The Megyn Kelly Show
Michelle Obama's New White House Complaints, and "Blonde Origin" Premieres, with Mike Rowe and the MK Media Hosts | Ep. 1063
Fri, 2 May 2025
Megyn Kelly premieres "Blonde Origin," trolling the "Blue Origin" space mission. Then she's joined by Maureen Callahan, Mark Halperin, and Link Lauren, the stars of MK Media, and her friend and hair stylist Sara Clemente, to discuss the premiere of “Blonde Origin”, their hilarious spoof of the ridiculous Blue Origin “astronauts,” the absurd behind-the-scenes details from the filming, and more. Then Mike Rowe, host of "People You Should Know," joins to discuss the challenging requirements for true space exploration, his experience with a fighter pilot, the absurd "Blue Origin" women pretending they accomplished something historic, Michelle Obama’s latest round of complaints about how expensive and difficult it was to live in the White House, how wildly out-of-touch her comments are given her elite status, the contrast between empowered individuals who find fulfillment in hard work and privileged elites who still feel dissatisfied, stories of perseverance highlighting the importance of gratitude and his new show, lighthearted stories of humility in unexpected moments, the importance of laughing at ourselves and mocking smug elites, and more. Rowe's show: https://www.youtube.com/@therealmikeroweCallahan: https://thenerveshow.com/Halperin: http://nextuphalperin.com/Link Lauren: https://www.youtube.com/@linklauren Hungryroot: https://Hungryroot.com/MK | Get 40% off your first box PLUS a free item in every box for life!Byrna: Go to https://Byrna.com and order their all new Compact Launcher.120Life: Go to https://120Life.com and use code MK to save 15%Select Quote: Get the right life insurance for YOU, for LESS at https://www.SelectQuote.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
Chapter 1: Who are the stars behind the 'Blonde Origin' spoof and what is it about?
So we have planned a little fun for you today to close out the week. We're going to have Mike Rowe joining us in just a bit, but before we get to him... We are going to bring you the full Blonde Origin world premiere. And then we will have on all the stars of the show right after, including Maureen Callahan, Mark Halperin, Link Lauren, and my friend and hairstylist, Sarah Clemente.
And you will see why she's involved. Before we play it for you, I want to tell you, we had so much fun doing this that we made it so that you can join in on the fun too. You can go to, we just created this, shopmegankelly.com and get some Blonde Origin merch. There are hats, there are notebooks, there are mugs. We are leaning in to this massive troll. Go to shopmegankelly.com right now.
Join the Blonde Origin trolling fun. This spring, everyone has a lot going on. With limited time for grocery shopping or cooking healthy meals at home, Hungry Root offers a convenient solution. Hungry Root acts as a personal shopper and nutritionist, handling weekly grocery shopping and recommending healthy groceries and meals tailored to individual tastes, nutrition preferences and health goals.
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Chapter 2: What happens during the 'Blonde Origin' zero gravity flight parody?
Please don't call it a ride.
When zero gravity left some with zero clue... Take up space!
Have you been? Have you been?
Three women were brave enough to answer the call.
It's not a ride, it's a mission.
This is special coverage of Blonde Origin. Zero gravity, zero clue. Here are your hosts, Mark Halperin and Link Loren.
You're looking live, not at Lambeau Field, but at LaGuardia Airport. It is a beautiful day to make history, a beautiful day to defy gravity. Link, welcome into our coverage. Glad to have you. You're a veteran of these space launches. How do you see today?
You know, Mark, it's great to be with you. I just spoke to a source in Connecticut that said Meghan's husband, Douglas Brunt, just took out a massive life insurance policy on her this morning, but I'm sure that is not suspicious whatsoever.
What could possibly go wrong? Link, I can't help but reflect on the great astronauts in American history, Buzz Aldrin, John Glenn. Are our three heroes today likely to enter the pantheon of greatest ever?
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Chapter 3: How did the 'Blonde Origin' team prepare for their zero gravity experience?
You know, Mark, I think these women should buy the ground a drink first. I also know there are a lot of men who would be jealous of the ground right now.
This is a grand space tradition. NASA has done it for years. The names of our heroes turned right side up and upside down. And now let's listen in for the first time back on Earth to our star heroes from space.
I think it's such a wonderful world. Should we sing a little bit? I don't see shades of blue, trees of green.
And I think to myself, what a wonderful world.
Here's Space's top talker, Megyn Kelly.
Did I mention how proud I am of me? You know, you tend to do that. I forgot for one second, but yes, yes, you are. I know, I know.
Not just to girls and women, either. Boys, too. Boys and men. They all find me very inspirational. How was the ride? I don't appreciate when people call it a ride. It's not a ride. They never say that for the other astronauts. It's a flight, it's a mission, okay? There's nothing frivolous about what we just did, okay? It was a flight, it was a mission, and it was mission accomplished.
Well, a little bit of unhappiness there for Megan, maybe not getting the respect she thinks she and her crew deserve.
You know, Mark, how dare anybody call this a ride? This is a mission. These women were incredible. This is a scientific feat. They trained, they worked hard. This is amazing, Mark. You know, Mark, my producer is saying we've got Megan on the line.
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Chapter 4: What are the humorous highlights and behind-the-scenes stories from the zero gravity flight?
I do want to show the audience, you know, one of the things we know about the Blue Origin flight is that those ladies trained. It was it was long, in-depth training, as the commentators who were watching their launch pointed out. And we have some video of our training as well that we wanted to show the audience. Here's a little a bit of it. Let's put it on the board. Yeah, that's it. No, no.
There was buckling of seatbelts. This is not the training. There was buckling of seatbelts. And you know what else there was? I mean, this is the true sacrifice. But Maureen, Sarah, and yours truly, we were not allowed to drink the night before and the morning of. Why don't you tell the people, Sarah, what we had to eat?
Well, we had to eat a plain bagel. Right. Not toasted. Right. So it made that experience not as great as it should have been for us to eat a bagel.
But exactly. If we're going to do a link, Lauren, I mean, you of all people can appreciate we ate huge bready carbs for this thing.
The sacrifice. I was going to say you guys had to eat carbs before going into space. I'm just so happy I didn't have to go up there. When your producer Steve called me and said, do you want to go to space with Megyn Kelly? I was like, how do I get out of this? I am the biggest kitty cat. I drive under the speed limit. I lock my door three times a night.
I don't go home with strangers except on rare occasion. I did not want to go up there, OK? I've been scared for my life. I'm so happy you all got to go and have that experience without.
Well, I have to say, not only did Sarah say yes immediately, but poor Maureen, who's now been dragged into two of these things. I mean, your acting career, Maureen, is off to a with a bang. I mean, I heard you reference it on your new show, The Nerve with Maureen Callahan. But I mean, you're like in awards ceremony territory now.
Well, Megan, let's be fair. I mean, I'm hearing it for both of us. You know, we're a two hander. We're a team. You know, like I would I would like to be getting my SAG card imminently. I think I deserve it. And, you know, now we've added astronaut to our resume. I mean, what can't we do?
I ask you, what can't we do? Nothing's coming to mind. I mean, as Mark pointed out, did you see me get that second drop of water? I mean, like a professional, sir. I.
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Chapter 5: What is Mike Rowe's perspective on true astronaut training and space exploration?
You're there.
And look, I don't want to I don't want to overstate it. But when I came out of that backseat after that flight, covered with my own vomit and freshly awakened from passing out. Yeah, I was pretty sure I could have flown that thing if they would have given me a shot. And to this day, the fact that they didn't. You know, it sticks with you, that kind of disappointment.
Yeah, that snub.
Yeah, but with time and professional help, I think I'm going to eventually get over it.
It's a little easier.
Probably not today.
Well, I mean, thankfully, I don't have that issue because people are recognizing me as an astronaut. Sure. I mean, you could see I had to get them in line and make them do it. They were falling down on the job a little, but then they got there. We actually did look up. like tell us a little bit more about actual astronaut training because that's, they are calling themselves astronauts. Yeah.
And in Gail's defense, she says, I still have trouble calling myself that. But she does. But she worked her way through it. She overcame. Okay, here's like a couple of the things. All right, there's spacewalk training in NASA's Neutral Buoyancy Lab. You study the space station systems. Flying a T-38 jet. All of this is part of some astronaut training. Okay, there's... You have to be a U.S.
citizen. You have to possess a master's degree in a STEM field, including engineering, biological science, physical science, computer science, or mathematics. I'm pretty sure that does not apply to Gail, Katie, or Lauren Sanchez, but okay. Lauren Sanchez is a pilot. I'll give her that. She flies helicopters.
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Chapter 6: How does Mike Rowe describe his fighter pilot experience and relate it to space missions?
That's better. I'd rather be under my own, I think.
It's the stuff of character.
Wait a minute. So... Now, with the benefit of hindsight, did you enjoy that ride?
Oh, my God. Well, yes. I mean, it's a tricky question. And first of all, it's not a ride.
Thank you. Thank you very much.
I would think you of all people would be aware.
It's not a ride.
That was an adventure.
It was a mission.
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Chapter 7: What are the real astronaut qualifications and how do they contrast with the Blue Origin flight?
Do you think it's an attempt to to be relatable?
No, no, no. She's she's angry. She's angry and unhappy. I've watched enough of her over the years. And then with this ridiculous podcast, she's trying to launch to see she's a deeply unhappy person.
What's happening with with people at that level in podcasts? What's Gavin Newsom doing?
He's running for president. That one makes more sense to me strategically. She's like she should be in her therapist's office. Her brother Craig is not.
Oh, he did. Yeah. What do you think I should do?
I don't support it.
Yeah. Yeah.
Well, my feeling is Gavin Newsom is using people to build up his skills so that he can more effectively debate the Republican nominee in 2028.
Even if somebody goes on and cleans his clock.
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Chapter 8: What important lessons about humility and perseverance does Mike Rowe share?
Chapter 9: How does the episode contrast the MK Media spoof with the actual Blue Origin mission?
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 happy Friday. It's been a very busy week here at the show, down in D.C. for my exclusive Tulsi Gabbard sit-down on Wednesday, then in New York City with Dave Portnoy for the full show yesterday.
So we have planned a little fun for you today to close out the week. We're going to have Mike Rowe joining us in just a bit, but before we get to him... We are going to bring you the full Blonde Origin world premiere. And then we will have on all the stars of the show right after, including Maureen Callahan, Mark Halperin, Link Lauren, and my friend and hairstylist, Sarah Clemente.
And you will see why she's involved. Before we play it for you, I want to tell you, we had so much fun doing this that we made it so that you can join in on the fun too. You can go to, we just created this, shopmegankelly.com and get some Blonde Origin merch. There are hats, there are notebooks, there are mugs. We are leaning in to this massive troll. Go to shopmegankelly.com right now.
Join the Blonde Origin trolling fun. This spring, everyone has a lot going on. With limited time for grocery shopping or cooking healthy meals at home, Hungry Root offers a convenient solution. Hungry Root acts as a personal shopper and nutritionist, handling weekly grocery shopping and recommending healthy groceries and meals tailored to individual tastes, nutrition preferences and health goals.
Chapter 10: What merchandise and fan engagement opportunities are available for 'Blonde Origin'?
It simplifies eating high-quality, nutritious food and achieving various diets of health goals, such as anti-inflammatory, gluten-free, and more. Most of Hungry Roots' recipes can be prepared in just 15 minutes or less. And with over 15,000 recipes shipped each week, there's something for every taste and nutrition preference. Take advantage of this exclusive offer.
For a limited time, get 40% off your first box, plus a free item in every box for life. Go to HungryRoot.com slash Megan slash MK and use code MK. That's HungryRoot.com slash MK, code MK to get 40% off your first box and a free item of your choice for life. HungryRoot.com slash MK, code MK. Without further ado, the world premiere of Blonde Origin.
Please don't call it a ride.
When zero gravity left some with zero clue... Take up space!
Have you been? Have you been?
Three women were brave enough to answer the call.
It's not a ride, it's a mission.
This is special coverage of Blonde Origin. Zero gravity, zero clue. Here are your hosts, Mark Halperin and Link Loren.
You're looking live, not at Lambeau Field, but at LaGuardia Airport. It is a beautiful day to make history, a beautiful day to defy gravity. Link, welcome into our coverage. Glad to have you. You're a veteran of these space launches. How do you see today?
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