Bill O’Reilly, Megyn Kelly Get Really Awkward over a Guest Booking Issue

Things got just a teeny bit awkward on The O’Reilly Factor when Megyn Kelly and Bill O’Reilly talked about her scoring an interview with a guest over O’Reilly.

Air Force veteran Michelle Manhart saw students at Valdosta State University stepping all over the American flag and intervened. Manhart grabbed the flag and argued with protesters. She ended up being detained by the police (but was not officially arrested).

Kelly was on O’Reilly’s show talking about the matter, and O’Reilly shared the suspicion his producers had that Manhart was seeking out publicity (after Kelly brought up the Playboy shoot Manhart did with the flag). O’Reilly told Kelly that’s why they gave the interview to her show.

Kelly, keeping things light, said, “You didn’t give it to me… We booked her before you tried to book her.”

They were both pleasant and appeared to be teasing, but watch carefully enough and you might sense just the smallest drop of tension there.

Watch the video below, via Fox News:

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