Did Megyn Kelly Just Get Fired By NBC? The Lesson Behind Her Behavior | NextTribe

October 25, 2018 by Janet Siroto · Arts & Culture

What We Can Learn From Megyn Kelly’s Serious Misstep

The NBC star is off her show and may never return—but here’s the unexpected lesson in it

Did Megyn Kelly get fired from NBC? Unless you are already doing some winter hibernating in a cave (if so, sorry to wake you), you’ve heard about the brouhaha over her recent comments. And probably that the situation escalated until it was announced that she is leaving her 9 AM show, Megyn Kelly Today, and won't return.

Granted, there are times when some may think the so-called PC police go too far—but this wasn’t one of them.

The problem began with a seemingly innocuous segment about Halloween costumes. Megyn said she didn’t see what was wrong with white people dressing in blackface for trick-or-treating. She expressed her dismay that a white woman on The Real Housewives of New York was criticized for presenting herself in an Afro wig as Diana Ross. What’s the harm in that? Megyn questioned. People did that when I was a kid, she added.

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