Megyn Kelly Biography
Megyn Kelly is a journalist, attorney, political commentator, talk show host, and television news anchor from the United States. From 2004 to 2017, she hosted a Fox News talk show, and from 2017 to 2018, she was a host and correspondent for NBC News. She currently hosts a podcast, The Megyn Kelly Show, and maintains an active Instagram and YouTube presence.
How old is Megyn Kelly? – Age
She is 50 years old as of 18 November 2020. She was born in 1970 in Champaign, Illinois, United States. Her real name is Megyn Marie Kelly.
Megyn Kelly Family
Kelly is the son of the late Edward Kelly, a teacher at the State University of New York at Albany, and Linda (née DeMaio), a housewife. On her mother’s side, she is of Italian and German descent, and on her father’s side, she is of Irish descent. She was raised as a Catholic. When she was 15, her father died of a heart attack.
Is Megyn Kelly still Married? | Is Megyn Kelly married to a female?
– Wife
Kelly married anesthesiologist Daniel Kendall in 2001. In 2006, the marriage ended in divorce. She married Douglas Brunt, the president and CEO of the cybersecurity firm Authentium at the time, in 2008, and he went on to become a full-time writer and novelist. They have three children: Yates, born in 2009, Yardley, born in 2011, and Thatcher, born in 2013.
Megyn Kelly Education
Kelly went to Tecumseh Elementary School in Syracuse, New York. Her family relocated to Delmar, New York, a suburb of Albany when she was nine years old, and she attended Bethlehem Central High School. She earned an undergraduate degree in political science from Syracuse University’s Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs in 1992 and a J.D. from Albany Law School in 1995.
What is Megyn Kelly’s new salary?
Her annual salary is $18 million. While this would tie her with ABC News’s Robin Roberts as the highest-paid female TV anchor, it would put her at the top of her own network’s list.
Megyn Kelly Net Worth
She has an estimated net worth of $45 Million.
Megyn Kelly Show
Her performance Kelly Megyn Kelly Today is a daytime talk show that airs on NBC. It debuted on September 25, 2017, as the third hour of NBC’s national morning show Today, replacing Today’s Take. The show received negative reviews upon its debut, with critics praising the quality of Kelly’s hosting and her suitability as a daytime personality, as well as controversial on-air interactions. On October 26, 2018, NBC announced the cancellation of the program, citing backlash over Kelly’s remarks about blackface on the show, as well as reports that she wished to focus more on her role as an NBC News correspondent. Kelly eventually left NBC in January 2019.
Megyn Kelly Fox News
Kelly applied for a job at Fox News in 2004. She had a weekly segment on The O’Reilly Factor and filled in for Greta Van Susteren on On the Record on occasion. She began hosting her own two-hour afternoon show, America Live, in 2010. She received media attention for her coverage of the 2012 United States presidential election results. Kelly interviewed the Duggar family in June 2015 about their son Josh’s alleged molestation of five girls in 2002.
Jill and Jessa, two of their daughters, were later interviewed. This show’s national estimated ratings of 3.09 million were higher than its 2.11 million average. Her moderating of the Republican Party presidential debate elicited a variety of media and political reactions, and Donald Trump criticized her professionalism.
Kelly was announced as the host of a one-hour primetime special on the Fox network in March 2016. The special aired in May 2016, during a sweeps month. It had 4.8 million viewers but finished third in the ratings. Kelly was reported to have confirmed in July 2016, amid allegations of sexual harassment, that she, too, had been subjected to his harassment.
