Megyn Kelly teed off on CNN's Kaitlan Collins and called her a "boring" person with "no personality" and a "cold-hearted b----."
During Collins' appearance on The Late Show with Stephen Colbert earlier this month, host Colbert referred to CNN as "objective," which was met with laughter by his audience. Collins' network was once again criticized during her appearance on Bill Maher's talk show, Real Time, earlier this week. In her defense, the CNN host framed herself as an authority on unbiased news coverage because she was an Alabamian from a conservative family.
On the latest episode of her podcast, Kelly discussed Collins and her appearances on Colbert and Maher's shows.
“The fact that she has some roots in Alabama does not make her a fair and balanced reporter,” Kelly said. “I will submit to the record, her biggest sin is not that she is biased, though she is, it’s that she has a boring personality.”
Kelly then suggested Collins try smiling more in her public appearances.
“Try not to be in your delivery like such a cold-hearted b---- all the time, because it gives people nothing to bond to," Kelly added. Megyn Kelly slams CNN’s Kaitlan Collins as ‘cold-hearted b—h’ who is ‘boring with no personality’ https://t.co/NscDyYRrSj pic.twitter.com/UZYPIuFjWK
— New York Post (@nypost) August 28, 2024
Kelly went on to say Collins was "only a star with the leftists."
While speaking with Colbert, Collins discussed the state of the presidential race between former President Donald Trump and Vice President Kamala Harris and claimed Trump struggled to "coalesce around a single attack line" against the vice president.
"I know you guys are objective over there, that you just report the news as it is," Colbert said of Collins and CNN, prompting the audience to erupt with laughter.
"Is that supposed to be a laugh line?" Collins asked.
"It wasn't supposed to be, but I guess it is," Colbert coyly responded. NEW: Audience starts cracking up after a serious Stephen Colbert tells CNN’s Kaitlan Collins that CNN “just reports the news as it is.”
Remarkable.
Colbert: “I know you guys are objective over [at CNN], you just report the news as it is.”
Audience: *Laughs hysterically*… pic.twitter.com/9R8iv2UXeN
— Collin Rugg (@CollinRugg) August 13, 2024
During Collins' appearance on Real Time, host Maher said he personally rooted for the network, though noted the fact that Colbert's audience laughed at the idea of CNN being fair and balanced "tells you a lot."
"This is a terribly divided country. We're not only politicized, a lot of people just hate the other side," Maher said. "CNN, in my view, should be the place where both sides can watch." WATCH: Bill Maher Confronts Kaitlyn Collins Over Colbert Audience's Laughter at CNN
"He [Colbert] said something like, ‘You guys at CNN just report the news [as it is],’ and the crowd burst into laughter.”
“That tells you a lot, doesn't it?”
“I watched Kamala's speech last… pic.twitter.com/JCl3Ixwoq0
— Vigilant News (@VigilantNews) August 24, 2024
In response, Collins said CNN was an unbiased and non-partisan news network.
“I feel like I can speak with authority on this," Collins said. “I’m from Alabama, I’m from a very red state, I have a very conservative family, a lot of them who are Trump voters, they watch my show every night, and they know that they can trust me, that we call bull---- on every side."
