Report: Bannon Called Megyn Kelly 'Pure Evil,' Told Ailes 'Go F*ck Yourself' [View all]
By ESME CRIBB Published JULY 10, 2017 12:11 PM
White House chief strategist Steve Bannon in 2015 called former Fox News host Megyn Kelly pure evil during a vitriolic exchange with former network CEO Roger Ailes, according to a book excerpt published Monday by New York Magazine.
Bannon, who later became President Donald Trumps campaign CEO, had several contentious exchanges with Ailes after their respective news outlets clashed over then-candidate Trump, according to the report adapted from an upcoming book by reporter Joshua Green.
Then the chairman of conservative outlet Breitbart News, Bannon published a series of articles critical of Kelly after she asked Trump difficult questions during the first Republican primary debate. According to Green, Ailes asked Bannon to relent.
Steve, this isnt fair, and its killing us, Ailes said, as quoted in the report. You have to stop it.
Fuck that, Bannon replied, according to Green.
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