Fox News attacks Donald Trump’s ‘sick obsession’ with Megyn Kelly after latest twist in long-running feud
Trump took to Twitter during the week to blast Kelly, tweeting and retweeting a series of messages referring to her as “Crazy Megyn”.
Fox News on Friday issued a harsh condemnation to Donald Trump in defence of one of the network’s most popular reporters, calling the Republican front runner’s “obsession” unfit for a presidential candidate.
“Donald Trump’s vitriolic attacks against Megyn Kelly and his extreme, sick obsession with her is beneath the dignity of a presidential candidate,” the conservative cable news network wrote in a statement.
“Megyn is an exemplary journalist and one of the leading anchors in America – we’re extremely proud of her phenomenal work and continue to fully support her throughout every day of Trump’s endless barrage of crude and sexist verbal assaults.”
Megyn is an exemplary journalist and one of the leading anchors in America – we’re extremely proud of her phenomenal work
The statement from Fox, which is part of the Rupert Murdoch-controlled Twenty-First Century Fox Inc, comes in response to a recent onslaught of negative comments from Trump to Kelly, reigniting a months-long feud between the two.
The quarrel began in August when, during a Fox News-hosted Republican debate, Trump blasted Kelly over questions she posed to him regarding his history with women, including his references to some women he didn’t like as “dogs” and “fat pigs”.
Trump upped the ante shortly thereafter, saying that Kelly had become so incensed, “you could see there was blood coming out of her eyes. Blood coming out of her – wherever,” which many viewed as Trump insinuating that Kelly was menstruating.
The Trump campaign later issued a statement saying that by “her wherever”, Trump meant Kelly’s nose.