Megan Kelly Fired From NBC After Blackface Controversy

Megyn Kelly

TMZ is reporting that TODAY show host Megyn Kelly, formerly of Fox News, has been let go after her remarks about blackface earlier this week.

"Megyn Kelly Today" aired a repeat on Thursday morning, 2 days after she uncorked the absurd comment that it's okay to wear blackface at Halloween. Sources connected to the network tell us unless a Hail Mary is thrown and caught at some point today ... Megyn is gone for good.

The split with NBC comes the day after Megyn's emotional on-air apology where she insisted she'd learned a lesson due to the backlash.

The mea culpa was clearly a case of too little, too late for the Peacock ... which, to be honest, had issues with Megyn's show even before the blackface blowup. Translation: the ratings were terrible. They'd dropped more than 30 percent, year-to-year, in her time slot.

Megyn Kelly wonders what the big deal is about blackface pic.twitter.com/07yvYDuAYe

— Tommy Christopher (@tommyxtopher) October 23, 2018

TMZ goes on to say that her co-workers apparently 'hated' being on-air with her.

During coverage of Dr. Christine Ford's testimony, for example, Kelly was part of a panel with NBC veterans Savannah Guthrie, Lester Holt, Andrea Mitchell and Chuck Todd.

Kelly's blunt, overtly conservative style was so off-putting, Mitchell left the panel before the segment was over.

I can admit to watching her morning show several times, but it was painful. Morning 'light fare' doesn't suit Kelly at all.

According to The Daily Mail, Kelly apparently has a "no-break" deal with NBC which means she will walk away with a payout of $69 million.

Kelly's talent agency, CAA, has also dropped her as well.

Gaslighting minorities for years saying things like, "what's wrong with dressing in blackface" and "Santa is white" and walking away with $69M (i.e., being paid NOT to work) is the white privilege-est thing ever.

Megyn Kelly is OUT at NBChttps://t.co/mFtzKl2QX9

— Holly Fιɢυeroα O'Reιlly (@AynRandPaulRyan) October 25, 2018

Her Sunday night show was a boring debacle, punctuated by low ratings, a PR nightmare involving Alex Jones, and an early cancelation. The soft news was painful, the hard news didn't break ground. It was a bad scene. https://t.co/vs5byKjO6t

— Matthew Gertz (@MattGertz) October 25, 2018