MSNBC host and former George W. Bush communications director Nicolle Wallace is openly wondering what prompted SiriusXM host Megyn Kelly (a former primetime host on Fox News and then NBC) to transition from a successful mainstream journalist to a "really angry" right-wing pundit.
The Daily Beast reported Thursday that Wallace joined journalist Kara Swisher's podcast and spoke about Kelly after the former Fox host attacked her earlier this month. Wallace was initially complimentary of Kelly, saying that she was "one of the best to ever do cable" and that her prediction about independent media like podcasts eventually rivaling mainstream media turned out to be correct.
"I watched her every night at 9 o’clock," Wallace said. "I don’t watch her anymore, but I thought her observations about where the industry was heading were right."
According to the Beast, the two then began talking about Kelly's far-right turn once she migrated to YouTube and SiriusXM. Swisher called Kelly's show "terrible," and Wallace agreed, saying that the ex-Fox host took a "confounding turn" given her previous prominence.
"I think it’s just terrible and angry, really angry, at especially women," Swisher said.
“Yes!” Wallace said in agreement. “She hates us more!”
Wallace's comments on Swisher's show come after Kelly attacked the MSNBC host as a "navel gazer" following the launch of Wallace's podcast, "The Best People." The Beast reported that Kelly's tirade against Wallace came in response to Rachel Maddow — who was Wallace's first guest — talking about a meme she received that read "born to dilly-dally, forced to fight fascists."
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