Megyn Kelly Not Fitting In at Today

If you can’t tell your Fox News bleached blonds apart, Megyn Kelly was the one they let host a show looking like she was attending the Oscars each evening and occasionally talk shit about Trump. NBC spotted a turncoat opportunity and gave Kelly a 3-year/$70 million deal to jump ship. It seemed like a blatantly bad idea to make her the second highest paid employee in the operation without knowing if she’d be a good fit. “Fit” being way more important than talent if you know the TV basics. Matt Lauer is the highest paid NBC news guy. Say what you will about Matt Lauer, millions of older women want to virtually smash their crinkly beavers into his face each morning. He’s a good “fit”. Kelly seemed like a long shot.

NBC’s commitment to owning the anti-Trump space in entertainment and partisan journalism was a gamble. It’s actually paid off for their cable nets. So not entirely stupid. People are watching Rachel Maddow now for more than merely to see how their teen daughter who announced she’s a lesbian might look someday. They get nonstop resistance. NBC wouldn’t even break the Harvey Weinstein story because of his political affiliation. That’s commitment.

Kelly is a traitor who crossed lines. They’re never really trusted. Also, you know she was the prettiest girl in her high school and probably a cheerleader. She may not be a conservative, but she wears makeup and likes men. Think about all the Soviet spies we brought over to the West with promises of the good life. They never fit in and felt miserable in all of their newfound luxury. Many hanged themselves or asked to go back.

Kelly’s started her hour of the Today show a couple weeks ago by talking about her dad who passed away when she was fifteen. She invited her mom so the cameras could pan to her crying in the audience. Then Kelly’s husband came out and brought her flowers and told her how wonderful she was. They even pulled back on her Versace and moved to pastel tops from Ross. It’s super pandering, but not the kind this audience of unemployed Hillary supporters want. It’s like hitting a breaking pitch. It’s there or it’s not. Watch Hoda whack it out of the park.

Kelly’s numbers have been dropping significantly since her opening and now series of wretched interviews by Hollywood celebrities who actively hate her. It shows. No actress wants to be interviewed by somebody prettier than them. Second, Madonna told everybody Kelly’s a Nazi at the Kabbalah mixer. Kelly’s time-slot is killing the ratings on the follow-on programming. NBC may be looking at a money pit contract. Everybody who even casually nodded “yes” to the idea ought be fired. After any uncovered Republicans, naturally.

Male sports fans will almost instantaneously root for a player they booed for years and years the minute he comes to help their own team win. Women hold grudges of an entirely impractical and lifelong kind. They seem to hate Kelly. The few that don’t were all the ladies propping up her ratings back at Fox. Go figure. She can’t even buy a good Trump tampon Tweet. That man knows when the ship has been sunk and he’s not sending life rafts. She’s Puerto Rico.