Megyn Kelly: I Would Have Worked At MSNBC If They’d Called Me

FILE - In this March 6, 2012 file photo provided by Fox News, Fox News anchor Megyn Kelly poses at the anchor desk at the Fox studios in New York. Fox News says that Megyn Kelly, its popular daytime TV host, will mov... FILE - In this March 6, 2012 file photo provided by Fox News, Fox News anchor Megyn Kelly poses at the anchor desk at the Fox studios in New York. Fox News says that Megyn Kelly, its popular daytime TV host, will move into the network’s prime-time lineup when she returns from maternity leave. Kelly announced this winter that she is expecting her third child sometime this summer. She’s still on the air. (AP Photo/Fox News, Alex Kroke) MORE LESS
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Fox News superstar host Megyn Kelly told The New York Times magazine that she would have gladly taken a job with MSNBC if they had scooped her up before Fox News Channel.

In an interview with Jim Rutenberg published Wednesday, Kelly said that if MSNBC had called her before Fox News did in 2004, she wouldn’t have hesitated to join the liberal channel.

“I’d have done O.K. there, too,” she told the Times.

But Kelly, whose show reportedly takes in 2.8 million, or four times as many viewers as MSNBC’s Rachel Maddow, said elsewhere that Fox News had always been the only place she wanted to be.

Right now, with the Times reporting that “The Kelly File” enjoys highest-rated nonsports program in its time slot, the host seems comfortable at Fox News.

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  1. So retire and write a “Tell-All” about the inner machinations at Fox News. I would imagine you’d get multiple calls form multiple networks.

  2. It’s not as if she wouldn’t have fit in there … MSNBC has sure had their share of loud mouth doofuses (doofi?) … Geraldo Rivera and Morning Joe Scarborough. Even Keith Olbermann had his moments.

  3. So she’s admitting she’ll do anything for money?

    News Flash: She already is.

  4. Avatar for mcbain mcbain says:

    Thanks for admitting you’re basically an actress and don’t believe a word you actually say.

  5. Avatar for AJ AJ says:

    Bitch please!

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