Megyn Kelly: Ex-Fox News boss Roger Ailes offered career boosts for ‘sexual favors’
Not that anyone here is surprised
We knew that Megyn Kelly, the star anchor at Fox News, has alleged that now-ousted Fox News chief Roger Ailes sexually harassed her about a decade ago, before she became a host. Those allegations were among many — prompted by former Fox News host Gretchen Carlson’s sexual harassment suit — that forced the ouster of Ailes from his post over the summer. As part of an inquiry by the New York law firm Paul, Weiss, Kelly came forward with her explosive story.
What we didn’t know were details. That’s changing, thanks to leaks from Kelly’s forthcoming book, “Settle For More,” whose official release date is Nov. 15.
Radar Online is reporting that Kelly wrote in the book that she received word from her managing editor that she’d “captured the attention of Mr. Ailes.” She was called in to meet with Ailes at Fox News’s Manhattan offices. Via Radar:
“Roger began pushing the limits,” she alleges. “There was a pattern to his behavior. I would be called into Roger’s office, he would shut the door, and over the next hour or two, he would engage in a kind of cat-and-mouse game with me — veering between obviously inappropriate sexually charged comments (e.g. about the ‘very sexy bras’ I must have and how he’d like to see me in them) and legitimate professional advice.”
The account overlaps with the stories of many women who have come forward to detail their awful experiences with Ailes, the 76-year-old TV whiz who founded Fox News and turned it into a ratings powerhouse. Kelly writes in her book that Ailes volunteered to promote her “in exchange for sexual favors,” a dubious trade-off that Kelly says she rejected at every turn. As one of the most unaccountable people in the news business, however, Ailes felt license to proceed.
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