Megyn Kelly Says She Was Asked to Publicly Defend Ailes After Gretchen Carlson Lawsuit

Megyn Kelly sat down with Charlie Rose tonight to discuss her book Settle for More and the behind-the-scenes drama at Fox News amid the sexual harassment allegations against Roger Ailes.

You may remember that months ago, when other Fox Newsers were publicly defending Ailes after Gretchen Carlson‘s allegations of sexual harassment, Kelly did not publicly speak. One report said there were some frustrations within Fox about this. And then another report dropped about Kelly telling investigators Ailes sexually harassed her too.

Well, according to TheWrap’s Brian Flood, Kelly said that she was asked (by Ailes’ wife, as she told The Hollywood Reporter) to publicly defend Ailes and refused:

Megyn Kelly just said that she was asked to publicly defend Roger Ailes after Gretchen Carlson's suit. She refused. @TheWrap pic.twitter.com/OalRnECy2a

— Brian Flood (@briansflood) November 16, 2016

Kelly also shared some additional behind-the-scenes details:

Megyn Kelly says Roger Ailes was unhappy when she asked @realDonaldTrump the infamous question about his treatment of women at GOP debate

— Brian Flood (@briansflood) November 16, 2016

Free-agent-to-be Megyn Kelly says "leaving Fox News would be very tough" as her daughter yells "stay home" from front row.

— Brian Flood (@briansflood) November 16, 2016

Also, if you’ve been following the back-and-forth between Kelly and Bill O’Reilly in recent days, this part may also be of interest:

Megyn Kelly says Bill O'Reilly might have No. 1 show in news but she has the No. 1 "news show" in news, referring to Factor as opinion show.

— Brian Flood (@briansflood) November 16, 2016

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