by Megyn Kelly
To the selfless, generous, divine Meredith—thank you, thank you—why are there no words better than “thank you”? I’m so grateful we found each other over the Eagles and Sting and Stevie Nicks, and I hope in some way, I’ve made you proud.
Cait Hoyt, Matt DelPiano, Alan Berger, Kevin Huvane, and my incredible team at CAA, much respect to you for seeing the landscape ahead, and for steering me toward what is true and good. Cait, you are a force of nature. Matt, thank you for your class, and for laughing at my stupid jokes. (I realize I’m basically paying you for this but somehow it still means something to me.)
To our viewers, my thanks and respect and ongoing commitment to keep earning your trust and loyalty. You humble and inspire me.
And last but not least, to Lachlan Murdoch, who had the courage to do what’s right, and showed grace, humility, and kindness under pressure—you have my enduring admiration.
Notes
Chapter 10: Lawyer, Broadcaster, Journalist
1. Jarrett Murphy, “CBS Ousts 4 for Bush Guard Story,” CBSNews.com, January 10, 2005, http://www.cbsnews.com/news/cbs-ousts-4-for-bush-guard-story-10-01-2005/.
Chapter 14: All the Days of My Life
1. A. J. Jacobs, “I Think You’re Fat,” Esquire, July 24, 2007, http://www.esquire.com/news-politics/a26792/honesty0707/.
2. “Hillary Clinton Outraged in the Congo,” YouTube video, August 10, 2009, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xiaI2EZ9ubw.
3. “Charles Gibson Describes Reporting on 9/11 Attacks, Extended Interview,” YouTube video, September 11, 2013, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xA4LMYvitqg.
4. Linda Saslow, “Vows: Megyn Kelly and Douglas Brunt,” New York Times, March 16, 2008.
Chapter 15: The Best Line
1. Maane Khatchatourian, “Gwyneth Paltrow Says Industry Discouraged Women from Being ‘Ambitious,’” Variety, October 9, 2015.
2. Maureen O’Connor, “Megyn Kelly Destroys Guy Who Called Her Maternity Leave ‘a Racket,’” Gawker, August 8, 2011, http://gawker.com/5828842/megyn-kelly-destroys-guy-who-called-her-maternity-leave-a-racket.
3. “A Quarter of New Moms Return to Work 2 Weeks after Childbirth,” Chicago Tribune, August 20, 2015.
4. “Lactate Intolerance,” The Daily Show with Jon Stewart, August 11, 2011, http://www.cc.com/video-clips/08acdo/the-daily-show-with-jon-stewart-lactate-intolerance.
5. “Anchor Management,” The Daily Show with Jon Stewart, March 3, 2010, http://www.cc.com/video-clips/0rtdn2/the-daily-show-with-jon-stewart-anchor-management.
6. For example, see Tom Brokaw, “Time 100: Jon Stewart,” Time, April 18, 2005.
Chapter 16: Now Everyone’s Here
1. David Carr, “For One Night at Fox, News Tops Agenda,” New York Times, November 11, 2012.
2. Lou Dobbs Tonight, May 29, 2013.
3. The Kelly File, May 31, 2013.
4. Christopher Santarelli, “‘I Had an Abortion’ Shirt Sales Stir Controversy at University of North Carolina Wilmington,” Blaze, April 19, 2012, http://www.theblaze.com/stories/2012/04/19/i-had-an-abortion-shirt-sales-stir-controversy-at-university-of-north-carolina-wilmington/.
Chapter 17: Ready for Prime Time
1. “Kelly File Exclusive: William Ayers Pressed on Controversial Past,” Fox News, June 29, 2014, http://www.foxnews.com/us/2014/06/29/kelly-file-exclusive-william-ayers-pressed-on-controversial-past.html.
2. David Masciotra, “‘Megyn Kelly’s Eyes Are Very Cold’: Bill Ayers on His Fox News Appearance, Education ‘Reform,’ and the Problem with the Ivy League,” Salon, September 18, 2014, http://www.salon.com/2014/09/18/megyn_kellys_eyes_are_very_cold_bill_ayers_on_his_fox_news_appearance_education_reform_and_the_problem_with_the_ivy_league/.
3. Ward Churchill, “‘Some People Push Back’: On the Justice of Roosting Chickens,” from an excerpt published www.kersplebedeb.com.
Chapter 19: Election Season
1. Ryan Buxton, “Wayne Barrett: Donald Trump Tried to Bribe Me with an Apartment,” Huffington Post, October 2, 2015, http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/wayne-barrett-donald-trump-bribe_us_560eaabae4b0dd85030bb2d5.
2. Mark Bowden, “Donald Trump Really Doesn’t Want Me to Tell You This, But . . .” Vanity Fair, December 10, 2015.
3. The Kelly File, May 20, 2015.
4. The Bloomberg poll question, on April 6–8, 2015, was about which candidates the surveyed Republican or Independent would consider supporting for the 2016 Republican nomination. For Trump, only 9 percent said “Seriously Consider,” and 62 percent said “Never Consider.”
5. Nicholas Confessore and Karen Yourish, “Measuring Donald Trump’s Mammoth Advantage in Free Media,” New York Times, March 15, 2016.
6. Paul Bond, “‘It May Not Be Good for America, but It’s Damn Good for CBS,’” Hollywood Reporter, February 29, 2016, http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/leslie-moonves-donald-trump-may-871464.
7. Tim Mak, “Ex-Wife: Donald Trump Made Me Feel ‘Violated’ during Sex,” Daily Beast, July 27, 2015, http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2015/07/27/ex-wife-donald-trump-made-feel-violated-during-sex.html.
Chapter 20: The First Debate
1. Celebrity Apprentice, season 6, episode 1, March 3, 2013.
2. Interview with Thomas Roberts, MSNBC, August 7, 2015.
3. Lauren Carroll and Clayton Youngman, “Fact-Checking Claims about Donald Trump’s Four Bankruptcies,” Politifact.com, September 21, 2015, http://www.politifact.com/truth-o-meter/statements/2015/sep/21/carly-fiorina/trumps-four-bankruptcies/.
4. Harry Hurt III, “Donald Trump Gets Small,” Esquire, May 1991.
5. Julie Baumgold, “Fighting Back: Trump Scramble Off the Canvas,” New York, November 9, 1992, 43.
6. Zeke J. Miller, “Trump Blasts ‘Nasty,’ ‘Unfair’ Debate Questions,” Time, August 7, 2016, http://time.com/3988424/republican-debate-donald-trump-complaint/; David Weigel, “Donald Trump: ‘Megyn [Kelly] Behaved Very Badly,’” Washington Post, August 7, 2015.
7. Brett LoGiurato, “Donald Trump Is Having a Meltdown after Megyn Kelly and Fox News Cut Him to Pieces during the Debate,” Business Insider, August 7, 2015.
8. Frank Bruni, “A Foxy, Rowdy Republican Debate,” New York Times, August 6, 2015.
Chapter 21: Fallout
1. Mark Hensch, “2016 Contenders Criticize Trump for Megyn Kelly Remarks,” The Hill, August 8, 2015, http://thehill.com/blogs/ballot-box/gop-primaries/250651-2016-contenders-criticize-trump-for-megyn-kelly-remarks.
2. Neetzan Zimmerman, “Trump: Megyn Kelly Had Blood Coming Out of Her ‘Wherever,’” The Hill, August 7, 2015, http://thehill.com/blogs/blog-briefing-room/250641-trump-megyn-kelly-had-blood-coming-out-of-her-wherever.
3. Paul Solotaroff, “Trump Seriously: On the Trail with the GOP’s Tough Guy,” Rolling Stone, September 9, 2015.
4. Sara Jerde, “Fiorina: Women Know What Trump Meant about My Face,” TalkingPointsMemo.com, September 16, 2015, http://talkingpointsmemo.com/livewire/carly-fiorina-donald-trump-responds.
5. Harrison Jacobs, “Donald Trump Is Going Off on Megyn Kelly Again,” Business Insider, September 22, 2015.
6. David W. Dunlap, “1886: Without Fear or Favor,” New York Times, August 14, 2015.
7. Megyn Kelly, “How to Deal with the Haters,” Time, February 9, 2016, http://motto.time.com/4203136/megyn-kelly-deal-with-haters/.
Chapter 22: Relentless
1. Kyle Becker, “All 117 Donald Trump Tweets about Megyn Kelly,” IJR.com, March 5, 2016, http://ijr.com/2016/03/564685-here-are-all-x-tweets-donald-trump-has-ever-sent-out-about-megyn-kelly/.
2. Bob Cusack, “Trump: I Didn’t Try to ‘Woo’ Megyn Kelly,” The Hill, January 6, 2016, http://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/264894-trump-i-didnt-try-to-woo-megyn-kelly.
3. Here’s the full statement: “As many of our viewers know, FOX News is hosting a sanctioned debate in Des Moines, Iowa, on Thursday night, three days before the first votes of the 2016 election are cast in the Iowa Caucus. Donald Trump is refusing to debate seven
of his fellow presidential candidates on stage that night, which is near unprecedented. We’re not sure how Iowans are going to feel about him walking away from them at the last minute, but it should be clear to the American public by now that this is rooted in one thing—Megyn Kelly, whom he has viciously attacked since August and has now spent four days demanding be removed from the debate stage. Capitulating to politicians’ ultimatums about a debate moderator violates all journalistic standards, as do threats, including the one leveled by Trump’s campaign manager Corey Lewandowski toward Megyn Kelly. In a call on Saturday with a FOX News executive, Lewandowski stated that Megyn had a ‘rough couple of days after that last debate’ and he ‘would hate to have her go through that again.’ Lewandowski was warned not to level any more threats, but he continued to do so. We can’t give in to terrorizations toward any of our employees. Trump is still welcome at Thursday night’s debate and will be treated fairly, just as he has been during his 132 appearances on FOX News & FOX Business, but he can’t dictate the moderators or the questions.”
4. Erik Wemple, “The Sexism in Donald Trump’s Latest Swipe at Fox News’s Megyn Kelly,” Washington Post, January 26, 2016.
5. Cooper Allen and Paul Singer, “Six Takeaways from the Iowa Republican Debate,” USA Today, January 29, 2016, 5.
6. “The Internet Freaks Out over Megyn Kelly’s New Haircut,” Extra, January 29, 2016, http://extratv.com/2016/01/29/the-internet-freaks-out-over-megyn-kellys-new-haircut/.
7. T. Becket Adams, “Trump Attacks Megyn Kelly Again after Winning Florida,” Washington Examiner, March 15, 2016.
8. Maureen Dowd, “Will Trump Be Dumped?” New York Times, March 19, 2016.
Chapter 23: The Trump Tower Accords
1. Lynn Vavreck, “Insults and Ads: How Gender Hurts Trump but Doesn’t Lift Clinton,” New York Times, April 30, 2016; Cortney O’Brien, “Hillary PAC Highlights How Trump ‘Respects’ Women in New Ad,” Townhall, May 10, 2016, http://townhall.com/tipsheet/cortneyobrien/2016/05/10/trumps-controversial-comments-about-women-again-in-spotlight-as-hillary-pac-releases-new-ad-n2160908; Amie Parnes, “Clinton Launches Blitzkrieg on Trump,” The Hill, May 12, 2016, http://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/279619-clinton-launches-blitzkrieg-on-trump.
Index
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ABC, 98, 117, 118
Abedin, Huma, 208, 210
Ablow, Dr. Keith, 179
abortion, 194, 250
African Americans, 142–43
Ailes, Roger, 6, 121–23, 287, 299–314
Kelly and, 121–15, 133–34, 144, 161, 163, 177, 178, 199, 243–45, 261, 263, 266–68, 272, 282, 292, 299–314
Trump and, 243–45, 261, 268, 272, 275
You Are the Message, 134
Albany, 12–16, 32, 61–67, 77, 79, 315
Albany Law Review, 69–71, 81, 83, 211
Albany Law School (ALS), 61–67, 69–76, 77–80, 142–43, 318
Albany Times-Union, 56
Alito, Samuel, 143
All the President’s Men (film), 56
America: Imagine the World Without Her (film), 204
America Live, 178–88, 200, 235
American Apparel, 311
America’s Newsroom, 161–67, 175, 178, 184, 303
Andrews, Erin, 266
Associated Press, 122
Ayers, Bill, 201–5
Baier, Bret, 3–5, 72, 150, 179, 189, 190, 240, 247–53, 257, 280
Baltimore, 115–18, 119
Banderas, Julie, 145
Banfield, Ashleigh, 98
Barrett, Wayne, 237
Becker, Bruce, 126
Bickel, John, 80, 83, 84, 86, 89
Bickel & Brewer, 80–90, 99, 123, 142, 297, 309
“bimbo” tweet, 260–61, 268, 275, 279–80, 294, 296
Blanton, Brad, 164, 165
Bono, Chaz, 179
Boudin, Kathy, 201
Bowden, Mark, 237
breastfeeding, 218–19
Brewer, Bill, 80, 83–86, 89, 297
Briganti, Irena, 257, 267, 284–85
Brit cam, 128
Broadcasting & Cable, 302
broadcast journalism, 98–99, 111–20
Kelly’s career in, 111–54, 161–67, 177–88, 199–213, 231–314, 318
prime time, 199–213
public shaming and, 208–10
See also specific networks, shows, and anchors; television
Broadcast News (film), 120
Bruni, Frank, 257
Brunt, Diane, 168, 169–70, 178, 265
Brunt, Doug, 6, 47, 59, 60, 154, 155–62
courtship of Kelly, 155–62, 163, 173
marriage to Kelly, 167–88, 192–97, 205, 215–30, 233, 262, 265–67, 276–81, 290, 294, 295, 308, 318
writing career, 221–22
Brunt, Jackie, 168, 169, 170, 215, 225, 267
Brunt, Ken, 170
Brunt, Leslie, 170
Brunt, Manly Yates, 170, 192, 196
Brunt, Thatcher, 191–92, 195–97, 199, 208, 215–31, 287–88, 318
Brunt, Will, 170
Brunt, Yardley, 183–84, 195, 196, 207, 210, 215–31, 281–82, 287, 308, 318
Brunt, Yates, 145, 169, 173–78, 180, 183, 184, 192, 196, 197, 215–31, 279, 287, 315, 318
bullying, 31–39, 137, 138, 209–10, 296, 297
Trump’s tactics of, 8–9, 238–45, 254–57, 259–86, 293, 298
Bush, George W., 3, 127, 131, 189, 190, 234
Bush, Jeb, 1, 233, 241, 260
cable TV, 127, 199–213
Canada, 208, 229
Carr, David, 191
Carson, Ben, 1, 234, 250
Castro, Fidel, 130
Catholicism, 12, 13–14, 19, 27, 52, 62, 139, 218
CBS, 56, 127, 242
Celebrity Apprentice, 8, 237, 249, 253
Chambers, Robert, 114
Cheney, Dick, 152
Chicago, 80, 84–91, 97, 98–109, 111–15, 201, 285
China, 240
Christie, Chris, 1, 165, 233–34
Christmas in Connecticut (film), 197
Churchill, Ward, 205–7
“‘Some People Push Back’: On the Justice of Roosting Chickens,” 205
Clemente, Michael, 247
Cleveland, 1–10, 232, 247–57, 310
Clinton, Bill, 130, 165, 166, 184, 209, 234, 253
Clinton, Chelsea, 314
Clinton, Hillary, 8, 165–66, 208, 241–42, 249, 253, 261, 298, 314
Clyatt, Bob, 64
CNN, 122, 126, 256, 269, 274
Cohen, Michael, 243, 262, 292
Colbert, Stephen, 194
college campuses, and free speech rights, 202, 203
Collins, Gail, 8
Columbia College Chicago, 114
Comedy Central, 187
Condé Nast, 56
Congress, 129–31, 207
2010 midterm elections, 189
Cooper, Anderson, 182, 270
Correspondents’ Association Dinner, 181
Couric, Katie, 265
Court TV, 142
criminal justice system, 65
Cruz, Heidi, 270, 293
Cruz, Ted, 1, 199, 283
on The Kelly File, 234
2016 presidential campaign, 1, 231, 234
Cupcake Nation mentality, 202, 296
Cutler, David, 265
Daily Beast, 239, 242–43, 262, 305
Dallas, 80–84
Dancing with the Stars, 180
Dean, Janice, 191–92, 219, 265–66, 288
DeAngelis, Patricia, 75–76
debates, primary. See Fox News primary debates
DeMaio, Antoinette Frances Holzworth, 18, 22–24, 26, 53, 85, 171, 315
Democratic National Convention, 314
Democratic Party, 122, 232, 261
2016 presidential election, 232
/> Denver, John, 21, 49, 50, 295, 320
Des Moines Register, 238–39
Detroit, 277–81
Dhue, Laurie, 122
Diana, Princess of Wales, 91
Disney World, 284
Dobbs, Lou, 192, 227
Dr. Phil, 74, 108, 172, 273–74
Dohrn, Bernadine, 201, 202
Donaldson, Sam, 116
Dowd, Maureen, 203, 285
“Draw Muhammad” contest, 203
Drudge Report, 309
drugs, 208, 264
D’Souza, Dinesh, 204
Duke University, 156
lacrosse rape scandal, 141–42, 156, 303
Eden, Elizabeth, 175
Edward F. Kelly Evaluation Conference, 55
Eichmann, Adolf, 205, 206
Erickson, Erick, 192–94, 227, 259
Esquire, 164
Facebook, 138, 182, 255, 273, 282
Fallon, Jimmy, 260
Family and Medical Leave Act, 184–85
Farrell, Brian, 83, 84
FBI, 201, 205
feminism, 194–95, 306
Fey, Tina, 167
F-Factor diet, 145
Finan, Abigail, 4–7, 199, 219, 236, 237, 251, 276, 278
