Ailes IS a businessman, and a very good one. Kelly is his creation, you might say a “product” he created, who has (or had) aspirations of leaving Fox and going solo, writing her own ticket. So it’s natural for him to snicker when it’s clear that her ambitions have been tamped-down a bit.
fair enough
This is true....Ailes is ALL business.
Kelly might still get what she wants but it’ll be via ABC, CBS or NBC, and it’ll be a short-range contract (probably no more than four years). Fox doesn’t care if she leaves....they’ve got at least five or six young Kelly-wannabes in the waiting and ready to step out.