45 Facts About Megyn Kelly

Megyn Marie Kelly is an American conservative journalist and media personality.

Megyn Kelly was a talk show host at Fox News from 2004 to 2017 and a host and correspondent with NBC News from 2017 to 2018.

Megyn Kelly is active in posting to her Instagram page and YouTube channel.

Megyn Kelly hosted The Megyn Kelly File from October 2013 to January 2017.

Megyn Kelly left Fox News in January 2017 and joined NBC News.

Megyn Kelly started hosting the third hour of the morning show Today with her program titled Megyn Kelly Today in September 2017.

Megyn Kelly was born in Champaign, Illinois, to Edward Francis Megyn Kelly, Ed.

Megyn Kelly is of Italian and German descent on her mother's side and Irish descent on her father's.

Megyn Kelly's father died of a heart attack in 1985 when she was 15 years old.

Megyn Kelly attended Tecumseh Elementary School in suburban Syracuse, New York.

Megyn Kelly obtained an undergraduate degree in political science from the Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs at Syracuse University in 1992 and earned a JD from Albany Law School in 1995.

Megyn Kelly later worked at Jones Day for nine years, where one of her clients was the credit bureau Experian.

In 2003, Megyn Kelly moved to Washington, DC, where she was hired by the ABC affiliate WJLA-TV as a general assignment reporter.

Megyn Kelly covered national and local events, including live coverage of the confirmation hearings for US Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito and Chief Justice John G Roberts, the retirement of Justice Sandra Day O'Connor, the death of Chief Justice William Rehnquist, and the 2004 presidential election.

Megyn Kelly contributed legal segments for Special Report with Brit Hume and hosted her own legal segment, Kelly's Court, during Weekend Live.

Megyn Kelly appeared in a weekly segment on The O'Reilly Factor and occasionally filled in for Greta Van Susteren on On the Record, where most of her reporting focused on legal and political matters.

Megyn Kelly occasionally contributed as an anchor, but more often as a substitute anchor on weekends.

On February 1,2010, Megyn Kelly began hosting her own two-hour afternoon show, America Live, which replaced The Live Desk.

In December 2010, Megyn Kelly hosted a New Year's Eve special with Bill Hemmer.

Megyn Kelly received media attention for her coverage of the results of the 2012 United States presidential election.

Megyn Kelly left America Live in July 2013 and took maternity leave.

The Megyn Kelly File was occasionally the channel's ratings leader, topping The O'Reilly Factor.

In June 2015, Megyn Kelly interviewed Jim Bob Duggar and Michelle Duggar of 19 Kids and Counting regarding their son Josh Duggar's alleged molestation of five girls in 2002.

Megyn Kelly later interviewed two of their daughters, Jill and Jessa.

Megyn Kelly's moderating generated a range of media and political reactions and her professionalism was criticized by Trump.

Megyn Kelly responded to Trump's criticism by saying she would not "apologize for doing good journalism".

Megyn Kelly appeared on the cover of the February 2016 issue of Vanity Fair.

In late 2016, Megyn Kelly was alleged to be actively considering other news networks aside from Fox News, since her contract was a few months from expiring.

Megyn Kelly departed Fox News on January 6,2017, after the last episode of The Kelly File was aired.

In January 2017, People quoted an unspecified source that Megyn Kelly remained under a non-compete clause with Fox until July 2017 which would prevent her from working for a competitor until the clause expires or is canceled.

On June 2,2017, Kelly interviewed Russian president Vladimir Putin, first in a panel discussion she moderated at the St Petersburg International Economic Forum and later in a one-on-one interview for the premiere episode of NBC's Sunday Night with Megyn Kelly, which aired June 4,2017.

Kelly's daytime talk show, Megyn Kelly Today, premiered in September 2017.

Megyn Kelly was being paid reportedly between $15 million and $20 million a year at NBC.

On October 23,2018, Kelly was criticized for on-air remarks she made on Megyn Kelly Today related to the appropriateness of blackface as part of Halloween costumes.

Megyn Kelly recollected that "when I was a kid, that was okay as long as you were dressing up like a character", and defended Luann de Lesseps's use of skin darkening spray to portray Diana Ross.

Megyn Kelly's employment was terminated on January 11,2019, and she was paid the $30 million due for the remainder of her contract.

In February 2016, Megyn Kelly signed an agreement with HarperCollins to write an autobiography scheduled for release later that year, in a deal worth more than $10 million.

Megyn Kelly is portrayed in the film by Charlize Theron, who was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Actress for her performance.

Megyn Kelly said she was not consulted for the film's content.

However, after viewing a screening of the film, Megyn Kelly held a roundtable discussion with other involved parties such as Juliet Huddy, Rudi Bakhtiar, Douglas Brunt, and former Fox News producer Julie Zann.

Megyn Kelly confirmed and denied several moments in the film, while describing the film overall as an emotional experience for her.

On October 12,2016, Megyn Kelly stated in a segment on her show with Fox News commentator Julie Roginsky that she is a lifelong Catholic.

Megyn Kelly has appeared at a fundraiser for parental rights organization Moms for Liberty.

Politically, Megyn Kelly identifies as an independent, and told Variety in 2015 that she had voted for both Democrats and Republicans.

Megyn Kelly has spoken out in support of drug legalization and supports accepting more legal immigrants, but objected to Muslim immigration in Europe.