Megyn Kelly calls out late night hosts Seth Meyers and Jimmy Fallon for negative jokes.
She made the comments on The Megyn Kelly Show on May 21 while discussing the end of The Late Show with Stephen Colbert. She first turned to Meyers and used foul language and insults to refer to him.
“He was such an asshole when I was at NBC, I couldn’t stand him,” she said on her podcast, also calling him a “jerk” and a “f****** douche.”
She said she had previously helped his wife by booking her on her show for a charity appearance.
“I said, ‘Sure, I’ll put her on,’ and a few months later he attacked me in the front line, where you make your pitch to advertisers.”
Kelly alleged that Meyers later made negative jokes about her at a public industry event.
“Literally, he made fun of what a racist I was,” she continued. “I’m sorry, but you’re just advertising if you do that. Who would do that? If you don’t like me, or if you think bad things about me, okay, no problem. We don’t have to like each other. Why would you ask me to do you a favor… and I did… and then publicly attack me?”
She said she felt betrayed by the situation and criticized him for publicly attacking her after she pleased him. You’re such a loser. You’re such a jerk, sorry for my language,” she said.
Kelly then addressed her comments to Fallon. She said Fallon is “much less political than Meyers” but wondered if he was “trying to fill Stephen Colbert’s shoes.”
She then referenced a recent clip from The tonight show, where Fallon sang a satirical song about Donald Trump and a legal settlement. Kelly said she strongly disapproved of the segment and reacted negatively to it.
“Oh my god… That should have come with a viewer warning. I recoiled. I disapprove on every level,” she noted.
Her guest on the show, radio producer Stu Burguiere, also criticized the clip, calling it one of the worst things he had seen.
“That’s the worst thing I’ve ever seen… I’m honestly a little mad at you for even showing that.”
The discussion came amid continued scrutiny surrounding late-night television following the cancellation of Colbert’s show after an 11-year run.
