Independent journalist Megyn Kelly reacted to NFL superstar Travis Kelce who hooked up with Big Pharma to promote the latest round of COVID booster jabs in a new ad spot where he encouraged Americans to double up by also getting their annual flu vaccination at the same time, saying that it “really disturbs” her.
The superstar Kansas City Chiefs tight end, who is dominating headlines the same way that he does opposing defenses due to his budding romance with Taylor Swift, also drew attention for the 30-second spot in which he recites the mantra “two things at once” in a variety of scenes to pimp the shots for pharmaceutical giant Pfizer, rolling up his sleeve to proudly display his blue Band-Aid after he presumably got jabbed.
On Monday’s edition of “The Megyn Kelly Show” on SiriusXM, the host was joined by conservative commentator Charlie Kirk where they discussed the two-time Super Bowl winner leveraging his popularity to young men who may be at risk of potentially dangerous adverse side effects.
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“Travis Kelce has been in the news — he’s a big football player, I don’t even know who he plays for, is it Kansas City? There’s two of them…” she began, referring to brother Jason Kelce who plays for the Philadelphia Eagles.
“And he has decided to use his fame and power to try to push the Pfizer COVID vaccine on us,” teeing up the ad so viewers could see for themselves. “Oh, God. Showing off his little Band-Aid. I mean it’s weird how there was no asterisks about any of the significant side effects, especially for the young men who probably look up to Travis Kelce,”
“Yeah, the question is what will break his heart first, his new relationship with Taylor Swift or the COVID shot?” Kirk quipped. “That remains to be seen. So they both are in the business of breaking hearts. Yeah look, I mean he just did it for money, obviously, and I mean I used to be a really big fan of Travis Kelce and here is trying to put a manly man’s spin on Pfizer but this also goes to show how desperate Pfizer is.”
“Travis Kelce is for sale, evidently, and I wonder how much,” Kirk added.
“It really disturbs me because it’s, I recognize that the vaccine had done, especially elderly people some good. But it’s not the elderly people who are watching Travis Kelce. My mom is not watching Travis Kelce,” Kelly said. “It’s young men who are looking up to him, and that is exactly the age group — those teenagers into their young 20s — who are most at risk of myocarditis from the vaccines and least at risk from COVID. And so like if it were me, would I as someone who that group listens to go out there and push that vaccine? I wouldn’t.”
Kelly recently revealed that she has regrets about getting jabbed, suggesting that it may have been the reason for a sudden “autoimmune issue” that she was diagnosed with after the shot.
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“I find it rather repulsive, to be perfectly honest, that a supposedly alpha male person like Travis Kelce is pushing a vaccine towards a demographic that doesn’t need it,” Kirk later said.
“And you know what’s weird, like YouTube is probably in the process right now of adding its little weird addendum to our discussion right now — ‘For Covid information consult’ — which fine, YouTube, you know what, forgive me, Charlie, I’m gonna go very un-Christian and this is my response to YouTube,” Kelly said of the disclaimer that the tech giant would tag the video with, mimicking a male masturbatory gesture.
“Sorry, it’s a certain male gesture, for those of you listening at home. That’s what I have to say. Go and slap your dumbass label on my conversation, which is 100% more accurate than anything you’re gonna see over at that dumbass website that you keep pushing people to,” she said.
YouTube didn’t let her down, adding the blurb “Get the latest information from the CDC” with a link to the massive federal health agency that millions of Americans now view with distrust and disgust after the pandemic.
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