Former Fox News star and conservative podcaster Megyn Kelly faced a fierce and quick social media backlash after posting an angry rant about comedian Jimmy Kimmel following ABCâs decision Wednesday to âindefinitely” suspend âJimmy Kimmel Live!”
The move came after Kimmel made comments about right-wing activist Charlie Kirkâs death on his show Monday night, which offended the MAGA sphere, including the head of the Federal Communications Commission, Brendan Carr.
Kimmel weighed in on the 22-year-old suspected killerâs politics. News reports indicated that Tyler Robinson comes from a family of Trump Republicans, even though heâs registered to vote as a nonpartisan. Utah Gov. Spencer Cox, at a news conference on Sept. 12 announcing Robinsonâs arrest, said, âIt was one of us.â
âWe hit some new lows over the weekend,â Kimmel said in his monologue, âwith the MAGA gang desperately trying to characterize this kid who murdered Charlie Kirk as anything other than one of them and doing everything they can to score political points from it.â
Kelly was quick to jump on the bandwagon, posting a maliciously spiteful tirade against Kimmel on social media.
She claimed Kimmel âfalsely stated as a fact that Charlie Kirkâs killer was MAGA, smearing an entire movement and Trump in particular with a vile, disgusting lie – and at a time when the threat against those on the right is at an all-time high.â
Ironically, Kellyâs post was filled with the same kind of malicious spite she seemed to be railing against.
She called Kimmelâs comments an âintentional lie to GIN UP HATRED toward the very group of ppl suffering in the wake of our devastating loss of Charlie, and Kimmel did it willfully and even gleefully to a cheering complicit audience.â
Kelly yelled, âANY EMPLOYER IN MEDIA WOULD SEE HOW DEPRAVED AND SICK THIS WAS.â
She even threatened, âWhat the Left doesnât seem to understand and needs to hear is that MAGA has f&cking HAD IT. We are ANGRY. We are INCENSED watching the L smear us, our ppl, literally getting some of our friends killedâŚâ
She ironically ended her lengthy rant with, âIn short, GOOD RIDDANCE.â
Kelly would pay a dare price for her involvement.
“He didn’t say that Megyn. He said that MAGA was desperately trying to make sure the shooter wasnt portrayed as MAGA. And he said this about Charlie’s murder. You owe him an apology,” Kevin demanded.
“Nowhere here Jimmy Kimmel claims the shooter was MAGA. He is simply saying MAGA did everything to characterize the shooter as anything else than one of them. Which is 100% true and factual, that’s what MAGA did 24/7,” said Gergely in a lengthy post of his own.
Others pulled up old tweets to remind Kelly that not long ago she once said, “Free speech is not negotiable”
âInstead of regurgitating maggot talking points, you should actually WATCH the video because what you just posted is factually untrue. Jimmy Kimmel should sue you for slander,â X user FilmFan pronounced.
âNope. Itâs all selective free speech with you people/MAGA. Free speech until itâs something that hurts your feelings. Disgraceful,â this X user pointed out.
The mockery persisted. Julie went deep into the archives to remind Kelly of this gem, “You said Santa Clause was White. Really soak that in. you said. Santa. Clause. A fictional character embodied by many many many different cultures and myths over time. Was a white man. But youâre concerned. About Jimmy Kimmel âlyingâ. Just. Stop.”
âYou make false lies and allegations all the f#cking time. This sets one hell of a president. Canât wait,â still another social media user posted.
The decision to pull Kimmelâs show also comes amid a $6.2 billion merger deal between Nexstar Media Group and rival media company Tegna. Nexstar stands to add 65 more TV stations to its existing portfolio of 200, but it still needs approval from the Federal Communications Commission.
Nexstar has some 30 ABC-affiliated owner or partner stations and potentially 13 more if the merger with Tegna goes through.
Kimmel has been in a long-running feud with President Donald Trump and has been making fun of him for years along with all the other TV comics and, and for his part, Trump has bad-mouthed them whenever he has a chance.
But the president has been particularly gunning to get Kimmel fired for years, but ABC has stood by him until now.
