Megyn Kelly Today Cancelled: Relive the 10 ‘Best’ Moments From Her NBC Show
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It hasn’t been Megyn Kelly’s week, her month, or even her year. Since her Today show debut in September 2017, the Fox News transplant made headlines for all the wrong reasons.
The show got off to a notoriously rough start and never truly recovered. And on Friday, NBC officially cancelled Megyn Kelly Today. The ax fell just days after her inexplicable defense of blackface drew ire, not just from critics, but from her own Today show colleagues. She apologized twice, but the ground had already been scorched.
What follows is a roundup of the show’s “greatest” moments…
That time she hosted an “impromptu” Pitbull dance party:
Even worse than Kelly and Hoda Kotb filling dead air was watching as Kelly began forcing audience members to join them against their will.
That time she was amazed by the very concept of Fruit Roll-Ups:
Kelly seemed to have no idea that the popular fruit snack even existed. “Where do you get it?!” she asked. Cupcake artist Karen Tack then questioned if the host had ever stepped foot in a grocery store.
That time she asked Jane Fonda about having plastic surgery:
Fonda’s death stare should have earned the actress a Daytime Emmy nomination.
That time a cameraman stepped into the frame, said “s–t!” on live-TV:
To be fair, this one wasn’t really her fault.
That time she told a Will & Grace superfan that “the gay thing is gonna work out great” for him:
Debra Messing later said on Instagram that she was “dismayed” by Kelly’s remarks.
That time she made this oh-so-subtle transition from discussing gift giveaways to discussing Charles Manson:
As The Daily Show has pointed out, Kelly is always excited to talk about murder.
That time she dressed up as Shania Twain for Halloween:
She then told the audience that Twain would be out to surprise them in a moment, thus ruining said surprise when the country music superstar revealed herself.
That time she cut to commercial as NBC News veteran Tom Brokaw condemned the National Rifle Association:
The awkward moment came during a panel discussing the Las Vegas shooting massacre back in October 2017.
That time she told Gary Busey that he probably cost the show $5,000 in song royalties:
The Buddy Holly Story star broke into a sing-along of “Maybe Baby,” then Kelly followed up by “joking” that he cost the network a hefty penny. The sarcasm flew over Busey’s head, who then offered to foot half of the bill, which… she agreed to?
That time she defended blackface… in the year 2018:
You already know what happened. It was the final nail in the coffin.
This post was a million times more entertaining than the entire 2 years of her show. Thank U
Agreed! Anyone who thinks she was cancelled because of her blackface discussion needs to view this whole article.
Christmas came early for NBC this year!! They’ve been waiting for a faux-pa worthy of tossing her out with the trash since the first week of her show. I think it’s a win-win for both NBC and MK…neither liked each other to begin with.
LOL! Very good post. Her firing was like the OJ chase. Like, come on already.
I feel so bad for Megyn Kelly. She is an investigative journalist and NBC fored her to do this filler crap. Then blamed her for low ratings, when they are the ones that came up with all this tripe to put on the air. Then she was fired for having an opinion. She genuinely apologized for offending anyone and was still fired. She was treated very unfairly and horrendous.
They “forced” her by paying her millions upon millions right? LOL
I mean, she has an agent and lawyers and could have said no. They pitched an idea to her and she signed up for it. She was not forced to take a job at NBC. She wanted the expand her brand. The problem is that she has no genuine fan base. The Fox Maga people hated her and then the normal NBC Today show types also hated her. Many POC could not get over her past comments, especially since she took the Tamron/Al spot.
“Fired for having an opinion”…as time passes and society evolves, we become more cognizant of the messed-up practices our forebears had. Cultural mores evolve from matters of debate (just like once upon a time, being anti-slavery was considered just a controversial opinion, but now we uphold the idea that slavery is morally wrong and inhumane). Blackface is wrong and offensive- there isn’t a debate on that. Granted, it was used regularly as recent as the latter half of the 20th century, and is still prominent in some other cultures. However, the major push to eradicate it in the US was around the time of the Civil Rights Movement (1950s-60s), and Megyn is not some 80-year old who grew up with stuff like minstrel shows being popular. Of course, she could have just grown up in a racist household/be herself racist.
Please define forced. How was she “forced.” Was she locked in a room? There are many things I greatly respect about Megyn Kelly. She stood up to Karl Rove after the 2012 election and to Donald Trump during the 2016 campaign. But, no one forced her to take a multi-million dollar a year job. True, I think her talents lay elsewhere and she probably wasn’t in her element here. She knew what she was getting into and she thought she would succeed. It didn’t work.
That Jane Fonda moment was priceless. Jane is a class act.
sooo awkward… yikes
The ratings were bad and the show was just awkward moment after awkward moment.
Good riddance! Thank you TV gods!
After watching the notorious “black-face / white-face” segment for myself, I can honestly say that ANYONE who actually sees this and somehow thinks it was a racist comment, (or even worse, …a racial slur), is CLEARLY a racist themselves! I mean, COME ON People, ….REALLY?!? I’m shaking my head in utter disbelief, trying to decide which is worse: The blatant ignorance some people proudly wield around, not realizing how dumb & desperate for attention they sound & look, – Or the countless number of people who jump in the ‘one oared lifeboat’ with them, …thinking they’re actually going to go somewhere, besides around & around in ignorant circles!? …..Deet-De-Dee !
Oh the hypocrisy of this comment. The level of ignorance you are displaying concerning historical context of blackface and the REPEATED public conversations around it in the past few decades (especially the last 5 years) is astounding. The blatant ignorance this comment is wielding around, not realizing how dumb and desperate for attention it sounds and looks is just insane.
ask more questions.
and talk less.
you and megyn kelly should learn that.