And then her career earth rocketed at an incredibly satisfying speed.
Posted on 10/25/2018 8:07:37 AM PDT by gattaca
Megyn Kelly has been taken off the air during 9am slot on NBC following blowback after she questioned the offensiveness of blackface, angering much of her audience and colleagues at the network.
CNN’s Oliver Darcy, quoting Brian Stelter, (both noted “media experts,”) weighed in on the reports:
Kelly’s comments, which came during a discussion on offensive Halloween costumes, can be viewed below:
In Stelter’s report at CNN, he said that “Kelly’s exit from the 9 a.m. hour of the “Today” show appears to be imminent, according to sources with knowledge of the matter. Kelly will not be hosting her program on Thursday, and she is unlikely to return later, one of the sources said. Friday episodes of her show are usually pre-taped.”
So while Kelly will technically be hosting her show until the end of the week due to pre-tapings, it’ll exclude her starting next week. Yesterday, ahead of this news, Kelly parted with her talent agency CAA and hired attorney Bryan Freedman. “The decision to retain a lawyer may signal a lengthy battle over her contract, which is reportedly valued at $23 million a year. She is in the middle of the second year of a three year contract,” Stelter noted.
CBS also reported that Kelly’s show is in jeopardy this morning:
Kelly is just one year into her $69 million contract, and NBC must be regretting the blunder. The combined salaries of previous hosts Al Roker and Tamron Hall were less than half of Ms. Kelly’s $23 million-a-year payday, and Kelly has averaged 2.4 million viewers an episode, 18% below what they brought in.
Paying more for less is hardly a winning business strategy, and NBC has their hands tied. Do they waste more money on legal fees disputing her contract, or reposition her on another show, risking their ratings too? Given Kelly’s ratings, NBC was probably looking for a catalyst to take her off the air, but even then, they’re financially screwed.
Don’t care. Boring.
They thought she was a big deal because she was tough on Trump. They thought wrong.
I am guessing she will do a kids show next.
They’ve wanted a good excuse for canning her for some time.
Enbrace the pole...
She didn’t do anything wrong. Sh** a** PC.
Megyn’s been dumped again! Her meek surrender to the Left didn’t save her job.
Awwww....
But this leads into Thanksgiving and how bad we treated Elizabeth Warren and her people and then into the war on Christmas.
political correctness got her ... how ironic ...
No SHE thought she was a big deal when the media glorified her for attacking Trump.
And then her career earth rocketed at an incredibly satisfying speed.
She’ll be doing late night infomercials.
Trade her to Telemundo for two weather chicks and a guy in an insect suit to be named later.
BBBRRRRRAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAPPPPP
Hired a lawyer.
Must be losing money from her whatever.
She just needs a gentle spanking.
Karma is a b!tch, er, Meghan Kelly.
Assuming she has a good contract that pays her the $69 million regardless (interesting number, BTW), ship her off to MS/LSD or maybe one of the shopping networks. I'm sure NBC has a stake in one of them.
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