Mark Halperin
speaker
1,969 appearances
10 recordings
1 series
first heard Sep 2025
last heard 19 Aug
Mark Halperin’s voice in public audio — every appearance, attributed to the second.
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Helling explaining the elaborate story Watts reportedly used to draw McMahon into the relationship and the effect learning the truth later had on her.
McMahon also reportedly alleging Watts periodically contacted her seeking access to her prescription opioids, claiming he told her he wanted to get, quote, messed up.
She tells the Daily Mail she eventually grew tired of his complaints' late-night messages and alleged requests for medication, ending contact by changing her phone number in March 2018.
McMahon reportedly recognizing Watts months later when she saw him on Facebook, appealing for information about his supposedly missing family.
Police interviewing her after someone forwarded investigators a Facebook post in which she described meeting Watts on Tinder.
McMahon telling detectives at the time she was, quote, 99.9% certain the man she met was Watts.
And now she says she always knew his identity.
Watts denying he ever met McMahon when questioned by police, insisting his only extramarital affair was with former co-worker Nicole Kessinger.
McMahon initially offering to provide text messages she claimed had recently been recovered from her iCloud before declining because of their explicit nature and concerns her children might one day see them.
The Daily Mail reviewing several screenshots of the purported messages while acknowledging it could not independently verify their authenticity.
That'll do it for your AM update.
I'm Mark Halperin, host of NextUp.
Find more at nextuphalperin.com and catch the Megyn Kelly show today live on SiriusXM, the Megyn Kelly channel, 1-11 at noon east on youtube.com slash megynkelly and on all podcast platforms.
Hey, good morning, everyone.
I'm Mark Halperin, host of Next Up with Mark Halperin, filling in today for the great Megyn Kelly.
It's Wednesday, July 22nd, 2026, and this is your AM Update.
The director of the Smithsonian's American History Museum grilled on Capitol Hill over accusations she's turned the institution into a showcase for left-wing activism.
Congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez leaving the door open to a presidential run in 2028, and the Pentagon identifying three American soldiers killed in the renewed fighting with Iran.
And more than 6,000 non-citizens improperly added to New Jersey's voter rolls, with hundreds going on to cast ballots.
All that and more coming up here on your AM Update.
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