> AND WE DONT ANSWER TO YOU, RIGHT? WE DONT ANSWER TO YOU,
RIGHT?
YOU JUDGERS, WE DONT ANSWER TO
YOU.
>> HOWEVER, WE -- I DO WANT TO
SAY THAT THERE ARE MANY, MANY,
MANY MEN THAT ARE CHAMPIONS OF WOMEN.EN THAT ARE CHAMPIONS OF
WOMEN.
LIKE MY MEN IN MY LIFE, THEY ARE CHAMPIONS OF ME, MY SON, MYY ARE
CHAMPIONS OF ME, MY SON, MY HUSBAND.
HUSBAND.
KUDOS TO THEM.
>> THE EVOLVED MEN ARE OUR PARTNERS, IN OUR EMPOWERMENT.
YOU MENTIONED THE #METOO
MOVEMENT.
MOVEMENT.
YOU ALLUDED TO -- I CANT
IMAGINE YOU GREW UP AS WONDER WOMAN AND DIDNT HAVE A #METOO
EXPERIENCE.
EXPERIENCE.
YOU GREW UP AT A TIME. THIS IS FOR YOU. TIME.
THIS IS FOR YOU. I KNEW YOU WERE COMING.
I JUST WONDER HOW THAT AFFECTED
YOU AND HOW YOUNG YOU WERE WHEN
IT HAPPENED TO YOU AND HOW ITS
CHANGED YOU.
CHANGED YOU.
>> I WILL SAY I GIVE THE #METOO
TO YOU.
I GIVE THE #METOO TO THE WOMEN THAT STARTED IT.O TO THE WOMEN
THAT STARTED IT. WOMEN OF MY AGE, WE HAVE TRIED
AND WE HAVE TAKEN OUR CAUSES TO
A CERTAIN POINT.
WOMEN OF MY GENERATION CAN
SUPPORT YOU.
SUPPORT YOU. CAN SUPPORT YOUR CAUSE.
BUT THIS BELONGS TO YOU.
MEGYN KELLY, IT BELONGS TO YOU.
IT HAPPENED TO YOU ON A NATIONAL
STAGE, WHERE YOU WERE BULLIED
AND YOU WERE VILIFIED.
AND YOU WERE RAKED THROUGH THE
COALS.
COALS.
AND ON A NATIONAL STAGE. SOMEHOW, YOU WERE MADE TO FEEL
RESPONSIBLE OR ASHAMED OF
QUESTIONS THAT YOU VERY RIGHTLY
ASKED SOMEONE, ON A NATIONAL
STAGE.
STAGE. AND COURAGEOUSLY.
AND COURAGEOUSLY. THATS A #METOO MOVEMENT.
THAT TOOK COURAGE AND THAT, AS
MUCH AS ANYTHING, STARTED THE
CONVERSATION.
CONVERSATION. THAT, AS MUCH AS ANYTHING,
STARTED THE #METOO MOVEMENT.
I APPLAUD YOU FOR THAT.
AND ANYONE WHO TAKES YOU DOWN FOR THAT, I THINK YOU ARE ANN
FOR THAT, I THINK YOU ARE AN AMAZING PERSON.
AMAZING PERSON.
AND I THINK THAT YOU BELONG. [ APPLAUSE ]THAT YOU BELONG.
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>> I COULD HAVE USED A LASSO OF TRUTH UP ON THAT DEBATE STAGEOF
TRUTH UP ON THAT DEBATE STAGE THAT DAY.
THAT DAY.
I COULD HAVE USED THE LASSO OF TRUTH DEALING WITH THELASSO OF
TRUTH DEALING WITH THE PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATES.
PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATES. >> I WAS CAUTIONED BY MY
HUSBAND, HONEY, DONT GET INTO
PRESIDENTIAL POLITICS.
PRESIDENTIAL POLITICS. DONT GET INTO POLITICS IF YOU
CAN AVOID IT.
AND I SAID --
NOT KIND OF MY -- ITS HARD FOR
ME.
ME.
I WANT TO THANK YOU FOR THAT.
YOU SPOKE FOR EVERY WOMAN. AND YOU WERE RIGHT. WOMAN.
AND YOU WERE RIGHT. YOU WERE ABSOLUTELY RIGHT.
AND I JUST THINK THAT YOU ARE --
YOU KNOW, YOU KICKED ASS.
>> THAT MEANS A LOT COMING FROM
YOU.
YOU.
I HAVE MUCH MORE I WANT TO DISCUSS WITH YOU.I WANT TO
DISCUSS WITH YOU. IS IT TRUE, I READ AN ARTICLE
WITH YOU IN THE DAILY BEAST, DID
SOMEBODY DRILL A HOLE IN YOUR
DRESSING ROOM TO GET A
BEHIND-THE-SCENES PEEK AT LYNDA
CARTER?
CARTER?
>> THEY DID.
I WAS IN MY FIRST YEAR OF
FILMING "WONDER WOMAN." I WAS CALLED TO THE HEAD OF
WARNER BROTHERS OFFICE.
I THOUGHT, AM I IN TROUBLE?
AND THEY PULLED ME IN.
THIS IS SOMETHING TO SAY ABOUT
THOSE MEN AND THOSE PEOPLE WHO
HAVE VOICES AND WHO DID PROTECT
ME.
ME. THEY SAID, WE FOUND OUT, SOMEONE
REPORTED, THAT THE CAMERAMAN WAS
GOING BEHIND YOUR -- THEY HAVE
THESE BOX DRESSING ROOMS.
THEY BUILT THE DRESSING ROOMS
AND THEY WOULD MOVE THEM AROUND,
WHATEVER SOUND STAGE YOU WERE
ON.
ON. ANYWAY, SO, HE WAS GOING BEHIND
MY DRESSING ROOM, SOMEONE WAS
WONDERING WHAT HE WAS DOING.
AND HE HAD DRILLED A HOLE.
HE HAD TO GO INSIDE MY DRESSING
ROOM AND DRILL IT FROM THE
INSIDE TO THE OUTSIDE AND THEN
FROM THE OUTSIDE TO THE INSIDE.
SO, IT WAS PREDATORY.
AND YOU CAN CALL IT A PEEPING
TOM, WHICH SOUNDS LIKE --
>> HONESTLY, I THINK ABOUT THE
ERIN ANDREWS CASE WHERE THE GUY
DRILLED A HOLE IN THE PEEPHOLE
OF THE HOTEL ROOM.
THAT MAN IS IN PRISON.
BACK IN THE DAY, THIS IS ONE OF
THE THINGS.
THE THINGS.
WE HAVE SO MUCH THINGS TO TALK
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AND WERE BACK, NOW, WITH THE ORIGINAL "WONDER WOMAN" LYNDA
CARTER.
CARTER.
CAN I ASK YOU IF YOU HAVE ANY INTEREST IN APPEARING IN THE NEW
"WONDER WOMAN" FILMS.
THEYRE DOING A SEQUEL WITH GAL.
>> WERE SOUL SISTERS.
>> LOOK AT THAT. >> LOOK AT THAT.
YOU LOOK AS YOUNG AS YOU DID
WHEN YOU PLAYED THE ROLE
ORIGINALLY.
IS THERE ANY TALK OF THAT? MIGHT WE SEE A LYNDA CARTER
CAMEO?
CAMEO?
>> THATS UP TO GAL.
THATS UP TO PATTY JENKINS.
IVE BEEN TALKING TO HER ABOUT
IT.
AND I -- SHES GIVEN ME SOME
HINTS ABOUT IT. AND I GUESS, WARNLER BROTHERS,
ITS UP TO WARNER BROTHERS IF
THEY WANT TO SPEND THE MONEY.
YOU CAN WRITE LETTERS AND TELL THEM.AN WRITE LETTERS AND TELL
THEM.
>> WERE ON IT.
YOUVE BEEN DOING A LOT.
YOURE SINGING, YOURE ACTING,
YOURE IN "SUPER TROOPERS II.
"
"AND ILL BE SINGING THIS WEEKEND. BE SINGING THIS
WEEKEND.
>> RED ROCK AND BLUES IS YOUR NEW ALBUM.K AND BLUES IS YOUR
NEW ALBUM. AND IS IT TRUE THAT YOUR
DAUGHTER IS A LAWYER WHO SINGS
ON THE SIDE? >> YES.SIDE?
>> YES. >> THATS A RARE COMBINATION OF
THE RIGHT BRAIN/LEFT BRAIN.
ABSOLUTELY.
ABSOLUTELY.
I ASKED HER JUST A FEW YEARS AGO
TO ASK HER AT THE KENNEDY CENTER.HER AT THE KENNEDY
CENTER.
WOULD YOU LIKE TO DO A DUET WITH ME?LD YOU LIKE TO DO A DUET WITH
ME?
AND SHES IN LAW SCHOOL, AND SAID, SURE. LAW SCHOOL, AND
SAID, SURE. I HADNT REALIZED SHE HAD NEVER
PICKED UP A MICROPHONE.
AND SHES JUST GIFTED. SHES WORKING ON HER OWN
PROJECTS NOW.
PROJECTS NOW.
SHES PRACTICING LAW AT A BIG LAW FIRM IN WASHINGTON, D.C.
GIBSON DUNN.
GIBSON DUNN. >> THATS A GOOD ONE.
A BIG ONE.
WE WERE TALKING ABOUT OUR
DAUGHTERS.
I HAVE A 7-YEAR-OLD DAUGHTER.
AND YOU HAVE TWO KIDS, A BOY AND
A GIRL, RIGHT?
>> HE PLAYS GUITAR AND IS ALSO A
LAWYER.
>> AND SHES MANAGED TO GET NOT
ONE BUT TWO COSTUMES OF THE
ORIGINAL "WONDER WOMAN" BECAUSE
SHE HAS TWO KIDS.
THEYRE GOING TO WIND UP WITH THAT.E GOING TO WIND UP WITH
THAT.
ON THE SUBJECT OF OUR DAUGHTERS.
>> YES?
>> THAT, YOU MENTIONED MY ROLE IN THE #METOO MOVEMENT.MY ROLE
IN THE #METOO MOVEMENT. SHE IS ONE OF THE REASONS I DID
WHAT I DID AND WHY I AM THE WAY I AM.I DID AND WHY I AM THE WAY
I AM. I HOPE THERES A BETTER ROAD FOR
HER THAN THERES BEEN FOR ME.
AND FOR YOU.
I WANT TO ASK WITHOUT PUTTING
YOU ON THE SPOT, YOU SAID YOU
WERE SOMEBODYS TARGET, SOMEBODY
FAMOUS WHOSE NAME YOU HAVE NOT
REVEALED.
REVEALED.
>> CORRECT.
>> WHAT HAPPENED TO YOU TO THE
EXTENT YOU WANT TO SHARE IT.
>> I AM NOT COMFORTABLE SHARING.
I DID AN ARTICLE FOR "THE DAILY BEAST."N ARTICLE FOR "THE DAILY
BEAST."
AND I LAID IT OUT THERE. HES FAMOUS AND BEING PROSECUTED
NOW.
NOW.
AND ITS IN THE NEWSPAPERS NOW. AND I PRETTY MUCH LAID IT OUT.
THERES NOTHING LEGALLY I CAN
DO.
I CHOSE NOT TO ADD MY VOICE.
AND THE REASON IS, THE REASON IS
THERES NOTHING I CAN ADD.
AND THE WOMENS VOICES THAT ARE OUT THERE NOW, I DONT WANT TOE
OUT THERE NOW, I DONT WANT TO BE ONE OF THOSE PEOPLE, ME, TOO.
ME, TOO.
ME, TOO. ITS NOT ABOUT ME.
ITS ABOUT THE WOMEN THAT ITS
HAPPENING TO TODAY.
>> JUSTICE IS BEING SERVED IN THAT CASE. IS BEING SERVED IN
THAT CASE.
>> YES. JUSTICE IS BEING SERVED.
WE NEED TO TEACH OUR DAUGHTERS
AND TEACH OUR YOUNG MEN WHAT IS
APPROPRIATE AND NOT APPROPRIATE.
I WANT TO BE THE SUPPORT SYSTEM
FOR WOMEN OUT THERE NOW, THROUGH
MY EXPERIENCE AND SPEAKING
SOMEWHAT ABOUT IT, YES.
WE DIDNT HAVE ANYONE TO TELL.
WE COULD NOT TELL ANYONE.
THERE WAS NO ONE TO TELL.
WHO ARE YOU GOING TO TELL?
WHO IS GOING TO DO ANYTHING
ABOUT IT?
ABOUT IT? YOURE GOING TO GET FIRED, OH,
SHES TROUBLE.
SHES TROUBLE.
>> SHE ASKED FOR IT. >> WHAT DID YOU DO?.
>> WHAT DID YOU DO? YOU MUST HAVE DONE SOMETHING.
YOU MUST HAVE WARNED SOMETHING.
YOU MUST HAVE DONE SOMETHING.
AND THERES A PIECE OF IT WHERE
YOU FEEL THAT YOURE ASHAMED IN
SOME WAY.
SOME WAY. >> 100%.
>> 100%. YOU FEEL LIKE, WHAT DID I SAY OR
DO TO BRING THIS ON MYSELF?
THESE WOMEN ARE SHAKING THEIR
HEADS YES.
HEADS YES.
>> THAT MENTALITY IS JUST STARTING TO CHANGE.S JUST
STARTING TO CHANGE. JUST NOW.
JUST NOW. >> AS MUCH AS WE SAY IT WASNT
MY FAULT, YOU THINK, WHAT DID I
DO?
DO? >> YOU DONT REALIZE THAT
SOCIETY HAS MADE YOU QUESTION
YOURSELF.
YOURSELF.
WERE STARTING TO REJECT THAT, TO GET THAT IMPRINT IS WRONG AND
SET UP BY PEOPLE WHO DIDNT KNOW
WHAT THE HELL THEY WERE DOING.
>> YES.
>> YES. WAS YOUR HUSBAND SURPRISED THAT
SO MANY WOMEN CAME FORWARD?
>> YES AND NO.
I MEAN, WEVE BEEN LIVING IN
THIS WORLD IN WHICH EVERY WOMAN
I KNOW IS LIKE, YEAH.
WE HAVE TO DEAL WITH IT.
AND I THINK HE BUT SURPRISED
LIKE I WAS, AT THE DAWN OF THE
REALIZATION, MAYBE NOT.
MAYBE NOT.
MAYBE NOT.
AND I REALLY THINK CHANGE IS
HAPPENING.
I HAVE TO SAY TO YOU, LYNDA, YOU WERE SOMEBODY, WHETHER YOUA, YOU
WERE SOMEBODY, WHETHER YOU TALKED ABOUT #METOO OR NOT, YOU
GAVE A LITTLE GIRL IN UPSTATE
NEW YORK, JUST HOPE THERE WAS A
YOUNG, EMPOWERED VERSION OF A
WOMAN OUT THERE, WHO COULD KICK
ASS AND TAKE NO PRISONERS AND
STILL ROCK THAT OUTFIT.
I AM NO SMALL PART BECAUSE OF
YOU.
YOU.
GOOD LUCK WITH THE ALBUM. >> AND "SUPER TROOPERS II."
>> GO TO SEE "SUPER TROOPERS II"
OUT THIS WEEKEND.
ITS HYSTERICALLY FUNNY.
THESE ARE BRILLIANT BOOBS.