Kelly Tells O’Reilly He’s ‘Jealous’ Of Her NYT Profile (VIDEO)

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After Fox News host Bill O’Reilly mocked the recent New York Times profile of Fox’s Megyn Kelly as a “puff piece” on Monday night, Kelly called out her colleague for merely being envious.

“Jealousy is an ugly emotion, Bill,” she quipped.

O’Reilly then continued to complain that the Times loved Kelly, but showed no affection for the other hosts at the network. When Kelly asked O’Reilly why he thought the Times favored her, he said she is “charming.”

“Oh my God, it’s on camera — this is awesome,” Kelly said about O’Reilly’s compliment. “Another puff piece, right now, is happening at this moment.”

Kelly said that Times reporter Jim Rutenberg was “very fair” to her and the rest of Fox News.

“Not only was he fair to me, he was fair to the Fox News Channel and to our boss, Roger Ailes,” she said. “A lot of people want to make Roger Ailes into the boogieman because they’re jealous of his success. They’re afraid of Fox News. He (Rutenberg) told it like it is.”

Although O’Reilly once consistently led Fox News in the ratings, Kelly beat O’Reilly in the 25-34 age group for the first time in June.

Watch the clip via YouTube:

H/t Raw Story

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