“They tried to destroy me,” Kelly said of the harrowing time during an interview with Frontline.
“I was just doing my job as a reporter. But the way Trump sees media, the way he sees life, is all, ‘They like me, or they don’t like me,'” Kelly says in a preview of the documentary, released Friday.
Megyn Kelly is opening up about the harrowing time she became a target after asking Trump about his behavior towards women.
The former Fox host is speaking out about her treatment by Trump and his supporters after she questioned then-presidential candidate Trump during the Republican primary debate in 2015.
“It was scary at times,” Kelly explained to Frontline. “And Breitbart kept lighting the fire over and over, and I had — and have — three young kids and the security threats were escalating, and we were doing everything in our power to convey to them that they needed to stop. It was one debate question, just one debate question and he handled it fine! So, get off of it, but they couldn’t care less.” Robyn Merrett
Why did Kelly, a respected journalist, ask a presidential candidate the following question based on a sentence repeated by Trump in a snippet which only lasted 15 seconds in a multi-season TV series?
During the 2016 presidential debate she asks him this question.
Kelly said to Trump, “You once told a contestant on ‘Celebrity Apprentice’ it would be a pretty picture to see her on her knees. Does that sound to you like the temperament of a man we should elect as president?”
Megyn Kelly’s question based on 15 second conversation out of 15,180 Minutes started an avalanche.
Contestant towards whom it was directed, Ms Roderick, defended Trump, saying she doesn’t remember him making the comment in the first place.
“Like him, I didn’t even remember him saying that,” Roderick said during an interview on MSNBC Friday morning. “I’ve always had a positive experience around Donald. He’s always been encouraging. He’s never been disrespectful to me.”
You needed to see this episode and how it was taken from an Apprentice show to know how and why and who made this comment. Also, Trump seemed stunned when he only repeated it!
The Apprentice US Season 13 Episode 1 – All Stars Celebrity Apprentice
1 hour 18 minutes 17 seconds
Air Date: March 3, 2013
Judges: Donald Trump, Piers Morgan, Ivanka Trump.
Contestant Bret Michaels comments to the judges how his fellow colleague Brande Roderick
dropped to her knees when pleading with her team to select her as Project Manager!
This sentence was repeated by Donald Trump with audible surprise.
At 1 hour 13 minutes 13 seconds
Trump: “Excuse me, you DROPPED to your knees?”
Brande: “Yes.”
Trump: “It must be a pretty picture, you dropping to your knees.”
You also hear Piers Morgan laughing in the background
Neither Trump nor Ivanka laughed!
IT LASTED 15 SECONDS!
Any person going on her or his knees begging to do a particular task will shock anyone.
Consider yourself in a group meeting and one of your colleague drops on her/his knees and begs all of you that she /he wants to do a particular task. Wouldn’t you surprised? Wouldn’t you comment on it?
Whole episode is 1 hr 18 minutes 17 seconds long.
At the end of the program, at 1 hr 13 minutes 13 seconds, Bret Michaels comments about colleague Brande Roderick who dropped to her knees because she wanted to be project manager.
And a stunned Trump repeats it and comments that it must have been a pretty picture seeing her on her knees! 15 SECONDS SENTENCE!
The Apprentice TV series had 14 seasons, with 185 episodes totalling 253 hours or 15,180 minutes.
Nowhere will you find Trump making sexist, racist or rude remarks towards female or male contestants. On the contrary he is always courteous to each and everyone.
Megyn Kelly’s question shows how desperate the interviewer is trying to brand Trump as sexist by twisting incidental conversation into imaginary innuendo based on 15 seconds of his entire life which is an open book!
And most of the public, without checking the facts, seem to fall for it. After 253 hours or 15,180 minutes all you can find is less than 15 seconds of surprise and a shocked expression!
It does not qualify as sexist.
The next day Trump was labeled a sexist in every major newspaper.
Justifiably Trump retaliated.
“You could see there was blood coming out of her eyes. Blood coming out of her wherever.”
The media had a field day and started adding insult to injury.
With Megyn Kelly’s question and the media’s negative report Pandora box opened with flood of women coming forward, accusing Trump of sexual misconduct, assault etc. Every day one or other came forward with their story of sexual attack by Trump and the media had field day. If you dig deep, you find it is lacking evidence!
In 2004, The Chicago Tribune pried open Jack Ryan‘s sealed divorce documents, altering his political destiny. However, despite media giants like The New York Times and the Gannett newspaper chain pursuing them, Trump and Ivana’s sealed records remained elusive.
Jack Ryan, while married to his wife, took his wife to sex clubs in three cities where he did not have sex with her.
According to his wife, he wanted to have sex with her there, but she refused.
He respected her wishes, and they did not have sex in any of these clubs.
The media makes it a ‘Sex Scandal’ of the decade with no actual SEX taking place.
The saga was exaggerated to the extent that one prominent Republican Representative asked Ryan to get out of the race, and he was shocked that he would run for public office carrying such baggage!
What baggage was he talking about?
Jack Ryan, the politician, stepped away and never returned to politics.
‘It was one debate question, just one debate question and he handled it fine! So, get off of it, but they couldn’t care less.’
Megyn Kelly
That one question is based on 15 seconds of Trump’s entire life and opened the floodgates to a series of smear campaigns and false lawsuits against Trump.
Without knowing him personally or the fact that Trump repeated the sentence, the media tried to influence women against him. That includes former First Lady Barbara Bush, who, in her interview, says, “I don’t know how women can vote for Trump.” She also said to CNN, “I am sick of Trump.” It could also be due to the fact her son Jeb Bush was losing and struggling. His mother might have made a last minute effort to save the campaign. On the other hand, Ms Roderick who personally met him, defended him by saying he was never disrespectful towards her. Barbara Bush even blamed her heart attach of 2016 on Trump in her memo’s.
But Trump has been magnanimous in saying he understood Bush’s anger toward him.
“Look, she’s the mother of somebody that I competed against,” he said. “Most people thought he [Jeb Bush] was going to win and he was quickly out.”.
The point is that the media can throw anything at him, but he is not allowed retaliate.
How deep did Kelly have to dig even to get that 15 seconds from Trump’s life, which has been an open book all his life!!
Is this called journalistic integrity doing your job? Use a microscope, find a sentence, and twist it?
Did Megyn and maybe her puppet masters, when they could not open Trump’s divorce documents, decide to question him based on 15 seconds of his entire life? Did they expect that, like Jack Ryan, Trump would pack up and resign permanently from politics?
Why did Megyn Kelly press that button? Was it journalistic rigor, a quest for truth? But what truth? Based on 15 seconds of Trump’s entire life? That is a repeated sentence? Or was it the allure of ratings, the relentless pursuit of headlines?
And what of Trump? His retort echoed through the airwaves, a counterpunch that echoed across Twitter feeds. The stage was set. Sexism, politics, and the art of the soundbite danced their tango.
As the media machine churned, Trump’s aura grew. The smear campaign, the whispers, and the headlines became brushstrokes on the canvas of his narrative. The man who defied norms, who bulldozed through conventions, stood tall. The throne of public opinion remained his.
Trump won the election against all odds.
Megyn and Trump have since reconciled. According to her recent interview with Piers Morgan, he still has not forgiven her.
The Girl and the Feathers
Once upon a time, in a small village nestled among rolling hills, there lived a girl notorious for her gossip. Her words spread like wildfire, negatively affecting families and relationships. People whispered about her behind closed doors; soon enough, they had had enough.
The villagers decided to take their concerns to the wise village chief. They explained how the girl’s loose tongue caused rifts and hurt feelings. The chief listened carefully and nodded solemnly. He knew that gossip could be as destructive as a raging storm.
One sunny morning, the chief summoned the girl to his humble abode. She arrived, curious but slightly nervous. The chief greeted her kindly and gestured toward a bundle of delicate bird feathers. “Count these,” he instructed.
The girl blinked, puzzled. “Feathers? Why feathers?”
“Patience,” the chief replied. “Count them.”
She obeyed, meticulously counting the one hundred feathers. Once she had done so, the chief handed her a cloth bag and said, “Wrap these feathers securely and follow me.”
Together, they climbed the steep mountain path. The air grew thinner, and the wind tugged at their clothes. At the mountaintop, the breeze turned fierce, threatening to sweep everything away. The chief pointed to the horizon. “Release the feathers.”
The girl hesitated, then let go. The feathers danced in the wind, scattering in all directions. Some soared high, while others fluttered down the slopes. She watched, mesmerized, as they disappeared into the vastness.
They descended, and the chief led her back home. “Return tomorrow morning,” he said.
The next day, the girl returned, expecting more feather-related tasks. Instead, the chief gave her a new assignment: “Find all the feathers you released yesterday.”
She set off determinedly, but as the day wore on, she realized the futility of her task. Feathers had settled in ditches, tangled in bushes, and floated down rivers. Exhausted and disheartened, she returned to the chief with only a few feathers.
The chief studied her tired face. “Gossip is like those feathers,” he said gently. “Once spoken, it flies away, impossible to retrieve. It creates a storm of hurt and misunderstanding. Be mindful of your words, my dear. They shape the atmosphere around you.”
And so, the girl learned a valuable lesson. From that day forward, she guarded her tongue, choosing kindness over gossip. And the village, once filled with whispers, gradually transformed into a place of understanding and compassion.
