Bernard Goldberg Says Megyn Kelly Might Be Going to CBS News: ‘I Wouldn’t Be Shocked’

Is Megyn Kelly heading back to network TV?

Veteran reporter Bernard Goldberg said on Tuesday he “wouldn’t be shocked” to see Kelly land at CBS News, after he heard Kelly was recently at the network’s headquarters in New York City for a screen test. Goldberg shared the scoop on his Substack podcast, No BS Zone.

“By the way, here’s something I’m revealing that nobody knows: a certain person whose name — I’ll tell you the name in a second — a certain famous person in the media was at CBS News the other day, doing what I’m told was a screen test. Meaning, seeing how it works on camera,” Goldberg said.

Professor John A. Daly, his co-host, then guessed it was another former Fox News star — Bill O’Reilly.

“No, I would’ve guessed that too. No, Megyn Kelly,” Goldberg said. “Megyn Kelly was at CBS News the other day. You heard it here, you’re not going to hear it anyplace else.”

Goldberg’s prediction stands out for a few reasons.

First, Kelly has built a formidable presence on SiriusXM and YouTube with The Megyn Kelly Show, which she started after leaving NBC in 2019. The right-leaning show just celebrated its fifth anniversary and has 3.99 million subscribers on YouTube.

Kelly’s potential move to CBS News also signals Skydance, which just bought Paramount, CBS’s parent company, is aiming to make big changes. Bari Weiss, the founder of The Free Press, is reportedly “on the verge” of having her publication purchased by the new Paramount Skydance for around $150 million; Weiss, like Kelly, is a prominent female media figure on the right and has also been a frequent target of critics on the left in recent years.

A rep for Kelly did not immediately respond to Mediaite’s request for comment.

Goldberg said he did not know “in what capacity” Kelly would join CBS, if she does come aboard. It is also unclear what this would mean for her YouTube and radio program.

You can watch Goldberg and Daly discuss Kelly above, and you can watch their full podcast by clicking here.

UPDATE: Kelly, soon after this story published, responded on X: 

“Literally not one word of this is true. Was not at cbs, did not have a screen test, am not going to cbs, and have ZERO desire to leave what I am doing now and join the sinking ship of broadcast news. @Mediaite – might want to – um, ASK ME b/4 printing.”