The Megyn Kelly Show
American Freed by Trump, John Oliver's Outrageous Segment, and Saving Your Marriage, with Stu Burguiere, and Jason and Erica Redman | Ep. 1046
10 Apr 2025
Megyn Kelly opens the show with the incredible news of American ballerina Ksenia Karelina’s release from a brutal Russian labor camp after 15 months of captivity just days after her boyfriend boxer Chris van Heerden appeared on The Megyn Kelly Show. Then Stu Buguiere, host of BlazeTV's Stu Does America, joins to discuss the reason behind President Trump’s decision to pause tariffs, the meltdowns and freakouts before and after, the role of President Trump and his team in securing her freedom, the difference between justice and revenge, why it's important for President Trump to hold those who politicized government accountable, the way the corporate media has completely mischaracterized the story, NBC News forced to settle the defamation suit filed against them by a doctor who MSNBC hosts claimed was the "uterus collector," the false reporting from Rachel Maddow and Chris Hayes, John Oliver’s dismissive defense of boys in girl’s sports, him offensively downplaying traumatic injuries, his condescending denial of biological reality, and more. Then Jason and Erica Redman, authors of "Mission: Invincible Marriage," join to discuss their powerful story of resilience after Jason was severely wounded as a Navy SEAL, how their strong foundation kept their marriage intact, the importance of vulnerability in their marriage, and more. Burguiere- https://www.youtube.com/StuDoesAmericaRedmans- https://www.harpercollins.com/products/mission-invincible-marriage-jason-redmanerica-redman BeeKeepers Naturals: Go to https://beekeepersnaturals.com/MEGYN or enter code MEGYN for 20% off your orderDone with Debt: https://www.DoneWithDebt.com & tell them Megyn sent you!DailyLook: https://DailyLook.com to take your style quiz and use code MEGYN for 50% off your first order.Angel Studios: Become an Angel Guild member today and get 2 free tickets to The King of Kings movie when you become a premium member. Visit https://angel.com/MEGYNFollow The Megyn Kelly Show on all social platforms:YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/MegynKellyTwitter: http://Twitter.com/MegynKellyShowInstagram: http://Instagram.com/MegynKellyShowFacebook: http://Facebook.com/MegynKellyShow Find out more information at: https://www.devilmaycaremedia.com/megynkellyshow
Full Episode
Welcome to The Megyn Kelly Show, live on Sirius XM Channel 111 every weekday at noon east. Hey, everyone. I'm Megyn Kelly. Welcome to The Megyn Kelly Show. This morning, our staff, along with the world, woke up to incredible news involving a story we brought to you on Monday. That ballerina we told you about, Ksenia Karolina, she's on her way home. It's unbelievable. It's a miracle.
I can't believe it. I'm so thrilled. I'm so grateful to President Trump and Secretary of State Marco Rubio. She has dual citizenship, Russian and American. She's an amateur ballerina over here. And for the last 15 months, she has been wrongfully detained in Russia on these trumped up bogus charges. And now she's free. This morning, Secretary of State Marco Rubio posting to X, quote,
American Ksenia Karolina is on a plane back home to the United States. She was wrongfully detained by Russia for over a year and President Trump secured her release. The president of the United States will continue to work for the release of all Americans.
Last August, Ksenia was convicted, again, these are ridiculous charges, in Russia as she visited family there of state treason and handed a 12-year prison sentence in a Russian labor camp. Her crime, she donated $51 two years prior while in the United States as a US citizen to a US-based nonprofit that helps children and elderly impacted by the war in Ukraine. $50, you guys.
The details of what happened to her are downright frightening. So she traveled to Russia for the first time in three years to visit her elderly grandmother. Her family still lives over there. First, she was detained for 16 hours at the airport for interrogation. She never even made it past the airport. Under suspicion, she might be some sort of a spy.
Then she was released, but they kept her phone. And boy, oh boy, did they go through it. That's how they found this payment on her Venmo. And they found the receipt of this donation on Monday. And by the way, and then they charged her first. They accused her of hooliganism, hooliganism. That's what they charged. And then they upped the ante to treason.
which you can go to jail for a long, long time for. Originally, it was like 15 years, and then they were talking about a life sentence. And they strong-armed her into copying a plea because she didn't want to go to jail forever. They were like, well, you can go to jail for maybe five years if you say you did this. And she didn't think she had any options.
So she did, and they gave her a 12-year sentence. On Monday, I mean, literally four days ago, we had a long interview with Ksenia's boyfriend, Chris Van Yerden. Chris is a former international boxing organization welterweight world champion who retired from the sport last year to work full time on getting Ksenia home.
See, he had paid for her to take the trip as a Christmas gift so she could see her family. And he spoke to us on Monday about the charges she faced.
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