Megyn Kelly was fired from NBC for defending blackface, but it seems she just can’t help but continue to speak on Black people and Black issues any chance she gets. In the latest edition of who even asked you?!, Kelly took to her podcast to give her MAGA-minded viewers an unsolicited opinion on Oprah Winfrey following the “Unite for America Rally” with Vice President Kamala Harris.
On “The Megyn Kelly Show,” the former Fox News anchor told listeners she thinks Winfrey is no longer genuine or relatable. She asked, “When’s the last time Oprah actually spent time hanging out with a working class person in America?”
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Fair opinion, but what comes next is where Kelly should’ve just kept her comments to herself.
“I miss fat Oprah. She was just genuine,” Kelly said with a straight face. “Now this thin, Ozempic Oprah has lost — along with the pounds — her heart [and] her sense of authenticity,” she continued. Given that Winfrey herself has been open about her personal struggle with her weight, Kelly’s comments were clearly insensitive and straight-up problematic.
In 2023, Winfrey got deep about her weight loss journey, even revealing that at some point she was using medication assistance following years of scrutiny due to her weight fluctuating. “It was public sport to make fun of me for 25 years,” Winfrey told PEOPLE in an exclusive 2023 interview.
And here goes Kelly doing this exact thing. Her quip at Winfrey’s weight was objectively unnecessary to her actual point in insisting the billionaire is no longer authentic. Even if that is the case, it’s been said time and time again to stop commenting on people’s weight, regardless if they’re a celebrity or not.
“I have been blamed and shamed, and I blamed and shamed myself,” she continued to PEOPLE. Although Winfrey never specified which medication she’s been on, Kelly clearly believes it was Ozempic, the FDA-approved medication used to treat Type 2 Diabetes but also lists weight loss as a now-infamous side effect.
The “Unite for America Rally” took place in Michigan on Sept. 19. Thousands joined in virtually and in-person at the town hall-style forum between Winfrey and Harris. Celebrities including Meryl Streep, Tracee Ellis Ross, Chris Rock, and Jennifer Lopez tuned in to pledge their support for the vice president’s campaign.
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