Megyn Kelly, Booted by NBC After Blackface Comments, Shreds Network (and Names Names) Over Blackface Moments

Journalist Megyn Kelly was first cancelled by NBC and then shown the door back in January of 2019, all (ostensibly) stemming from her comments about Halloween blackface on air in October of 2018.

Since then NBC has been through a whole lot of problems, including #MeToo scandal and, more recently, people pointing out the multiple times the network has aired white people wearing blackface.

Megyn Kelly made a point of it on Twitter on Saturday, though not on Parler which she joined this week. It was a retweet calling the network out, for what is now a fourth show under fire.

And she brought a list of names, including Jimmy Fallon, who had to apologize last month for a skit in blackface, Fred Armisen, who portrayed both Prince and former president Barack Obama in dark make-up, Tina Fey, who’s 30 Rock recently pulled episodes featuring blackface bits, Ted Danson, Jane Krakowski, John Hamm, Zach Braff, Sarah Chalke, Ken Jeong, and Julianne Hough, all of whom have been the subject of blackface incidents.

Kelly’s tweet got a lot of traction in likes, retweets, and quote retweets.

It’s not her first on the subject, however, having similarly tweeted, and name-checking Andy Lack, just two days ago.

It does seem like a whole lot of names for the network that claimed to be taking a stand when Kelly discussed but did not don blackface.