People Are Pointing Out This 1 Huge Reason It's So Hypocritical Of Megyn Kelly To Call Stephen Colbert A "Failure"

Posted 33 minutes agoSubscribe to BuzzFeed Daily NewsletterCaret DownPeople Are Pointing Out This 1 Huge Reason It's So Hypocritical Of Megyn Kelly To Call Stephen Colbert A "Failure"Critics offered the former Fox News star a reminder of her own TV history.by Ed MazzaHuffPost WriterFacebookPinterestLinkHot Topic🔥 Full coverage and conversation on Politics Radio host and podcaster Megyn Kelly tried to take a victory lap after the announcement last week that Stephen Colbert's Late Show would be canceled by CBS after 10 years on the air and despite it being the highest-rated show in its time slot. Gary Gershoff / Getty Images But given her own history, it didn't go well. Dimitrios Kambouris / Getty Images for TIME Kelly said on her show Friday that Colbert took The Late Show - which was started by David Letterman - and "completely drove it into the ground." CBS Photo Archive / CBS via Getty Images "He desperately wanted to be Keith Olbermann," she said. "And guess what? Keith Olbermann is a failure, and now so are you, Stephen Colbert." Frederick M. Brown / Getty Images BuzzFeed TrendingHot TopicLet's chat about all things PoliticsSee our Politics Discussions Kelly was a longtime host at Fox News, where she drew the ire of then-candidate Donald Trump during a Republican debate in 2015. Shannon Finney / Getty Images for Semafor "You could see there was blood coming out of her eyes," Trump infamously complained at the time. "Blood was coming out of her - wherever." Bloomberg / Bloomberg via Getty Images She later left Fox and signed a three-year $69 million deal with NBC, which included a Sunday night news magazine show and a third hour of the Today show called Megyn Kelly Today. NBC / NBCU Photo Bank/NBCUniversal via Getty Images But she struggled in the ratings, and was taken off the air after she defended the use of blackface as part of Halloween costumes. NBC / NBCU Photo Bank/NBCUniversal via Getty Images She apologized, but the show was canceled days later after a little more than a year on the air. NBC reportedly paid out her full contract. NBC / NBCU Photo Bank/NBCUniversal via Getty Images After she left, the third hour of the Today show jumped in the ratings by 18%, NBC News reported at the time. NBC / NBCU Photo Bank/NBCUniversal via Getty Images The feed on X (formerly Twitter) for Kelly's show posted her comments about Colbert - and Kelly's critics fired back with some reminders of her own past:Hmm. Let me get this right. @StephenAtHome @colbertlateshow had a successful 10-year run on CBS. @megynkelly failed MASSIVELY on NBC. In fact, she will go down as one of the biggest failures in media history. Didn't last 2 years, and they had to pay her $60M-plus. Be quiet, Megyn https://t.co/FfoHIhU8xq- rolandsmartin (@rolandsmartin) July 20, 2025 @rolandsmartin/X / Via x.com You might want to lighten up on the "cautionary tale of failure" and do some self reflection before calling anyone else out.- Dawn Young-McDaniel❌👑 (@justdawn_) July 20, 2025 @justdawn_/x / Via x.com It is one of the most amazing acts of memory-holing in media history that Kelly pretends that she didn't sell out to NBC after Trump's first election (using her feud with him & saying she was apolitical), & then after she was fired there slowly became a leading MAGA influencer.😂 https://t.co/qefvtFgHzj- John Ziegler (@Zigmanfreud) July 21, 2025 @Zigmanfreud/X / Via x.com What happened when you went to NBC?- Mark Banker (@themarkbanker) July 20, 2025 @themarkbanker/X / Via x.com Alright, Megyn, let me lay it on the line for ya. You call Stephen Colbert .@StephenAtHome being a failure? Here's the score: Colbert's been the undisputed heavyweight champ of late-night TV for years. He's been number one in total viewers and the key 18-49 demographic for...- Human☮🇺🇸🇺🇦🇺🇸🌊 (@4HumanUnity) July 20, 2025 @4HumanUnity/X / Via x.com If being fired/cancelled was the barometer for failure, someone should get Meg a mirror. https://t.co/R1rA6KRc0Z- Mike Therien (@miketherien) July 20, 2025 @miketherien/X / Via x.com Megyn, who had to crawl back into Trump's good graces after he insulted and humiliated her, calling someone else a failure? https://t.co/5LQ9Rz4QuL- Rich (@RealRichWilkins) July 21, 2025 @RealRichWilkins/X / Via x.com Megyn who? LOL The lack of self-awareness among this crowd is really something else. Colbert still has a hit show. As for Megyn... ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ https://t.co/qZ7b9qld2J- John Aravosis 🇺🇸🇬🇷🏳️🌈 (@aravosis) July 21, 2025 @aravosis/X / Via x.com Like if Kid Rock said Springsteen's a failure.- Chuck Throckmorton (@ChuckThrock) July 20, 2025 @ChuckThrock/X / Via x.com Speaking of failures, what happened to Megyn at NBC? https://t.co/EzIPysbRWq- Mallory (@mallsta) July 20, 2025 @mallsta/X / Via x.com This article originally appeared on HuffPost.