Tuesday, March 19, 2024

Megyn Kelly Says She was ‘Destined’ to Like ‘Gay Former Republican’ Don Lemon

Don Lemon with Megyn Kelly (R) and Dana Perino (L)
Don Lemon with Megyn Kelly (R) and Dana Perino (L)

*Fox News anchor Megyn Kelly has written a tribute to her cable news bestie Don Lemon, saying some good-natured back-and-forth teasing between herself and the CNN host launched “the beginning of a beautiful friendship.”

Writing about their special relationship in Variety, where Lemon is one of 50 people to make the New Power of New York list, Kelly says “he watches my show and I watch his sometimes, and we’ll text each other during the commercial breaks with thoughts on the news or the guests.”

Kelly says they “were destined to like each other,” presumably because they are both at networks where their personal politics don’t jibe with the political leanings of their networks.

“I’m an anchor at the Fox News Channel who’s come out as an Independent. He’s an anchor at CNN who’s come out as a gay former Republican. We were destined to like each other,” Kelly writes.

The pair also found common ground having experienced the death of their fathers at a young age. “It changes a person, creates a void,” she writes.

Read Kelly’s entire tribute to Don Lemon below:

Don and I first met years ago — I gave him jazz for once making fun of me on the air, and he teased me for being too sensitive. It was the beginning of a beautiful friendship. He watches my show and I watch his sometimes, and we’ll text each other during the commercial breaks with thoughts on the news or the guests.

We have a lot in common: I’m an anchor at the Fox News Channel who’s come out as an Independent. He’s an anchor at CNN who’s come out as a gay former Republican. We were destined to like each other. I have seen him take risks on the air, and then get pilloried for it — which I respect. At least he’s bold, mixing it up a bit. It’s tough to irritate Don — he’s easy going, and quick to smile, always in on the joke. He’s also introspective.

Not too long ago, Anderson Cooper was on my show discussing the impact of losing his father at a young age. I lost mine when I was a teenager. NBC’s Savannah Guthrie — the same. Don told me later he lost his dad at age 7. It changes a person, creates a void — one a person might try to fill, possibly … by getting a job in TV news. Perhaps we need the adoration (perhaps we went to the wrong place!). And yet I think Don deserves our esteem, for his honesty, curiosity, the courage he shows, and — despite his professional achievements — for not taking himself too seriously.

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