Megyn Kelly
Born Megyn Marie Kelly
November 18, 1970
Champaign, Illinois, U.S.
Residence Rye, New York, U.S.
Other names Megyn Kendall
Megyn Marie Kelly (born November 18, 1970) is an American journalist, political commentator, and former corporate defense attorney. She worked for Fox News from 2004 to 2017, and is currently with NBC News.
On January 3, 2017, Kelly announced her departure from Fox News and stated that she would be joining NBC News. On June 4, 2017, she started hosting a Sunday night news magazine program titled Sunday Night with Megyn Kelly. From October 2013 to January 2017, during her career at Fox News, Kelly hosted The Kelly File. She previously hosted America Live, and prior to that, co-hosted America’s Newsroom with Bill Hemmer. From 2007 to 2012, the two reporters hosted Fox News Channel’s New Year’s Eve specials, “All American New Year”. She was included in the 2014 Time list of the 100 most influential people.
Kelly was born in Champaign, Illinois, to Edward Kelly, who taught at the State University of New York at Albany, and Linda (née DeMaio), a homemaker. She is of Italian and German descent on her mother’s side and Irish descent on her father’s. Kelly’s father died of a heart attack when she was 15 years old.
Above: Kelly working as an anchor during Fox’s 2012 Democratic National Convention coverage
Kelly contributed legal segments for Special Report with Brit Hume and hosted her own legal segment, Kelly’s Court, during Weekend Live. She appeared on a weekly segment on The O’Reilly Factor and occasionally filled in for Greta Van Susteren on On the Record, where most of her reporting focused on legal and political matters. She occasionally contributed as an anchor, but more often as a substitute anchor on weekends. On February 1, 2010, Kelly began hosting her own two-hour afternoon show, America Live, replacing Fox News’ previous show The Live Desk.
Kelly left as host of America Live in the beginning of July 2013 for maternity leave and returned to host a new nightly program The Kelly File on October 7, 2013.
On June 2, 2017, Kelly interviewed Russian president Vladimir Putin, first in a panel discussion she moderated at the St. Petersburg International Economic Forum and later in a one-on-one interview for the premiere episode of NBC’s Sunday Night with Megyn Kelly, which aired June 4. Kelly’s daytime talk show, Megyn Kelly Today, premiered in September 2017.
Kelly is reportedly being paid between $15 million and $20 million a year at NBC.
Above : Megyn Kelly with Vladimir Putin.
Personal life
Kelly married Daniel Kendall, an anesthesiologist, in 2001. The marriage ended in divorce in 2006. In 2008, she married Douglas Brunt, who was then president and CEO of the cybersecurity firm Authentium, and who became a full-time writer and novelist. They have three children, son Yates (b. 2009), daughter Yardley (b. 2011), and son Thatcher (b. 2013).
Politically, Kelly identifies as an independent, and told Variety in 2015 that she has voted for both Democrats and Republicans.
On October 12, 2016, Kelly stated in a segment on her show with Fox News commentator Julie Roginsky that she is a lifelong Catholic.
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