# What makes someone like Megyn Kelly so nasty? I just don't understand the need for this sort of thing **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [January 29, 2023, 11:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-makes-someone-like-megyn-kelly-so-nasty-i-just-dont-understand-the-need-for-this-sort-of-thing/979008 "2023-01-29T23:44:05Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 15\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![Machine\_Elf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/82dd89/32.png) [@Machine\_Elf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Machine_Elf)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2023, 4:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-makes-someone-like-megyn-kelly-so-nasty-i-just-dont-understand-the-need-for-this-sort-of-thing/979008/61 "2023-01-31T16:53:52Z")
> [@bump](#): > > That’s a fundamental issue with Twitter- the very nature of the platform rewards more extreme tweets than it does sane, balanced, and well-thought out ones. In the past it’s been called a “public square” in terms of its relationship to free speech and discourse. More recently I’ve heard it described as a gladiator arena, which I think is a better description. ---
**Author:** ![Atamasama](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/atamasama/32/12961_2.png) [@Atamasama](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Atamasama)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2023, 5:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-makes-someone-like-megyn-kelly-so-nasty-i-just-dont-understand-the-need-for-this-sort-of-thing/979008/62 "2023-01-31T17:00:20Z")
> [@BobLibDem](#): > > She’s really nothing more than a female Rush Limbaugh- peddling outrage and hate makes her lots of money. She’s not even consistent about it. While on Fox News she tried multiple times to take a more moderate stance than her coworkers. See here where she took the governor of NC to task for anti-LGBTQ legislation. > **[Fox News's Megyn Kelly asked NC's governor to explain his anti-LGBTQ law. He...](https://www.vox.com/2016/4/29/11536556/megyn-kelly-pat-mccrory-bathrooms)** > > Yikes. And she had this exchange earlier in the year with an anti-gay marriage activist: > **[Megyn Kelly Has Had It With This Anti–Gay Marriage Activist: Watch](https://www.usmagazine.com/celebrity-news/news/megyn-kelly-has-had-it-with-this-antigay-marriage-activist-watch-w161090/)** > > Fox News' Megyn Kelly slammed an anti–gay marriage activist with an eye roll and an impressive rebuttal on Wednesday's episode of 'The Kelly File' — watch here So you think, all right. I guess she’s not a monster after all and can be a reasonable person. But then just a year later, after she moves to NBC, she does this kind of shit. > **[Megyn Kelly Draws Criticism for Awkward Gay Joke About ‘Will and Grace’ Fan...](https://www.indiewire.com/features/general/megyn-kelly-awkward-gay-joke-will-and-grace-1201879991/)** > > “I think the ‘Will & Grace’ thing and the gay thing’s gonna work out great,” said the former Fox News anchor. And then… [https://www.glaad.org/blog/blatant-anti-lgbtq-framing-megyn-kellys-masterpiece-cakeshop-segment-morning](https://www.glaad.org/blog/blatant-anti-lgbtq-framing-megyn-kellys-masterpiece-cakeshop-segment-morning) Which forced NBC to take action, and tried to balance it with… [https://www.glaad.org/blog/we-did-it-megyn-kelly-hosts-gay-couple-masterpiece-cakeshop-case-and-uses-term-religious](https://www.glaad.org/blog/we-did-it-megyn-kelly-hosts-gay-couple-masterpiece-cakeshop-case-and-uses-term-religious) She’s just playing a role on TV. Whatever she thinks the audience will want. And she shifts back and forth like a rainbow flag in the wind. When she says bigoted things, I don’t even think she’s a bigot, she’s just pandering to a bigoted audience which to me is even worse. ---
**Author:** ![Great\_Antibob](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e47c2d/32.png) [@Great\_Antibob](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Great_Antibob)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2023, 5:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-makes-someone-like-megyn-kelly-so-nasty-i-just-dont-understand-the-need-for-this-sort-of-thing/979008/63 "2023-01-31T17:18:27Z")
She may be personally a bigot. Or may not be. Doesn’t much matter in the end. We are who we pretend to be. And she pretends to be a terrible human being who peddles to the worst impulses of bigots. ---
**Author:** ![enipla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/54ee81/32.png) [@enipla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/enipla)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2023, 5:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-makes-someone-like-megyn-kelly-so-nasty-i-just-dont-understand-the-need-for-this-sort-of-thing/979008/64 "2023-01-31T17:19:44Z")
> [@Great\_Antibob](#): > > We are who we pretend to be I wonder if she has any acting experience. Well… other than the ‘news’. ---
**Author:** ![kenobi\_65](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kenobi_65/32/13178_2.png) [@kenobi\_65](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kenobi_65)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2023, 5:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-makes-someone-like-megyn-kelly-so-nasty-i-just-dont-understand-the-need-for-this-sort-of-thing/979008/65 "2023-01-31T17:25:43Z")
> [@enipla](#): > > I wonder if she has any acting experience. Not from what’s described in her Wikipedia article. As noted upthread, she was originally a lawyer, and worked at a couple of law firms for about eight years before moving into TV journalism. She worked at a “normal” TV station in D.C. for a year as a reporter, before being hired by Fox News. ---
**Author:** ![peedin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/peedin/32/14095_2.png) [@peedin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/peedin)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2023, 5:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-makes-someone-like-megyn-kelly-so-nasty-i-just-dont-understand-the-need-for-this-sort-of-thing/979008/66 "2023-01-31T17:38:39Z")
She’s nasty because she’s stupid. Ph DS will tell you they are the ones who teach the MDs ---
**Author:** ![bump](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/7c8e57/32.png) [@bump](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bump)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2023, 6:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-makes-someone-like-megyn-kelly-so-nasty-i-just-dont-understand-the-need-for-this-sort-of-thing/979008/67 "2023-01-31T18:20:13Z")
The issue with Twitter as I see it is that it more or less gamifies the idea of public messaging by making it about likes and re-tweets, and aimed at the general public. And the general public is not known for its discernment; this is a group that in the aggregate tends to elect political candidates based on their height as much as anything else. So of course the more lurid, combative, sexy, and generally attention-grabbing tweets are going to get most of the attention and get re-tweeted. I mean, I imagine there are twitter circles where reasonable and well considered tweets are the order of the day, but that’s not the way the popular stuff works. ---
**Author:** ![BeepKillBeep](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/9e8a1a/32.png) [@BeepKillBeep](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BeepKillBeep)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2023, 8:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-makes-someone-like-megyn-kelly-so-nasty-i-just-dont-understand-the-need-for-this-sort-of-thing/979008/68 "2023-01-31T20:38:49Z")
They really should. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![wguy123](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wguy123/32/3161_2.png) [@wguy123](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wguy123)\ **Post date:** [February 1, 2023, 1:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-makes-someone-like-megyn-kelly-so-nasty-i-just-dont-understand-the-need-for-this-sort-of-thing/979008/69 "2023-02-01T13:52:38Z")
On a related tangent, what about dentists calling themselves “doctor”? Guess I am a bit of an anti-dentite 😉 [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/1BCXJ3yC65o/hqdefault.jpg "Captain Holt's Dentist Rant") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1BCXJ3yC65o) ---
**Author:** ![Mr.Greenjeans](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mr.greenjeans/32/551_2.png) [@Mr.Greenjeans](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Greenjeans)\ **Post date:** [February 1, 2023, 2:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-makes-someone-like-megyn-kelly-so-nasty-i-just-dont-understand-the-need-for-this-sort-of-thing/979008/70 "2023-02-01T14:12:55Z")
> [@enipla](#): > > New a guy that had an alphabet of of degrees and certifications. They where on his business cards. > > He did have a sense of humor though. His last certification, following all the others was … EIEIO Oh, that Dr. McDonald. He’s a funny guy. ---
**Author:** ![enipla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/54ee81/32.png) [@enipla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/enipla)\ **Post date:** [February 1, 2023, 2:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-makes-someone-like-megyn-kelly-so-nasty-i-just-dont-understand-the-need-for-this-sort-of-thing/979008/71 "2023-02-01T14:20:40Z")
> [@Mr.Greenjeans](#): > > Oh, that Dr. McDonald. He’s a funny guy. Well done. How’s the Captain? ---
**Author:** ![DavidNRockies](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/davidnrockies/32/6279_2.png) [@DavidNRockies](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DavidNRockies)\ **Post date:** [February 1, 2023, 2:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-makes-someone-like-megyn-kelly-so-nasty-i-just-dont-understand-the-need-for-this-sort-of-thing/979008/72 "2023-02-01T14:33:30Z")
> [@BobLibDem](#): > > She’s really nothing more than a female Rush Limbaugh- peddling outrage and hate makes her lots of money. Isn’t this generally referred to as an “Ann Coulter?” ---
**Author:** ![BobLibDem](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/boblibdem/32/3149_2.png) [@BobLibDem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BobLibDem)\ **Post date:** [February 1, 2023, 3:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-makes-someone-like-megyn-kelly-so-nasty-i-just-dont-understand-the-need-for-this-sort-of-thing/979008/73 "2023-02-01T15:52:34Z")
Yeah, same product pretty much the same customer base. ---
**Author:** ![Son\_of\_a\_Rich](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/son_of_a_rich/32/5439_2.png) [@Son\_of\_a\_Rich](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Son_of_a_Rich)\ **Post date:** [February 1, 2023, 4:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-makes-someone-like-megyn-kelly-so-nasty-i-just-dont-understand-the-need-for-this-sort-of-thing/979008/74 "2023-02-01T16:52:46Z")
She wants to be a MAGA hero, like the chick that coined the phrase “terrorist fist bump”. ---
**Author:** ![peccavi](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/peccavi/32/388_2.png) [@peccavi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/peccavi)\ **Post date:** [February 2, 2023, 11:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-makes-someone-like-megyn-kelly-so-nasty-i-just-dont-understand-the-need-for-this-sort-of-thing/979008/75 "2023-02-02T23:27:17Z")
> [@Atamasama](#): > > She’s just playing a role on TV. Whatever she thinks the audience will want. And she shifts back and forth like a rainbow flag in the wind. When she says bigoted things, I don’t even think she’s a bigot, she’s just pandering to a bigoted audience which to me is even worse. > “We are what we pretend to be, so we must be careful about what we pretend to be.” > -Kurt Vonnegut, _Mother Night_ [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-makes-someone-like-megyn-kelly-so-nasty-i-just-dont-understand-the-need-for-this-sort-of-thing/979008.md?page=3)