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What was that call with Lachlan like, though, when you called him up and told him?
What was that call with Lachlan like, though, when you called him up and told him?
I don't want to spend too much time here because I do want to get to today. Because of your comments about blackface and Halloween, ostensibly, there was a lot of other things going on at that moment. But ostensibly, that was the reason that you were arrested.
I don't want to spend too much time here because I do want to get to today. Because of your comments about blackface and Halloween, ostensibly, there was a lot of other things going on at that moment. But ostensibly, that was the reason that you were arrested.
Did you feel during that period that people were turning their back on you? Like, because there had been this big flame out at NBC, that just all that world that you had inhabited had sort of rejected you?
Did you feel during that period that people were turning their back on you? Like, because there had been this big flame out at NBC, that just all that world that you had inhabited had sort of rejected you?
This was the moment when, you've talked about this on your new show, when you sort of decided the mainstream media is not for me.
This was the moment when, you've talked about this on your new show, when you sort of decided the mainstream media is not for me.
Yeah. I mean, you've talked about finding a third version of Megyn Kelly with your new show, which is on YouTube. Looking at the early days of your show, when you first started, it was very much like you were an anchor on television. And now you look a lot looser. Yes.
Yeah. I mean, you've talked about finding a third version of Megyn Kelly with your new show, which is on YouTube. Looking at the early days of your show, when you first started, it was very much like you were an anchor on television. And now you look a lot looser. Yes.
One of the things that you just did, which is a red line for most journalists, is that you showed up at one of Donald Trump's rallies right before the election and you formally endorsed him. Once you endorse a politician on stage at a rally, I don't think you can reasonably be called independent anymore. Or do you see it differently?
One of the things that you just did, which is a red line for most journalists, is that you showed up at one of Donald Trump's rallies right before the election and you formally endorsed him. Once you endorse a politician on stage at a rally, I don't think you can reasonably be called independent anymore. Or do you see it differently?
But then going and actively campaigning, standing on stage and, you know, giving him a hug and a kiss. It is different. And I think a lot of people saw you endorsing Trump as caving, as essentially going to where the power is.
But then going and actively campaigning, standing on stage and, you know, giving him a hug and a kiss. It is different. And I think a lot of people saw you endorsing Trump as caving, as essentially going to where the power is.
And you know the symbolism of it, of course, which is someone who so famously had been at odds with him that he had done so much to, to publicly stand up and embrace him, was significant to a lot of people.
And you know the symbolism of it, of course, which is someone who so famously had been at odds with him that he had done so much to, to publicly stand up and embrace him, was significant to a lot of people.
I understand the fervor within which you embrace some of his policies. But what you were talking about there was the person himself, the things that he has been accused of, credibly accused of, and what you yourself experienced. I'll give you the perspective on it.
I understand the fervor within which you embrace some of his policies. But what you were talking about there was the person himself, the things that he has been accused of, credibly accused of, and what you yourself experienced. I'll give you the perspective on it.
You really think it's fair game that you as a journalist ask a fair question based on things that he'd said and he put you through that for a whole year? You think that's fair?
You really think it's fair game that you as a journalist ask a fair question based on things that he'd said and he put you through that for a whole year? You think that's fair?