Megyn Kelly has introduced that she’s going to interview former President Donald Trump subsequent week on her radio present, the primary public interview with the previous president since Fox’s 2016 primetime particular.
“It shall be my first interview with a former president in seven years, and there may be a lot to get to. I’m actually wanting ahead to this. It’s going to be nice. It’s going to be spicy, and it’s going to be robust, however you’re all going to take pleasure in rather a lot too,” Kelly stated in a video posted Thursday on X, previously generally known as Twitter.
Prior to her one-on-one with Trump on Fox, Kelly famously grilled the ex-president throughout a 2015 GOP debate on his historical past of misogynistic feedback towards ladies.
“You’ve known as ladies you don’t like fats pigs, canines, slobs and disgusting animals,” Kelly stated as moderator on the time. “Does that sound just like the temperament of a person we must always elect as president?”
Her query ignited a firestorm of of anti-Kelly/anti-Fox News remarks from the ex-president for months following the talk. Speaking to CNN after the clash, Trump criticized Kelly’s l ine of questioning, saying, “You might see there was blood popping out of her eyes. Blood popping out of her wherever.” He was promptly disinvited from a GOP event in Atlanta
The conservative commentator and the ex-president have since made amends. In June, she claimed they met “for the primary time in years” and that “it was, frankly, nice to see him.” She added, “All that nonsense between us is beneath the bridge”
Kelly’s upcoming interview with Trump airs reside on The Megyn Kelly Show on SiriusXM, Sept. 14 at midday E.T.
The radio host, who has had a number of of Trump’s rivals on the present together with Vivek Ramaswamy, Ron DeSantis, Nikki Haley, and Democratic candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr., stated she is wanting ahead to subsequent week’s assembly.
“I’m actually wanting ahead to bringing you this one and plenty of extra to come. I’m very glad that he agreed to do it. He’s not saying sure to everybody. And to his credit score, , Donald Trump is aware of that I’m not any person who suffers from Trump Derangement Syndrome just like the overwhelming majority of individuals within the media, however I’m additionally not a sycophant, so I’m not going to go in there and be a bootlicker,” she stated. “It’s going to be enjoyable, and he can deal with it completely nicely.”
Kelly jumped the Fox ship for NBC days earlier than Trump took the oath of workplace in 2016. But her gig on the the community was short-lived, and NBC terminated her contract after she made controversial comments about blackface throughout her morning present.
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