Megyn Kelly ripped Hollywood A-lister and Democratic operative George Clooney — who famously called for President Joe Biden to step aside — for his own “cowardice” and “naked partisanship” after he criticized her journalistic credentials.
Kelly devoted 11 minutes of her podcast to excoriating the “Michael Clayton” star after he took a swipe at the former Fox News host’s credentials during a sit-down with actress Patti LuPone for Variety’s Actors on Actors issue.
Clooney, who is playing CBS broadcast legend Edward R. Murrow in the Broadway adaptation of “Good Night, and Good Luck,” told LuPone: “I’ve at least been to Darfur and Sudan and the Congo and been shot at to try to get stories out,” Clooney said, adding of Kelly: “I’m not quite sure what she’s done to be a journalist.”
Kelly shot back on the Wednesday edition of “The Megyn Kelly Show” on SiriusXM:
“He’s starring in a play about Edward R. Murrow because Clooney fancies himself a journalist, you see,” she scoffed. “And [he] has lots of thoughts on how journalists need to do journalism.”
Kelly also mocked Clooney’s 2024 New York Times op-ed calling for Biden to step aside, accusing the actor of waiting until after the political damage was done.
Kelly said: “He does it mainly by stumbling upon the biggest story of the decade, that a sitting president is mentally infirm and ought to be 25th Amendment’ed right out of office, and then burying it, saying absolutely nothing for weeks on end, and then only after that president humiliates himself on the national stage at a presidential debate, and then refuses to step down as the entire Democrat Party watches its electoral chances up and down the ticket go swirling down the toilet.”
“That’s not journalism, George — it’s cowardice and naked partisanship. You’re not fooling anyone,” she said.
Kelly also slammed the actor’s pivot to Broadway: “What’s the matter, George? Are the Hollywood roles getting a little hard to come by as you age and get decidedly more smug and self-congratulatory? I’m just asking.”
Before ending her tirade, Kelly turned to LuPone, mocking her as “Broadway’s biggest and oldest bully.” And, in her own defense, the former Fox News host recounted major interviews throughout her career — from President Trump to everyday Americans — as evidence of her journalistic chops.