Megyn Kelly’s contract with Fox News runs through July 2017. She wants $20 million per year for her next contract and up until now, only Fox News had any interest in her. But according to Drudge, CNN is actively pursing Megyn Kelly now. Here’s hoping she takes the money and runs to CNN so I don’t have to see her arrogant face anymore. Fox News would be throwing their money away if they resigned the arrogant Kelly. Her ratings drop every night after O’Reilly, then go back up when Hannity is on. The on-air talent can’t deal with her ego anymore and conservatives have tuned her out. There’s really no win for Fox to keep her. CNN has plenty to gain for all the Trump bashing watchers. She’d be such a perfect fit. Imagine, Megyn Kelly, Anderson Cooper, bitter fruit Don Lemon, Erin Burnett and Wolf Blitzer. It would be like MSNBC during the Bush years.
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CNN President Jeff Zucker is actively perusing FOX star Megyn Kelly to anchor 8 or 9 PM on his network, the DRUDGE REPORT has learned. And Kelly might just say, YES!
“He is moving the Himalayan mountains to get her,” a top insider explains. “But they are tripped up on money. He simply can’t pay her the $20 million a year FOX has on the table.”
Kelly’s contract is up in July 2017.
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For Kelly, a move to Columbus Circle would represent a fresh break from a turbulent 18 months at FOXNEWS. And the chance to go directly against arch-nemesis Bill O’Reilly will be hard to resist.
Meanwhile, the highs and lows of the Trump and Roger Ailes dramas have taken a toll.
The anchor is “despised” by fellow on-air talent. And FOX insiders describe how it’s gotten only worse since the release of her book, which is expected to end the holidays under 500,000 total copies sold. [Megyn refused to promote her book on both O’Reilly and Hannity, foreshadowing a move.]