Awkward Megyn Kelly Interviews That Will Make You Cringe

Megyn Kelly didn't have the 2017 she likely thought she would.
After leaving Fox News to headline her own morning talk show for NBC, Megyn Kelly Today,
the former anchor has been repeatedly slammed by audiences and critics for her many awkward
gaffes.
Here's a look at some awkward Megyn Kelly interviews that will make you cringe.
The cast of Will and Grace
When Megyn Kelly Today launched in September 2017, Kelly immediately announced that she
was "done with politics."
But politics wasn't quite done with her, as a seemingly innocent interview with the cast
of Will and Grace on her very first day went wildly awry when she brought a fan of the
show onto the stage.
"Is it true that you became a lawyer, and that you became gay, because of Will?"
The fan wisely sidestepped the question about becoming gay, but Kelly doubled down on the
ill advised joke with her sendoff.
"I don't know about the lawyer thing, but I think that Will & Grace thing and the gay
thing are going to work out great."
The backlash directed at that segment prompted Will & Grace star Debra Messing to declare
that she was "dismayed" by Kelly's comments and "regrets" going on the show.
Jane Fonda
Just two days after the Will and Grace debacle, actress Jane Fonda appeared on the show alongside
Robert Redford to discuss their movie Our Souls at Night.
But things didn't quite go as planned when Kelly instead ambushed Fonda with a question
about plastic surgery.
"Why did you say, I read that you said you felt you're not proud to admit that you had
work done.
Why not?"
"We really wanna talk about that right now?"
Kelly fumbled to recover, saying that people admire Fonda's looks, to which Fonda credited
her "good attitude [and] good posture" before insisting on returning to the subject matter
at hand, which was the film.
Fonda later revealed that she was displeased by the question because it wasn't the right
time or place to address that issue.
The Menendez Brothers
When the TV series Law & Order True Crime: The Menendez Murders came out in September,
2017, Kelly piggybacked on the hype by airing an interview with Lyle Menendez, who along
with his brother Erik was convicted for the 1989 murder of their parents.
Critics had a field day, slamming Kelly for offering up softball questions in an interview
that was short on substance and long on fluff.
One detective who'd been part of the original case blasted Kelly's segment for pandering
to Menendez, saying, "I thought the whole thing was self-serving to Lyle."
Suzanne Somers
In November 2017, actress-turned-author Suzanne Somers appeared on the show alongside her
husband, Alan Hamel to promote her lifestyle book, Two's Company.
While joking about how active their love life is, Somers said, "Sometimes I'm not awake
for it, though."
Viewers and critics were appalled at what some viewed as the promotion of non-consensual
relations, but Kelly just played along, even as Hamel and Somers began discussing the international
legality of intercourse with a sleeping spouse.
"Alan's like, 'Those are some of the best times.'"
"That's fine with me."
"Yeah, right… does it matter?"
Somers eventually apologized for taking things too far, but the damage was definitely done.
Carli Lloyd
In yet another blooper entry from Megyn Kelly's no-good-very-bad first month on Megyn Kelly
Today, she interviewed soccer star Carli Lloyd to talk about her initiative to get girls
involved in sports.
While the interview itself was innocuous enough, at least one member of Kelly's crew forgot
his cues and let a four-letter word slip right onto the live telecast.
"But I think, uh, what's been most fascinating is, that..."
"S---!!"
NBC has since edited out the error from its digital version of the sit-down.
But, hey, it could've been worse.
She could've been interviewing Mike Huckabee, like she did back in her Fox News days.
"Joining me now, former Arkansas governor Mike Huckabee who's the host of F---abee,
of HUCKabee."
Russell Brand
There's no doubt that Russell Brand has made an entire career out of being extreme, and
he certainly brought his trademark over-the-top enthusiasm to the set of Megyn Kelly Today
in October 2017.
At the time of his appearance, Kelly's show had just been through a widely maligned first
week, so he attempted to comfort her with a series of saccharine compliments that were
secondhand embarrassing.
"And I love you in the daytime, well done, coming into the glorious light!
It's beautiful here!"
"It's like you've escaped.
You're like an escaped Stormtrooper who's took his helmet off to reveal a great beauty!"
That's… just weird.
But it was also just the start, as he later waxed poetic after she read a passage from
his book Recovery: Freedom From Our Addictions.
"God, you should have done the audio book, that was amazing!"
"Is that…"
"Such incredible gravitas!
Now that I meet you as an actual human being, I feel appalled that anyone would ever be
rude to you.
You're glorious!"
So don't worry, Megyn.
Because no matter how bad your ratings get, it looks like you've earned at least one fan
for life.
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Awkward Megyn Kelly Interviews That Will Make You Cringe

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