Megyn Kelly Details the Curious Case of Carlos Watson, and Shocking Downfall of the Disgraced Media Mogul | Ep. 969

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Megyn Kelly 0:00
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 and today's AM special episode. Today we're going to discuss the curious case of Carlos Watson. This holiday season, millions of families across America will rely on credit card rewards to visit their loved ones. But according to our sponsor, the electronic payments coalition, DC politicians are trying to pass a bill that would lead to the end of credit card rewards. What? They say the Durbin-Marshall credit card bill would mandate credit cards run on alternative networks, not the trusted and stable networks you probably use today. And they say there's no guarantee that the convenience, zero liability fraud protection and rewards programs you know and love will remain. The Electronics Payments Coalition says corporate megastores will make more money while you sacrifice your payment convenience, rewards, and peace of mind.
Megyn Kelly 1:05
Find out more at GuardYourCard.com and consider telling Congress to guard your card and to oppose the Durbin-Marshall credit card bill. Learn more for yourselves at GuardYourCard.com. Let me take you back to episode 103, back in May of 2021, when I interviewed Ozzy, that's Actually, let's go back even further in time. I had no idea who Carlos Watson was back in 2018 or so. I had left NBC. I was still in my sitting on the couch, figuring things out stage. And he had a booker reach out to me and asked me whether I wanted to go on his show. And I never heard of his show. Like, what's his show? It's on YouTube. Oh, it's exploding. It's big. You know, you, you should, you should go on. So I did what I always do in these situations.
Megyn Kelly 2:09
And I had Abby, my assistant look into whether this is a real person with a real show. And is this something I should consider? And this is a montage of people he's had on his shows over the years. But this is a sampling that represents what we found when we started looking into who is Carlos Watson and who does he typically interview? Let's play SOT50.
Carlos Watson 2:34
Hey, Matthew. Carlos, how are you? I'm good, man. Trying to get my eight seconds on the bull like everybody is. Hey, Scarlett, how are you?
Ben Smith 2:43
Hey, how's it going?
Carlos Watson 2:43
Welcome to the Carlos Watson Show. Thank you for joining me. You bet.
Megyn Kelly 2:49
Bill Gates.
Matthew McConaughey 2:49
Hey, Matt.
Megyn Kelly 2:50
Matt Damon.
Matthew McConaughey 2:51
Hey, Carlos, how are you? But now, you know, with this terrible situation, with COVID, I'm at home yelling at the screen like my grandfather used to yell at the professional wrestlers.
Megyn Kelly 3:08
Okay. So, you know, Bill Gates, big name, tough guest to book. There are a lot of big names in there. And we were told by Carlos's producers what the YouTube traffic was, what the numbers were. And, you know, you sort of just want to make sure that this is up to your level, right? You don't want to go on a show with four viewers. So I said yes. And I did go on Carlos's show a couple of times. Here is one example, SOP 51.
Carlos Watson 3:38
Tell me why you started this podcast.
Megyn Kelly 3:40
I started it because I wanted to be able to talk about the news in an unbridled way. I feel like more and more we're telling people they have to be quiet or they have to use certain words or not use certain words or don't touch that subject. Or if you touch it, you have to talk about it this way. And... I don't like it. I don't like cancel culture and I don't like false parameters being put around speech. I'm almost a First Amendment absolutist. And I'm worried about what's happening to the country along these lines. So I think it's worth fighting for. And I wanted a forum that I would control so that I would not be cancelable. Right on. Still feel that way. So Carlos, let me promote my podcast that you're listening to right now in its infancy on his show. And we became friendly. I never saw him socially, but he had me on a few times. And then eventually I had him on my baby podcast, as I pointed out. And it was kind of interesting. I mean, I remember what I was interested in getting Carlos's bio and it was tough.

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