When Megyn Kelly introduced that she could be leaving Fox Information after greater than a decade on the channel in 2017, she chalked her choice as much as desirous to spend extra significant time along with her youngsters. Nonetheless, not lengthy after that, she admitted Donald Trump had performed a really massive function in her exit — and never as a result of he preached the significance of concerned parenting. 

As a fast refresher, Kelly introduced her exit from Fox Information in January 2017. On the time, she mentioned that being current for her youngsters was one in all her chief priorities, and we now have no doubts that that did play a task in her selection. Nonetheless, a couple of months down the road, she shared on “The Ellen DeGeneres Present” that whereas she’d been feeling as if prime-time cable information wasn’t for her for some time, Trump’s fixed choosing on her was in the end the ultimate nail within the coffin for her Fox Information profession. “Donald Trump has a approach of clarifying one’s life selections, and that was true in my case, too,” she joked. Specifically, Kelly famous that Trump’s calls to boycott her put into perspective simply how over it she was. “He was very centered, and it was only a clarification and an affirmation that I didn’t need to reside like this,” she went on to clarify. 

After all, issues have subsequently modified, and at present Kelly is a vocal supporter of Trump. Actually, Kelly and Trump’s relationship has even been seen as slightly bizarre at instances, given simply how a lot of a 180 it has been. That mentioned, that hasn’t stopped her from addressing the impression he had on her life main as much as her resignation — and she or he’s even thrown some playful shade on the whole ordeal.  

Influencing somebody to give up their job of greater than 10 years is a reasonably large deal, so it is no shock that many have been shocked to see Megyn Kelly find yourself supporting Donald Trump within the 2024 election. That mentioned, her switcheroo hasn’t come with out a few barbs right here and there (even when they did come throughout as extra playful than cases of Kelly’s shady aspect). Working example: Kelly not-so-subtly evaluating the president to a teenage woman. Talking to “Frontline,” Kelly defined that she believed Trump’s motivations in going after her have been by no means malicious, however merely showcased his love for placing on a present. “I believe he is obtained this aptitude for the dramatic. Like, I’ve a 13-year-old woman. 13-year-old women, they love drama, and I believe Trump’s obtained a good quantity of that in him, too,” she mentioned. She’s definitely not fallacious.

Elsewhere within the interview, Kelly additionally acknowledged that Trump falls into the class of celebs who’ll do something for consideration. “Trump does get pleasure from being the focus,” she famous, going so far as saying being spoken about was basically “his oxygen.”

As for her quitting Fox Information, Kelly instructed “Frontline” that whereas trying again, she was nonetheless upset with how the whole lot had gone down, taking inventory of who Trump was as an individual had helped her distance herself considerably. “The assaults weren’t precisely on Megyn Kelly, the particular person. They have been on Megyn Kelly, the model, the journalist … if they may carry her down or present to the citizens they weren’t afraid of her, and so they have been completely satisfied to maintain bashing her, it could ship a message that they have been powerful, that they might battle for them,” she defined. Kudos to Kelly for being the larger particular person, we guess.