Keith Olbermann let his crazy fly yet again — this time for an ill-conceived attack on independent journalist Megyn Kelly, who has been consistently crushing it since launching her media company and popular YouTube channel.
It all started with a rather unpleasant post on X from Daily Beast reporter Justin Baragona over a segment Kelly did in which she criticized podcaster Joe Rogan for dismissing the Bud Light/Dylan Mulvaney controversy and downing a can of the boycotted beer.
“In just a few short years, Megyn Kelly went from one of the most sought-after and highly-paid anchors in television news — to a YouTuber devoting her time to raging about what woke beer another podcaster drinks,” Baragona wrote.
In just a few short years, Megyn Kelly went from one of the most sought-after and highly-paid anchors in television news — to a YouTuber devoting her time to raging about what woke beer another podcaster drinks.https://t.co/3WXWd8ADHq
— Justin Baragona (@justinbaragona) August 4, 2023
Not to be outdone, Olbermann took “unpleasant” to “unhinged.”
“Or,” he suggested, “@megynkelly went from a highly-paid moronic asshole who got a lot of money from an @nbc executive who never really bothered to examine and her work and only hired her for her looks and then everybody at nbc found out she was a moronic asshole the end.”
“And for the record,” he added, “the criticism here is of the executive, not @megynkelly. His name was Andy Lack and he was notorious for doing this. Most of them looked like one of his ex-wives at different stages in her life.”
And for the record: the criticism here is of the executive, not @megynkelly His name was Andy Lack and he was notorious for doing this. Most of them looked like one of his ex-wives at different stages in her life.
— Keith Olbermann⌚️ (@KeithOlbermann) August 4, 2023
Kelly responded cooly with a snarky headline of her own.
“I fixed the headline for him,” she stated. “‘In just a few short years, Megyn Kelly went from working for corporate douchebags who tried to ruin her career to launching her own media company and creating one of the top digital shows in the country of which she has full editorial control.'”
“‘She continues to earn more than @justinbaragona or @keitholbermann will ever gross in their lifetime,'” Kelly added, “‘all while happily married & raising her own children.'”
I fixed the headline for him:
In just a few short years, Megyn Kelly went from working for corporate douchebags who tried to ruin her career to launching her own media company and creating one of the top digital shows in the country of which she has full editorial control. She… https://t.co/t9OaPWPTbi— Megyn Kelly (@megynkelly) August 5, 2023
Olbermann, meanwhile, was buried for what some saw as a “creepy” take on Kelly’s career.
“I don’t even want to imagine the creepy pathologies at play in this cretin’s head that led him to this kind of skevvy public submissive thirst-posturing to get @megynkelly’s attention,” said Townhall senior columnist, Kurt Schlichter. “Yikes. Just, yikes.”
I don’t even want to imagine the creepy pathologies at play in this cretin’s head that led him to this kind of skevvy public submissive thirst-posturing to get @megynkelly‘s attention.
Yikes. Just, yikes. https://t.co/Xf07GdNQeW
— Kurt Schlichter (@KurtSchlichter) August 4, 2023
“Speaking of falls from grace,” wrote another X user, “How’re things in crazy town keith?”
“Keith, have you started the therapy protocol I recommended after reading your pattern of schizophrenic, unhinged tirades on Twitter? ” asked Substack essayist Rav Arora. “Also, I recommend not revealing your fetishized targets in public.”
“Dude, you literally went from Sports Center to a podcast,” noted another user.
Speaking of falls from grace, How’re things in crazy town keith? https://t.co/qYqR7Hv31l
— Egregious R Philbin (@The_Deac0n) August 4, 2023
Keith, have you started the therapy protocol I recommended after reading your pattern of schizophrenic, unhinged tirades on Twitter?
Also, I recommend not revealing your fetishized targets in public. https://t.co/eb5b82ee2B
— Rav Arora (@Ravarora1) August 5, 2023
Dude, you literally went from Sports Center to a podcast
— RedPA3 (@18417RedPA) August 5, 2023
“Leftists are the least self aware people on the planet,” stated one X user. “It’s pathological.”
Leftists are the least self aware people on the planet. It’s pathological. https://t.co/CSUVSFY1NP
— Ian McKelvey (@ian_mckelvey) August 5, 2023
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