Megyn Kelly

About

Megyn Kelly is a news pundit and television host on the Fox News channel. Online, Kelly has gained notoriety for various gaffes uttered over the years as well as a public feud with entrepreneur and Presidential candidate Donald Trump during the 2016 Republican presidential primary.

History

Television Career

In 2003, Kelly was hired at the ABC affiliate news station WJLA-TV in Washington, DC as an assignment reporter, covering national and local events. In 2004, Kelly contributed to various legal segments on the Fox New channel. In February 2010, Kelly was selected as the host of the Fox New show America Live. On October 7th, 2013, Kelly began hosting the Fox News program The Kelly File.

Santa Claus is White

On December 10th, 2013, Slate^[1] published a column by writer Aisha Harris titled “Santa Claus Should Not Be a White Man Anymore,” which argued that Santa Claus should be depicted as a penguin rather than the traditional image of an “old white male.” On the following day, Kelly discussed the article on her The Kelly File, during which she argued vehemently against against the idea of an image makeover for the mythical figure and claimed that both Santa Claus and Jesus were White (shown below). Kelly’s remark was subsequently met with punchlines from the late-night pundit circles and criticisms of race-baiting.

2015 Republican Presidential Debate

On August 6th, 2015, the first debate for the 2016 Republican presidential primary was hosted by Fox News at the Quicken Loans Arena in Cleveland, Ohio. The main debate was moderated by Kelly, Bret Baier and Chris Wallace, with candidates Donald Trump, Jeb Bush, Scott Walker, Mike Huckabee, Ben Carson, Ted Cruz, Marco Rubio, Rand Paul, Chris Christie and John Kasich. During the debate, Kelly questioned Trump regarding various insults he has directed at women, to which Trump responded that he didn’t appreciate the way Kelly had treated him in the past (shown below).

On August 24th, Trump posted several tweets disparaging tweets toward Kelly about an interview segment on The Kelly File, referring to her as “the bimbo” and professing a preference for her temporary replacement while she was on vacation (shown below).^[3]^[4]^[5]^[6] On August 25th, Fox News executive Roger Ailes released a statement describing Trump’s attack on Kelly as “unacceptable” and “disturbing.”^[7]

Social Media Presence

As of August 2015, Kelly has over 1.1 million Twitter^[2] followers and 800,000 Facebook^[1] likes.

Related Memes

Megyn Kelly Essentially

Megyn Kelly Essentially, also known as “Euphemism Megyn Kelly”, is an advice animal image macro series featuring a photo of Fox News anchor Megyn Kelly captioned with dismissive statements trivializing acts of violent crime and human rights violations.

Personal Life

Megyn Kelly was born on November 18th, 1970 in Syracuse, New York. She received her undergraduate degree in political science at Syracuse University before earning a J.D. from Albany Law School in 1995.