After a review of Fox News anchor Megyn Kelly’s forthcoming memoir insinuated that she was poisoned ahead of Donald Trump’s appearance at the first Republican primary debate, she is setting the record straight.
Kelly took to Twitter after the New York Times published a review of her soon-to-be-released memoir Settle for More.
In her review, the Times’ book critic Jennifer Senior hints that Donald Trump may have had early access to Kelly’s questions ahead of the Republican primary debate on Aug. 6, 2015. Kelly had intended to ask Trump’s about his comments concerning women, according to Senior.
“Then, the day before the first presidential debate, Mr. Trump was in a lather again, Ms. Kelly writes. He called Fox executives, saying he’d heard that her first question “was a very pointed question directed at him,” Senior wrote in the review.
Kelly tweeted on Thursday night that she doesn’t believe Trump knew about her debate questions in advance.
“For the record, my book "Settle for More" does not suggest Trump had any debate Qs in advance, nor do I believe that he did,” Kelly wrote.
Kelly also refuted the insinuation that she was poisoned by the “overzealous” and “suspiciously enthusiastic” driver who picked her up that day. Senior wrote that, “He insisted on getting her coffee, though she’d repeatedly declined his offer. Once it was in her hand, she drank it. And within 15 minutes, she was violently ill, vomiting so uncontrollably that it was unclear if she’d be able to go on and help moderate that evening.”
“Also for the record, I believe the reason I got sick the day of the first debate was I contracted a stomach virus, just as Rand Paul did,” Kelly wrote in a tweet.
Kelly’s tumultuous relationship with Trump made headlines in the summer when the two clashed during that first debate. The billionaire businessman lashed out at her in the media and on Twitter afterwards. Trump created a firestorm of controversy when he said during a televised interview in August that there was blood coming out of Kelly’s eyes, “blood coming out of her… whatever” during the debate.
Tensions between the two appeared to ease since the fall of 2015 with Kelly even having Trump on her show in May for a one-on-one interview. In October, however, Trump changed his tune when he praised Newt Gingrich for telling Kelly in a TV interview that she was “fascinated with sex.”
