Megyn Kelly has been keeping a relatively low profile since losing her hosting job gig on NBC for Megyn Kelly Today over blackface controversy last year. That all changed Tuesday afternoon, however, when the former Fox News anchor began trending on Twitter over a perceived attack on comedian and Wreck-It Ralph star Sarah Silverman.
It all started on Monday, when Silverman responded to a tweet from Donald Trump which mocked Senator Amy Klobuchar (D-MN) after she announced that she was running for president in 2020. Trump had yet again made inaccurate remarks about climate change by pointing out that Klobuchar talked about combating “global warming” (a misleading term in itself) while “standing in a virtual blizzard of snow, ice and freezing temperatures.”
“No point in explaining how mind blowingly stupid this tweet is so I’m just gonna go with F*CK YOU, and also add that you are a smelly penis hole with balls that touch water,” Silverman fired back in a charged retweet. “Eat sh*t, you greedy twat.”
No point in explaining how mind blowingly stupid this tweet is so I’m just gonna go with FUCK YOU, and also add that you are a smelly penis hole with balls that touch water. Eat shit, you greedy twat. https://t.co/cqUQtHWtlW
— Sarah Silverman (@SarahKSilverman) February 12, 2019
By the following day the Fox News crowd had begun buzzing about Silverman’s foul-mouthed but otherwise not unreasonable tweet, which was when Kelly felt the need to weigh in. “This woman wants to star in children’s movies produced by Disney,” she tweeted. “And just did, in Ralph Breaks the Internet,” she added in parenthesis.
This woman wants to star in children’s movies produced by Disney. (And just did, in Ralph Breaks the Internet.) https://t.co/WwHEPFBka6
— Megyn Kelly (@megynkelly) February 12, 2019
Well, if anyone knows anything about basic decency and good taste it’s obviously Megyn “Santa just is white” Kelly, who — again — was fired from a high-profile hosting gig for defending blackface.
Taking all of that into consideration, her tweet went over about as well as you’d imagine it would, with many — including comedian and occasionally foul-mouthed Ratatouille star Patton Oswalt — pointing out that comedians regularly voice kid-friendly animated characters despite having adult standup material.
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I guess Megyn is trying to get her right wing crowd back. https://t.co/6517TH6ZBA
— Judd Apatow 🇺🇦 (@JuddApatow) February 12, 2019
do you think she’ll say swears in the movies . I bet they’d let her
— america's lounge singer (@KrangTNelson) February 12, 2019
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Wait until Megyn hears about where her President said to grab women pic.twitter.com/tf0OCcrhSL
— Zack Bornstein (@ZackBornstein) February 12, 2019
When you learn about the guy who played Fillmore in Cars, you're gonna lose your absolute shit. pic.twitter.com/7EhCmSSfvQ
— Courtney Enlow (@courtenlow) February 12, 2019
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Silverman responded shortly after, and although she could have piled on with everyone else, decided instead to take the high road.
“It’s true! I am a blue explicit often political comedian and also love doing voices for children,” she wrote back. “I know it’s easier if people are one thing but no one is, not even you! We all have many sides and I think that’s OK.”
It’s true! I am a blue explicit often political comedian and also love doing voices for children. I know it’s easier if people are one thing but no one is, not even you! We all have many sides and I think that’s ok. Peace Ma https://t.co/moi7uEBpbc
— Sarah Silverman (@SarahKSilverman) February 12, 2019
Ps I’m more offended by a president who denies a real threat 97% of scientists beg him to take action on while creating a fake threat out of at-risk brown people at the border https://t.co/moi7uEBpbc
— Sarah Silverman (@SarahKSilverman) February 12, 2019
Eh. I deleted my response to Megyn Kelly. @SarahKSilverman’s was way more eloquent, elevated and useful. And she doesn’t need my or ANYONE’s help smashing trolls. See below 👇👇👇 https://t.co/Nk7CQn1kEd
— Patton Oswalt (@pattonoswalt) February 12, 2019
Take a seat, Megyn, until your non-compete allows you to slither back to Fox News.