But: On Tuesday, Megyn Kelly welcomed Jenna Bush Hager and Barbara Bush toMegyn Kelly Today.
They are the twin daughters and granddaughters to Presidents.
Kelly took a moment to honor the eldest Bushes, George H.W.
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The sisters were there shilling their new book, and Kelly pulled out a choice piece of family gossip.
At 92 or 93, they sleepholdinghands, said the host.
There was an audibleawwwfrom the studio crowd.
Two days later, new episode, new reality.
You wonder: What will the response be the next time Megyn Kelly brings up the elder Bush?
Will the downward spiral continue, or will the cycle begin again?
Her new job is different.
One could retort, she dont gotta do anything.
One could add that maybe theres not much sheshoulddo.
How I wish she would do this all the time onMegyn Kelly Today!
This china shop needs a bull!
But the persona Kelly likes to adopt is a tone of forced geniality.
she begana segmentlast Friday.
Iknow, she said, eyebrows raised, Trust me,I know.
The occasion was an interview with two millennials who failed their way to success, just like Abraham Lincoln.
Theyre raised by helicopter parents who dont want their cupcakes to fail, she said.
Megyn Kelly: No cupcakes, no helicopters!
Kelly rose to fame pitching aggro-conservativism.
Maybe there is something genuinely old-fashioned about her.
She is world-wearyandpearl-clutching, half Archie Bunker and half Dowager Countess.
(Even Eric Cartman stopped talking about hippies a decade ago.)
One of her guests was a woman who experienced a profound addiction to drugs and alcohol.
How do you find a drug dealer, when youre a normal lawyer?
Youre not somebody whos hanging out in the back alleys, I assume?
Sure, right, because whos ever heard of successful overworked urban professionals with huge salaries who abuse drugs?
Has Kelly never heard of the 80s?
I will transcribe all of what followed for full confused clarity:
MEGYN KELLY:Good tease!
Well see you shortly-KATHIE LEE GIFFORD:No lunch with you today, Megyn?
Whats, whats, whats with that?
The various media reports were dire, low ratings and strange dances.
Because theyareridiculous, best to sip your morning wine and smile.
But Kellys in an embattled moment, which maybe explains the oddly persistent paranoia.
But there is some honor in Kellys current position.
Anyone who can angereveryoneis doing something right, even accidentally.
And this week could mark a new chapter for her.
The spark wasaNew York Timesreport about OReilly, but Kellys retelling spun personal.
She talked about how women everywhere are used to being dismissed, ignored, or attacked.
Cant it be both?
Kelly welcomed a former Fox News colleague Juliet Huddy, who had filed her own harassment claims against OReilly.
This is a rich vein to mine, and Kelly pushed deeper into this narrative.
On Wednesday, she spoke to a pair of women accusing deposed mogul Harvey Weinstein of assault.
(Weinstein has previously denied all claims of non-consensual sex.)
Was she auditioning for a weekly segment?
What a pair theyd be, Kelly and Allred, attack dogs for justice!
It cant be worse than Sleepstealers!
Has Kelly found the cause that energizes her?
While, coincidentally, finding a cause that crosses recognizable partisan lines?
(Can vague feminism forgive vague racism?
will be a fun question to ask at Thanksgiving this year.)
Surely, Kelly was a more invigorated presence during those segments.
You wonder if NBC will give her the real estate to transform.
Meyers never looked comfortable standing up, so they let him sit down.
WouldMegyn Kelly Todayget better with a desk, without the studio audience?
It is vintage Megyn Kelly, the wayKill Em Allis vintage Metallica from back when everyone was still drinking.
Shes delivering the news the way fighter jets deliver heatseekers.
There were signs ofthatKelly this week.
Can she rediscover that passion?
Is it evenpossibleto bethatperson inthiscontext?
On Friday, Kelly kept the sexual harassment conversation going with special guest Kevin OLeary from NBCsShark Tank.
To quote Megyn Kelly: Boring!C-
