Megyn Kelly famously got under Donald Trump’s skin during a 2015 debate. Now the former Fox News talker is taking on Jane Fonda over her skin.
Or her “work,” as Kelly referred to the 80-year-old Fonda’s cosmetic surgery.
Fonda is still fuming over a Kelly interview question last September, telling Variety: “I was stunned [by the plastic surgery question]. It was so inappropriate. It showed that she’s not that good an interviewer.”
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Kelly, now with NBC, shot back Monday in a face-the-camera rebuttal.
“It’s time to address the poor-me routine,” Kelly said. “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.”
“But I have no regrets about the question. Nor am I in the market for a lesson from Jane Fonda on what is and is not appropriate. After all, this is a woman whose name is synonymous with outrage,” showing images from Fonda’s “Hanoi Jane” Vietnam trip of 1972.
Kelly added: “By the way she still says she’s not proud of America. So, the moral indignation is a little much. She put her plastic surgery out there. She said she wanted to discuss the plight of older women in America. And honestly she has no business lecturing anyone on what qualifies as offensive.”
Foes of Fox News took offense at Kelly.
Other coverage and commentary:
Megyn Kelly coming for Jane Fonda is not even in the top 500 of idiotic things she’s done.
— andy lassner (@andylassner) January 22, 2018
Some are acting surprised that Megyn Kelly is bringing Fox News-type tactics to MSNBC while discussing Jane Fonda. Remember two things:
1) That’s exactly who Megyn Kelly is. When someone shows you who they are, believe them. ~Maya Angelou
2) That’s exactly what MSNBC wants.
— April (@ReignOfApril) January 22, 2018
Jane Fonda is a feminist icon, an artistic genius, an exercise mogul, a national treasure. Megyn Kelly is famous for assuring children on a 10pm cable news broadcast that Santa Claus is white.
— Seth Abramovitch (@SethAbramovitch) January 22, 2018
Lily Tomlin: I’ve known you before your first facelift
Jane Fonda: Who are you? Megyn Kelly?
And all of this happened on the Today Show and the Today Show tweeted out this clip. What a time to be alive. pic.twitter.com/OqoqXWuI2R
— Yashar Ali ???? (@yashar) January 16, 2018
ICYMI, here’s Megyn Kelly’s embarrassing segment on Jane Fonda. I have never seen anything so petty coming from anyone at @NBCNews. Lashing out at the slightest hint of public criticism is conduct unbecoming of a news anchor. Hiring her was a huge mistake! pic.twitter.com/Hwzy4D9604
— Shannon Fisher (@MsShannonFisher) January 22, 2018
Megyn Kelly attacking Jane Fonda for things she did in the 60s is exactly why Kelly isn’t working out at NBC.
Dated, stale tps w/ heaping of 60s disdain only appeal to Fox News viewers.
Since she brought it up, Kelly should tell us abt cosmetic surgery “requirements” at Fox.
— Sarah Reese Jones (@PoliticusSarah) January 22, 2018