Welp, looks like Megyn Kelly’s NBC career is coming to a close:
JUST IN: Megyn Kelly is OUT at NBC just 48 hours after defending blackface as she and the network fight over whether she will be paid out her $69M contract in full – Daily Mail
— Breaking911 (@Breaking911) October 25, 2018
EXCLUSIVE: Megyn Kelly is OUT at NBC as she and the network fight over whether she will be paid out her $69M contract in full https://t.co/ndRshBSRHN pic.twitter.com/o3otlPVH9v
— Daily Mail US (@DailyMail) October 25, 2018
Here we go! https://t.co/58OADqqji6
— Comfortably Smug (@ComfortablySmug) October 25, 2018
More from the Daily Mail:
This move comes just 48 hours after the embattled host made remarks in which she defended blackface on Today.
Kelly tried to deal with the scandal by delivering a tearful apology on-air and welcoming two black panelists to discuss the fraught and horrifying history of the practice, but it did no good.
“Megyn Kelly is done. She is not ever coming back,” said an NBC executive with knowledge of the situation.
“We are just working out timing of the announcement but mark my word – she is gone and will never be seen on NBC live again.”
NARRATOR: She'll get the money.
This firing was not for cause. https://t.co/Nj4LxE37od
— RBe (@RBPundit) October 25, 2018
It appears that she’d indeed get all the money:
The source then added: “Here’s the worst part – her deal is a non-break deal – so she walks away with all that money. It’s disgusting and heads should roll here because of it.”
Getting paid $69 million for nothing to own the libs https://t.co/2oWEc3BBnX
— Comfortably Smug (@ComfortablySmug) October 25, 2018
So.
This was never a good fit.
Everyone could see that before it started.
Well, everyone but the people who signed her up. https://t.co/pXu4Bu4HzB
— Drew McCoy (@_Drew_McCoy_) October 25, 2018
Stay tuned to see where she lands next.
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Update:
For what it’s worth, here’s Ben Shapiro’s take:
They should pay her. They signed the contract, and then they made up a BS excuse to destroy her personally after a gaffe. https://t.co/vgnxcuu29J
— Ben Shapiro (@benshapiro) October 25, 2018
That's an utterly inaccurate description of what she was doing. Blackface is the vile, intentional mockery of black people by dressing up in cartoonishly disgusting ways. She certainly did not "defend blackface." https://t.co/vgnxcuu29J
— Ben Shapiro (@benshapiro) October 25, 2018
Here's what actually happened, what it means: https://t.co/e59ONkqdvg
— Ben Shapiro (@benshapiro) October 25, 2018
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