Megyn Kelly labels Ellen DeGeneres a ‘bully’ while slamming her anti-ICE video

WASHINGTON, DC: Megyn Kelly launched a blistering on-air attack against Ellen DeGeneres following the former talk show host’s recent anti-ICE video. In the video, DeGeneres, 67, criticized Immigration and Customs Enforcement and voiced support for protesters in Minneapolis.

Kelly’s remarks also revived behind-the-scenes allegations about how DeGeneres allegedly treated her staff during her time as a daytime television host.

Megyn Kelly slams Ellen DeGeneres for returning to US debates

On 'The Megyn Kelly Show', Kelly accused DeGeneres of hypocrisy and a lack of self-awareness regarding her own views.

Kelly made the remarks while criticizing DeGeneres for posting a video in support of anti-ICE protesters in Minneapolis, arguing that the same behavior she says once harmed DeGeneres’ workplace culture now shapes her political views.

“Ellen DeGeneres felt the need to weigh in,” Kelly said at the start of her monologue, mocking the comedian’s return to US political debates from abroad.

“And I know you like I have been asking yourself, what, what would Ellen think of all this?” she continued.

“She's abandoned the United States to go live in the UK, but it's still really important to all of us what she thinks. And so I have an answer for you today, and here it is…” 

Megyn Kelly attacks Ellen DeGeneres with past allegations

Kelly then turned to DeGeneres’ past, saying the end of her long-running daytime show was deserved. The Ellen DeGeneres Show aired from 2003 to 2022 and ended after public allegations of a toxic workplace culture surfaced in 2020.

“Let's not forget why Ellen lost her daytime show. It's because she was a bully,” Kelly said. 

“She had a rule, I'm very reliably informed, you were not allowed to look her in the eye as one of her producers when you walked past her in the hallway,” Kelly claimed. 

Kelly made the allegation as part of a broader criticism of DeGeneres’ comments on the unrest in Minneapolis following the fatal shooting of Renee Good by an ICE agent, which has sparked protests and divisions across the United States.

Kelly continued her criticism of DeGeneres’ stance, saying, “And so it's no surprise that Ellen DeGeneres is totally fine with what these so-called protesters, terrorists are doing in the streets of Minneapolis. It's no surprise whatsoever."

She also addressed DeGeneres’ expression of sympathy, charging, “And when she says, I'm very sorry for any protesters getting hurt, she of course, is talking about Renee Good. And I'm sure, just like most leftists, she's been fed the same lies we've heard from CNN now from the beginning, and she's chosen to believe them because she's ignorant and it's willful, it's not blind ignorance, it's willful ignorance. It suits her ideological purposes. Shame on her. Enjoy England."

Kelly added a final jab at DeGeneres’ current residence: “I'm sorry that our friends across the pond are stuck with Ellen, but let's face it, they gave us Harry and Meghan, so they deserve it.”

Ellen DeGeneres expresses support for Minnesota anti-ICE protesters

On Sunday, January 18, Ellen DeGeneres, who moved to the UK with her wife, Portia de Rossi, after Donald Trump’s 2024 election win, shared her thoughts on the unrest in Minneapolis in a brief video.

In the video, DeGeneres criticized ICE and expressed support for anti-ICE protesters, saying some had “been hurt just for protesting.”

Her remarks appeared to reference the fatal shooting of 37-year-old Renee Good, a Minneapolis woman who was killed by an ICE agent during a confrontation on January 7.

Earlier that day, DeGeneres posted a message honoring Good on social media, saying she was “so sad, and so angry, and so worried.” In the video, DeGeneres appeared emotional as she addressed the situation directly.

“Hey everybody, I just wanted to say I am so sorry for what is happening in Minneapolis, and our country, really,” she said. “But specifically Minneapolis right now, because it’s where I shot my last stand-up special. And everybody there couldn’t have been more lovely.”

She added, “I shot it there because they said it’s the happiest city in America, and I found that to be true.”

DeGeneres continued, “So my thoughts and my prayers are going out to everyone, and I'm proud of everyone who's protesting peacefully, and I am sorry for anyone who has been hurt just for protesting, for doing what you should be doing. Anyway, just sending love.”

The video’s caption simply read, “I love you,” addressed to the city of “Minneapolis.”