George Clooney receives response from Megyn Kelly
George Clooney has by no means been one to carry again, and this time, he’s discovered himself in a headline-worthy back-and-forth with none apart from Megyn Kelly.
The pleasant hearth kicked off throughout his sit-down with Patti LuPone for Selection’s Broadway Actors on Actor*, the place the actor took a second to handle a number of the jabs he’s acquired—significantly from Kelly.
“I don’t care much in terms of what they say,” Clooney mentioned whereas discussing the criticism he’s confronted for his political beliefs.
He pointed to Kelly instantly, saying, “You see Megyn Kelly, who’s come out and said I’m not a journalist. I didn’t say I was a journalist.”
Clooney’s feedback got here in reference to his Broadway adaptation of Good Evening, and Good Luck, the place he performs legendary journalist Edward R. Murrow. The manufacturing ends with a montage that includes actual clips of varied figures—together with Kelly—whose previous phrases are used with out narration or editorializing.
“I’ve at least been to Darfur and Sudan and the Congo and been shot at to try to get stories out. I’m not quite sure what she’s done to be a journalist,” Clooney added.
“Having said that, we only show her words in this play. We don’t tell people what to think. It’s not out of context. We don’t manipulate it. We literally just go, ‘These are your words.’”
Cue Megyn Kelly, who, let’s simply say, didn’t precisely take that mendacity down. On the April 23 episode of The Megyn Kelly Present, she opened her broadcast with a fiery 11-minute clapback that left no stone unturned.
“He’s starring in a play about Edward R. Murrow because Clooney fancies himself a journalist, you see, and has lots of thoughts on how journalists need to do journalism,” she started, earlier than launching right into a takedown of Clooney’s 2023 New York Occasions op-ed that referred to as for President Biden to step apart.
“That’s not journalism, George — it’s cowardice and naked partisanship. You’re not fooling anyone,” Kelly mentioned.
“So now he’s starring in his Broadway show … by the way, 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!”
And since no sparring match is full with no few further punches, Kelly additionally took intention at Clooney’s stage associate, Patti LuPone, labeling her “Broadway’s biggest and oldest bully.”
