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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.
But given her own history, it didn’t go well.
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.”
“He desperately wanted to be Keith Olbermann,” she said. “And guess what? Keith Olbermann is a failure, and now so are you, Stephen Colbert.”
Kelly was a longtime host at Fox News, where she drew the ire of then-candidate Donald Trump during a Republican debate in 2015.
“You could see there was blood coming out of her eyes,” Trump infamously complained at the time. “Blood was coming out of her — wherever.”
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.”
But she struggled in the ratings, and was taken off the air after she defended the use of blackface as part of Halloween costumes.
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.
After she left, the third hour of the “Today” show jumped in the ratings by 18%, NBC News reported at the time.
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:
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, 2025It 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, 2025What happened when you went to NBC?
— Mark Banker (@themarkbanker) July 20, 2025Alright, 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…
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, 2025Megyn 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, 2025Like if Kid Rock said Springsteen’s a failure.
— Chuck Throckmorton (@ChuckThrock) July 20, 202520 Years OfFreeJournalism
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