Megyn Kelly

American commentator and podcaster

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2025 Included in Time's list of the 100 most influential people.
2025 Named again as one of Time's 100 most influential people.
March 10 2025 Won the IHeartRadio podcast award for Best Political podcast.
2025 Megyn Kelly discussed her shift in political standing on The Megyn Kelly Show, revealing changes in her political perspective.
February 19 2025 AM Update with Megyn Kelly podcast premiered, following a daily digest format for major headlines.
February 18 2025 Kelly announced the launch of a second podcast, AM Update with Megyn Kelly, set to premiere the following day.
January 17 2025 Kelly announced on her show that she would attend Trump's second inauguration and deliver remarks at his rally the night before.
2024 Mr. Birchum animated comedy series debuted, featuring Megyn Kelly as a cast member.
2024 Moderates presidential primary debates during the election cycle.
November 4 2024 Publicly endorsed Donald Trump at a rally in Pittsburgh, expressing support for his policies and sharing a selfie with him on X.
November 4 2024 Kelly publicly endorsed Donald Trump at a rally in Pittsburgh, expressing support for his policies and posting a supportive selfie with him on X.
November 4 2024 Kelly appeared on a stage in Pittsburgh and delivered a speech supporting Trump the day before the presidential election.
October 2024 During an on-stage interview with Tucker Carlson, Kelly criticized Taylor Swift for endorsing Kamala Harris and Tim Walz's LGBTQ policies, accusing Swift of 'alienating half her fan base'.
April 2024 Kelly revealed she voted for Donald Trump in the 2020 election and would vote for him again, citing concerns about cultural changes and trans ideology affecting her children.
March 2024 Kelly revealed she was going through the Catholic annulment process with her first husband, Daniel Kendall.
2023 The studio was emptied and remodeled, becoming the new home of The Kelly Clarkson Show.
December 6 2023 Kelly returned to co-host the fourth Republican primary debate on NewsNation, alongside Elizabeth Vargas and Eliana Johnson.
November 30 2023 Kelly revealed she would star in Mr. Birchum, a Daily Wire adult animated comedy series alongside Danny Trejo, Roseanne Barr, and Adam Carolla, scheduled to debut in early 2024.
June 2023 Kelly publicly explained her change in position on 'preferred pronouns' and began expressing anti-transgender views.
2022 Kelly revealed that her older sister, Suzanne Crossley, had died of a heart attack after a battle with addiction.
September 7 2021 Podcast began broadcasting on Sirius XM with a video simulcast for subscribers.
September 7 2021 The Megyn Kelly Show began broadcasting weekdays at 12 noon ET on Sirius XM's Triumph channel, with a video simulcast for subscribers.
July 6 2021 Announcement made that The Megyn Kelly Show podcast would move to Sirius XM.
March 22 2021 The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon vacated the former Megyn Kelly Today studio.
September 28 2020 The first episode of The Megyn Kelly Show podcast premiered.
September 10 2020 Megyn Kelly announced the launch of Devil May Care Media, her media production company, and started her podcast The Megyn Kelly Show.
July 13 2020 The former Megyn Kelly Today studio began serving as an interim studio for The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon.
December 13 2019 The film 'Bombshell', depicting Roger Ailes' sexual harassment case and featuring Megyn Kelly as a character portrayed by Charlize Theron, was released in theaters. Theron was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Actress for her performance.
January 2019 Leaves NBC News and transitions to independent media.
January 11 2019 Kelly's employment with NBC is terminated, with her receiving $30 million for the remainder of her contract.
2018 Departs from NBC News.
2018 Kelly publicly criticized lawmakers for failing to pass meaningful gun reform following the Parkland shooting, highlighting the NRA's influence and politicians' lack of courage to enact change.
2018 NBC announced that the show would return sporadically until the NFL season began, but the program ultimately did not return.
October 26 2018 NBC cancels Megyn Kelly Today after the controversial blackface comments.
October 24 2018 Kelly opened her show with a public apology for the blackface controversy and participated in a discussion with African American journalists Amy Holmes and Roland Martin about the issue. The same day, The Hollywood Reporter reported that she had left her talent agency.
October 23 2018 Kelly receives criticism for on-air remarks about blackface Halloween costumes, issuing an internal apology later that day.
September 2017 Begins hosting Megyn Kelly Today, the third hour of the Today show.
July 16 2017 The show reached its lowest viewership since debut, averaging 3.1 million viewers with a 0.4 rating in the 18-49 demographic.
June 18 2017 Sunday Night with Megyn Kelly aired an episode featuring an interview with Alex Jones, drawing 3.5 million viewers and ranking fourth in its timeslot.
June 13 2017 Kelly is dropped from hosting the Sandy Hook Promise Foundation's Promise Champions Gala after Nicole Hockley stated the organization cannot support giving Alex Jones a platform.
June 12 2017 JPMorgan Chase announces it will pull advertising from the show and all NBC programming until after the Alex Jones interview airs, with Chief Marketing Officer Kristin Lemkau publicly criticizing the decision.
June 11 2017 Megyn Kelly previews an interview with Alex Jones on her show, which immediately sparked backlash from Sandy Hook victims' families for giving a platform to a conspiracy theorist who claimed the Sandy Hook massacre was faked.
June 4 2017 NBC's Sunday Night with Megyn Kelly premieres, featuring her one-on-one interview with Vladimir Putin.
June 2 2017 Kelly interviews Russian president Vladimir Putin at the St. Petersburg International Economic Forum in a panel discussion.
January 6 2017 Megyn Kelly departs Fox News after the final episode of The Kelly File.
2016 Moderates presidential primary debates during the election cycle.
November 15 2016 Megyn Kelly's autobiography 'Settle for More' was officially released to the public.
September 2016 Reported to be collaborating with Michael De Luca to produce 'Embeds', a scripted comedy about political reporters.
July 2016 Kelly confirmed allegations of sexual harassment by Fox News CEO Roger Ailes, which led to his resignation two days later.
March 2016 Announced she would host a one-hour prime time special on the Fox network interviewing celebrities from politics, entertainment, and other areas of human interest.

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