Megyn Kelly is clapping back at George Clooney for mocking her journalism career during his conversation with Broadway icon Patti LuPone for Variety’s Actors on Actors.
On Wednesday’s episode of the former talk show host’s eponymous podcast, Kelly argued that, despite what Clooney believes, she is a journalist. She also criticized Clooney’s New York Times op-ed in which he called for President Joe Biden to exit the 2024 US Presidential campaign.
“He’s starring in a play about Edward R. Murrow because Clooney fancies himself a journalist, you see, and has lots of thoughts on how journalists need to do journalism,” Kelly said.
“He does it mainly by stumbling upon the biggest story of the decade, that a sitting president is mentally infirm and ought to be 25th Amendment’ed right out of office, and then burying it, saying absolutely nothing for weeks on end,” Kelly said.
“And then only after that president humiliates himself on the national stage at a Presidential debate, and then refuses to step down as the entire Democrat Party watches its electoral chances up and down the ticket go swirling down the toilet.”
“Finally, he decides to write an op-ed in the New York Times saying Joe Biden is not up for the job,” she continued.
“That’s not journalism, George — it’s cowardice and naked partisanship. You’re not fooling anyone.”
Kelly threw even more shade at the Oscar winner as she insinuated that he launched the Broadway production of his new show, “Good Night, and Good Luck” — which is an adaptation of his 2005 film of the same name — due to a shortage of roles for the star at age 63.
“So now he’s starring in his Broadway show … by the way, what’s the matter, George? Are the Hollywood roles getting a little hard to come by as you age and get decidedly more smug and self congratulatory? I’m just asking!”
Page Six has reached out to Clooney’s reps for comment, but did not immediately receive a response.
During his conversation with LuPone, Clooney spoke about the criticism he’s faced because of his politics.
“I don’t care much in terms of what they say,” Clooney told the “Evita” star, 76.
“We don’t tell people what to think when we show that montage at the end, for instance. You see Megyn Kelly, who’s come out and said I’m not a journalist. I didn’t say I was a journalist.”
The montage at the end of the play features several real-life news clips with Kelly, Elon Musk and other figures.
“I’ve at least been to Darfur and Sudan and the Congo and been shot at to try to get stories out. I’m not quite sure what she’s done to be a journalist,” Clooney added.
“Having said that, we only show her words in this play. We don’t tell people what to think. It’s not out of context. We don’t manipulate it. We literally just go, ‘These are your words.’”