Megyn Kelly is fighting back against actress Jane Fonda’s continuing complaints over a plastic surgery question the former asked the latter months ago
Megyn Kelly is fighting back against actress Jane Fonda’s negative response to a plastic surgery question the former asked the latter months ago.
Not only is the “Megyn Kelly Today” host standing by her initial facelift query, she’s now taking the offensive against the 80-year-old “Grace & Frankie” star, saying Monday: “Honestly, she has no business lecturing anyone on what qualifies as offensive.”
Kelly was referring to Fonda’s very public anti-Vietnam War stance.
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“Look at her treatment of our military during the Vietnam War, many of our veterans still call her ‘Hanoi Jane’ thanks to her radio broadcasts, which attempted to shame American troops,” Kelly told her NBC audience. “She posed on an anti-aircraft gun used to shoot down our American pilots.”
“[Fonda] called our P. O. W.’s ‘hypocrites and liars’ and referred to their torture as ‘understandable,’” the former Fox News host continued. “Even she had to apologize years later for that gun picture — but not for the rest of it.”
“By the way, she still says she’s not proud of America,” Kelly went on. “So, the moral indignation is a little much… honestly, she has no business lecturing anyone on what qualifies as offensive.”
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Since their awkward late-September exchange, Fonda has joked about and commented on that conversation. Kelly has pretty much remained silent on it.
“I was stunned. It was so inappropriate,” Fonda told Variety this past weekend. “It showed that she’s not that good an interviewer.”
Reps for Fonda couldn’t be immediately reached for comment.
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Here’s how Kelly began her editorial moment this morning:
When she first complained publicly after the program, and repeatedly, I chose to say nothing, as my general philosophy is what other people think of me is none of my business. However, Fonda was at it again last week, including right here on NBC, and then again elsewhere. So it’s time to address the ‘poor-me’ routine. First, some context: Fonda was on to promote a film about aging. For years she has spoken openly about her joy in giving a cultural face to older women.
Well the truth is most older women look nothing like Fonda, who is now 80. And if Fonda really wants to have an honest discussion about older women’s cultural face, then her plastic surgery is tough to ignore.
Watch the video above.
11 Women Who Have Left Fox News Shows, From Megyn Kelly to Laurie Dhue (Photos)
Fox News has enhanced the careers of numerous women who have served as hosts. All were hired by Roger Ailes, the former network boss who exited in August 2016 amid a sexual harassment scandal.
Greta Van Susteren — who had been one of Ailes’ most stalwart defenders — left in early September 2016 after saying that Fox had «not felt like a home» for years.
Laurie Dhue was a familiar presence on Fox in the early 2000s but left the network in 2008. She has reportedly been shopping a tell-all book this year.
Outspoken host Elisabeth Hasselbeck left «The View» to join «Fox & Friends» in 2013, which she exited at the end of 2015.
Andrea Tantaros, former co-host of «The Five,» filed a lawsuit saying that Fox News operated like a «sex-fueled, Playboy-Mansion-like cult.»
Alisyn Camerota hosted a number of Fox News programs during a 16-year run that ended in 2014. She now hosts «New Day» on CNN.
Rudi Bakhtiar jumped from CNN to Fox News in 2006. She claimed she was sexually harassed by correspondent Brian Wilson and later spoke out against Fox News’ culture after the Ailes scandal broke. She now works at Reuters.
Kiran Chetry was a Fox News host from 2001 to 2007. She was reportedly also an aspirant for a role on «Fox & Friends,» the network’s morning show.
Libertarian commentator Jedediah Bila appeared on Fox’s «Outnumbered» and later turned up on ABC’s «The View.»
Her lawsuit started it all: Former Fox host Gretchen Carlson claims Ailes repeatedly sexually harassed her. Her suit was later settled for a reported $20 million.
Megyn Kelly ended her 12-year run with Fox News in early 2017 in exchange for a weekday show at NBC. She turned down a four-year, $100 million offer to stay with Fox News saying that one of the reasons for her departure was to spend more time with her kids. Kelly said she was among those at Fox News sexually harassed by Ailes.
«Happening Now» anchor Jenna Lee announced that she was leaving the Fox News after working there for 10 years. Lee said she still loves being a journalist and that she has «some really big ideas on how to better serve you in that particular arena» without Fox News. Previous Slide Next Slide
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Fox News has enhanced the careers of numerous women who have served as hosts. All were hired by Roger Ailes, the former network boss who exited in August 2016 amid a sexual harassment scandal.
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