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She’s Back! Megyn Kelly Marks Return to Fox by Confronting Guest Who Criticized Maternity Leave

Fiery Fox News host Megyn Kelly has spent the summer on maternity leave after she and her husband welcomed their second child into the world. That ended today, when Kelly made a triumphant return after the birth of her daughter, Yardley. And even though she’s been out of the spotlight for three months, it was obvious Kelly hasn’t lost any of the charisma that has made her famous. Just look at how she handled a guest who criticized her taking maternity leave as a “racket.”

The controversial comments came from one of Kelly’s regular guests, Mike Gallagher. Apparently during her absence, Gallagher interviewed Kelly’s fellow Fox host, Chris Wallace, during his syndicated radio program and Kelly came up. That’s when Gallagher uncorked some not-so-flattering comments about maternity leave:

“What a racket that is. I mean men don’t get to bond [with their babies]. … Well, how much time does she get off after she has the baby? That’s unbelievable! Do you think you’d get three months off?”

Gallagher was obviously embarraseed, placing his hands in his head while Kelly played the audio. And later, he even (jokingly?) said the comments were the result of being drunk. Still, Kelly didn’t let him off easy, calling him a “pinhead” (while also donning a half-smile).

You can watch Kelly confront Gallagher below starting at about 3:30 below:

Later in the program, Kelly clarified that she and Gallagher are friends and that viewers should refrain from sending him hate mail, confirming that the segment — although stern — was not indicative of a major feud.

By the way, you can see Kelly introduce her new baby below — complete with pictures:

Comments (269)

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  • nevragain
    Posted on August 8, 2011 at 9:12pm

    Well you may not like her but there is no denying that hottness. Calling others names for a difference in opinion doesn’t really instill a sense of confidence in your judgement. Plus you clicked the link. Odd really.

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  • teresa2010
    Posted on August 8, 2011 at 9:08pm

    What’s the matter Libs??? Can’t stand the way she goes after you Guys…..

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  • Godspeed7
    Posted on August 8, 2011 at 9:03pm

    Still looking “HOT” Miss Megyn! What a “BABE” you are! Two beautiful kids with a hottie for a mom and you can still dish it out with the best of “em. Welcome back and Godspeed! I’m uber jealous of your husband.

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  • MOTUS
    Posted on August 8, 2011 at 9:02pm

    I’m glad Megyn is back. I’ll tweet her. Maybe we can get together for lunch and discuss my “Supremacy Clause” law suit.

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  • dnewton
    Posted on August 8, 2011 at 9:02pm

    I would not want my boss knowing he or she could do without me for three months.

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    • Mimi24
      Posted on August 8, 2011 at 9:50pm

      They probably know that already if you are the kind of person that begrudges a mere three months for a mother to give her child a good start in life. Guess your mom had you then dropped you off somewhere and went right back to work. That would explain your utter lack of compassion though.

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    • RED_JOHN
      Posted on December 11, 2011 at 7:53pm

      So your telling me men should take 3 months for maternity also? What a racket. The broad sits on her duff and everyone picks up the slack.

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  • Sail Away
    Posted on August 8, 2011 at 9:01pm

    I wish her all the best! If her employer is ok with her taking three months how is that our business?

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  • LinkedIn G
    Posted on August 8, 2011 at 9:01pm

    Megyn Kelly is awesome. Glad to see she is back.

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  • trolltrainer
    Posted on August 8, 2011 at 9:01pm

    Huh? How can any breathing man under 120 years old NOT be attracted to her? Heck, she could turn a gay guy straight…

    Oh well…Jerk yourself away from my circle then…

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  • COFemale
    Posted on August 8, 2011 at 9:00pm

    The great thing is Megyn took his comment with great spirit and not as an insult. She did the right thing and teased him for his comments and made him feel just a tad embarrassed. Way to go Megyn.

    Note to drunk men: keep the yap shut for you own safety!

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  • The_Hut_In_Co
    Posted on August 8, 2011 at 8:59pm

    Plug it back in Ed. Plug it back in!!!

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  • wezzie
    Posted on August 8, 2011 at 8:57pm

    Welcome back and beautiful children.

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  • sooner12
    Posted on August 8, 2011 at 8:56pm

    Who in their right mind names a daughter Yardley!!!!!!?????? What’s the name of her first child…Metric?

    I sure hope that it was someone’s family name!!

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    • godlovinmom
      Posted on August 8, 2011 at 9:04pm

      That was my first thought..Yardley?…have to agree with some….three months is along time…you know I gave up my career for children…do not regret it…but I think you have to choose if you really want to do it right…just sayin.

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    • sooner12
      Posted on August 8, 2011 at 9:21pm

      @Godlovinmom

      Good for you. You, I’m sure was a better mom for it. We need more like you.

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    • Mimi24
      Posted on August 8, 2011 at 10:45pm

      I like it. Beats the hell out of Apple and some of the other names coming from Hollywood.

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    • neverending
      Posted on August 8, 2011 at 11:32pm

      Yardley and I believe Yates!

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    • red1
      Posted on August 9, 2011 at 12:12am

      Yeardley is a variant spelling of Yardley. Haven’t any of you heard of Yeardley Smith? She has made quite of bit of money as the voice of Lisa Simpson :)

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    • godlovinmom
      Posted on August 9, 2011 at 1:52am

      Still…. kind of a coocoo name…to each his own…I guess. :)

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  • saintjock
    Posted on August 8, 2011 at 8:55pm

    Love Megan Kelly, to bad Weiner is gone. Bet she was at home when weinergate broke wishing she could interview him.

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  • gspthebest
    Posted on August 8, 2011 at 8:55pm

    I am a woman and I agree with Mike somewhat on the maternity issue. I do not know how you can run a business and have a percentage of your work force off for 3 months. What happens to continuity. There was someone to replace Megyn-but how about smaller businesses. Her comment about the rest of the modern world requires paid maternity. Well look at those countries now-most are imploding just because of programs like that.

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    • lucyvanpelt
      Posted on August 8, 2011 at 9:47pm

      Co-workers are left to pick up the slack while someone is on maternity leave, doing the work of 2 individuals.

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    • Mimi24
      Posted on August 8, 2011 at 10:08pm

      I’m thinking that those co-workers would not have jobs to begin with if she hadn’t been there in the first place. I‘m also thinking that they wouldn’t have paid three months salary if they didn’t know what an asset they have in Megan. She could have asked for six months and gotten it easily but is too dedicated to exposing liberals like you to have done so.

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    • macpappy
      Posted on August 8, 2011 at 10:51pm

      Megan is beautiful, her kids are great, and she is an asset to Fox. However, Government mandated maternity leave is like any other government mandated issue…..it is not fair treatment of the total workforce, the government should not be telling a business how to handle it’s employees in such matters. If an employer wants to give maternity leave, more power to them.
      And women wonder why they have a harder time than a man getting a job. No one has to worry about paying someone for sitting at home “bonding”. Besides, most of these privileged folks let the nanny do the work anyway….. at least until they are old enough to send off to “School” in Europe.

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    • DogTags
      Posted on August 9, 2011 at 1:48am

      I’ll say it again:

      I agree with Gallagher to the extent that government mandated maternity leave is a racket. If private companies like Fox News want to pay their employees for bonding with their children, that is their right. But, in our feminized culture we have indoctrinated women to believe “they can have it all.” Why sure you can have a career and have a family. You can even ship the children off to daycare and have the taxpayers pay for it. Who cares that the children are left up to 10 hours a day in an amoral childcare program. It‘s a woman’s right to abort her children before they are born or abandon her children after they are born.

      So, the children suffer and then society suffers from the behavioral problems of the children, but at least “we’re all equal now.”

      https://americancreed.wordpress.com/

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  • BOUGHT YOUR SILO YET?
    Posted on August 8, 2011 at 8:53pm

    Nope, not offended here. I don’t like her either.

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  • BOUGHT YOUR SILO YET?
    Posted on August 8, 2011 at 8:52pm

    I think 3-months IS too long to take off. Most other women do not get 3-months, nor do they get paid. I am soured with Ms. Kelly ever since she posed for GQ magazine.

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    • falling
      Posted on August 8, 2011 at 9:07pm

      Too many are simply jealous! Why would anyone think that Megan is anything but fortunate to work for a company that provides a new mother with a long paid leave! She has paid her dues and has worked her way up the ladder, now is the time for her to enjoy the fruits of her labor (pun intended!). If you want what she has earned…earn it!

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    • Stoic one
      Posted on August 8, 2011 at 9:58pm

      What issue of GQ??????
      I wanna go look!
      (tongue hanging down to shoulder)

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    • BOUGHT YOUR SILO YET?
      Posted on August 9, 2011 at 12:17am

      I am not jealous. I have had three children and it took me only a couple of days to recover and a week to get a schedule down. I just don’t think it is fair for women to get to take off for three months. Perhaps a man could claim family time and do it, but the world moves too fast. I doubt he would have a job when he returned. Finally, my main beef is how she degraded herself posing for GQ many months ago. She is a very smart woman, but posing like she did kind of made her a bimbo in my opinion.

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    • red1
      Posted on August 9, 2011 at 12:25am

      @STOIC ONE haha just google Megyn Kelly and you will find her GQ picture. It is a super hot photo.

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    • BOUGHT YOUR SILO YET?
      Posted on August 9, 2011 at 12:40am

      As a matter of fact I got out of the workplace to stay home with my children and because I didn’t think it was fair to my employer to miss so much work every couple of years until I was through building my family. I do not begrudge Megan for her successes. It is wonderful. BUT- as a woman, I feel like she degraded herself, by posing for GQ. And you are a twit for making such a nasty comment.

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  • Richard Compton
    Posted on August 8, 2011 at 8:47pm

    Talk about stepping in it Gallagher is bloody after Megan kick’s his a-s on the air! Wecome back Megan and what a goregous baby. She looks just like her mom (with less hair). By the way like the new doo Megan!

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  • Epic Fail
    Posted on August 8, 2011 at 8:46pm

    She is hot as usual!

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  • Chuck Stein
    Posted on August 8, 2011 at 8:44pm

    Happy for her & her new addition.

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  • sacrificeforkids
    Posted on August 8, 2011 at 8:43pm

    Great news Ms. Kelly,, Having 2 children and now 2 grand kids myself,, they are not only blessings , but they are a ‘Gift from God” Best Wishes to you and your Family…

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  • right
    Posted on August 8, 2011 at 8:43pm

    When men give birth then they can get bonding time:)

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    • Chr1st14n
      Posted on August 8, 2011 at 8:57pm

      science is working on that one

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    • Mimi24
      Posted on August 8, 2011 at 9:57pm

      Well science for sure would have to get involved. Men having babies would equal zero population. Please. Ever dealt with a man with a cold?

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  • Steel Awesome
    Posted on August 8, 2011 at 8:43pm

    Congratulations on a healthy baby. May your baby enjoy the same freedoms that generations of Americans have enjoyed, notwithstanding the current communist regime in the White House.

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  • Shadow5618
    Posted on August 8, 2011 at 8:41pm

    “Whoe”? Looks like you need a proofreader, Jonathon!

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    • trolltrainer
      Posted on August 8, 2011 at 8:53pm

      he was embaraseed! Are these Blaze guys journalism majors or basement trolls? Sheesh…They have this neat thing called…wait for it…spellcheck!!!

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    • macpappy
      Posted on August 8, 2011 at 10:58pm

      Looks like you have the job. Got an opinion on subject, or just here to spellcheck? The story sux and should be beneath the forum. However, the forum is slowly getting more elementry everyday.

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  • jhaydeng
    Posted on August 8, 2011 at 8:40pm

    How do these women lose the weight? I‘m a dude and can’t lose a pound after a year!!

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    • Stoic one
      Posted on August 8, 2011 at 9:02pm

      Heat your house with wood that you harvest, split and stack…. I use a 35ton splitter. I lose 2 inches off the gut but stay the same 160 lbs @ 5′8″ tall.

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    • YepImaConservative
      Posted on August 8, 2011 at 9:03pm

      Gallagher is right however… what a racket some women have been afforded these days in the birthing dept. in some lines of work. When my wife gave birth, she was basically tossed out of the hospital after a day and a half, then was back to work in a week and half going back to wearing combat boots and Army fatigues back in the mid 70′s. No rest for the blue collar working class. Lol.

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    • YepImaConservative
      Posted on August 8, 2011 at 9:05pm

      Army PT will take those lbs off.

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    • GiGi80
      Posted on August 9, 2011 at 12:09pm

      @YEPIM . . .
      “Gallagher is right however… what a racket some women have been afforded these days in the birthing dept.”

      In most employment situations, fathers are also eligible for 12 weeks of unpaid leave under the FMLA just the same as women. Many people, both mothers and fathers, use sick or vacation time in order to continue to get paid. Sorry — more righteous indignation about a non-issue.

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  • for-what-its-worth
    Posted on August 8, 2011 at 8:39pm

    Megyn ROCKS!!!

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