Revealed! Three Reasons Megyn Kelly Left Fox News
The Horn News ~ Jan 4, 2017
It’s official: Controversial Fox News star Megyn Kelly is on her way to NBC News.
Kelly will host a daytime talk show and a weekend newsmagazine, as well as contribute to breaking news coverage, NBC News announced Tuesday, ending months of speculation over whether she would re-up with Fox.
Her contract with Fox expires this summer, and she was reportedly offered over $20 million annually to stay — leaving little doubt the NBC News counter-offer was also highly lucrative.
But according to insiders, money wasn’t the reason Kelly left.
There were three major factors for her departure, sources say: Her strained relationships with the other Fox News stars, hosts Sean Hannity and Bill O’Reilly, her hatred of President-elect Donald Trump, and her accusations of sexual harassment against ex-CEO Roger Alies that drove Kelly to make the jump.
According to New York Magazines Gabriel Sherman, “Sources close to Kelly told me today that her departure is an indication of just how unhappy she had become at Fox in the wake of her high-profile feud with Donald Trump and revelations she had accused Ailes of sexual harassment. Her relationships with Bill O’Reilly and Sean Hannity in particular had completely broken down, one Fox host told me. ‘Bill h**ed her,’ the host said.”
In a public statement, Rupert Murdoch, executive chairman of Fox, said that “we thank Megyn Kelly for her 12 years of contributions to Fox News. We hope she enjoys tremendous success in her career and wish her and her family all the best.”
Kelly’s star power grew after she became a flashpoint in the p**********l campaign after Trump objected to her unfair questioning in the first Republican p**********l debate a year and a half ago. He tweeted angry messages about her and boycotted another Fox debate after the network refused to replace her as one of the debate moderators.
Trump made Kelly’s prime-time colleague, Sean Hannity, his preferred stopping place for interviews during the campaign and didn’t come on her Fox News Channel show.
She also became a central figure in the downfall of former Fox News chief Roger Ailes, telling in-house investigators of inappropriate conduct by Ailes that supported women who had made similar accusations.
The move was a blow to Fox and its parent company, 21st Century Fox, whose leaders James and Lachlan Murdoch had made re-signing Kelly a priority. In her tweet on Tuesday, Kelly said she was deeply grateful to Fox News, its leaders and Fox’s viewers, “who have taught me so much about what really matters.”
The Associated Press Contributed.
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