Megyn Kelly reveals why she regained love for Trump despite strained past that included prez bashing ex-Fox News anchor
Megyn Kelly revealed why she regained “love” for President Donald Trump — despite their strained past that included him mercilessly bashing the former Fox News anchor.The SiriusXM host told Stephen A.Smith on his namesake show said her renewed support was a slow process after Trump berated her a decade ago.“When he was attacking me for that nine-month period, I really was not his fan,” Kelly said.
“And I wasn’t, you know, really gearing up to vote for Trump because he was staying on me like a dog with a bone.”“It was highly unpleasant,” she added.“But over time, I was able, and I’m actually proud of it, I was able to check my personal feelings about the guy and start getting back to what needs to be my focus as a journalist, which is the professional relationship with the guy.”Kelly said it was Trump’s governing style and policy positions that ultimately won her over, along with what she described as the “disastrous” four years under former President Joe Biden.“Professionally, I fell in love with Trump, the president, because I believed him that he would close the border,” Kelly said. “I believed that he would fight back against the gender madness, which has become a very big issue for me, for many of us,” she continued, adding that he liked that he was going to try to “get DEI out of our colleges and our woke schools.”Their feud dates back to 2015 when she grilled Trump about his history of insulting women while moderating a GOP presidential debate for Fox News.She pressed the then-longshot Republican candidate about misogynistic, sexist comments he made in the past, such as calling some women “fat pigs, dogs, slobs, and disgusting animals.”Trump shot back at Kelly, saying her questions were “ridiculous” and “off-base.”The heated exchange led to Trump’s notorious comment to Don Lemon, who was then an anchor at CNN, telling him that Kelly had “blood coming out of her eyes, blood coming out of her… wh...