Megyn Kelly shuts down talk of joining CBS News: 'Would never leave this job'

NEW YORK CITY, NEW YORK: Megyn Kelly has shut down viral rumors suggesting she was in talks to join CBS News, calling the reports “absurdity” and insisting she has no interest in leaving her SiriusXM show.

On her Wednesday, October 1, episode of 'The Megyn Kelly Show', the former Fox News and NBC anchor firmly denied speculation that she had been recruited by CBS, stating she has “zero desire” to return to mainstream television.

Megyn Kelly denies CBS rumors on her show

Addressing her audience directly, Kelly dismissed the claims as completely unfounded.

“Literally not one word of it is real,” she said. “Not one word. Not going to CBS. Didn’t go to CBS. Didn’t have a screen test at CBS. I’m not talking to CBS. Don’t want to go to CBS. Would never leave this job for CBS. Have zero desire to go back to CBS or any mainstream television broadcast or cable network. Believe me, if I did, I would have gone. I’ve had plenty of offers.”

Kelly stressed her commitment to her current role on SiriusXM, saying she would not trade it for a return to network television.

The rumors stemmed from journalist Bernie Goldberg’s No BS Zone podcast, where he and co-host John A Daly speculated that a well-known media figure had visited CBS for a screen test.

Following Kelly’s on-air rebuttal, the podcast later amended the episode with an editor’s note clarifying, “Megyn Kelly has responded that the meeting Bernie was told about, and comments on in this episode, between her and CBS News, did not occur.”

Megyn Kelly criticizes traditional media narrative

Megyn Kelly also suggested that the reports spread quickly because several outlets wanted them to be true.

“I think that the reason that they ran with it and it went viral so quickly is because this organization, Mediaite, and others like it, want it to be true,” she said.

“They want some sort of affirmation from people in our lane that this is the wrong lane, that these other more traditional media entities are the right lane and the better lane. And my returning to broadcast news would be an acknowledgement that this was just like the ugly, redheaded stepchild over here, as opposed to the prom queen, which is allegedly CBS News when it’s exactly the opposite.”