Podbit · The Megyn Kelly Show
Roger Ailes once told Megyn Kelly he was the loneliest man in the world — convinced he had no real friends at his level of power. When you're compartmentalizing your life that thoroughly, Callahan observes, it's because you're up to something bad.
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Megyn Kelly pivots from Pamela Anderson's principled refusals of Hollywood predators to her own experience with Roger Ailes, recounting how she originally interpreted his behavior as attempted infidelity rather than sexual harassment, and how she and Janice Dean only compared notes years later to discover the true scope of his conduct. Kelly recalls spending three-hour sessions in Ailes's office as a confidant, with his top executives Suzanne Scott and Bill Shine hovering outside wanting intelligence. She shares Ailes's haunting statement that he was 'the loneliest man in the world' [1] — Megyn Kelly "He said to me one time, I think I'm the loneliest man in the world, because I don't think he thought he could have friends." 44:00 , believing he had no real friends — and Callahan responds that anyone who needs to silo their life that completely is 'up to something bad.' The conversation then flows naturally into Kelly's own reflections on friendship betrayal, including a painful falling-out with Ben Shapiro, and a playful digression about her dogs Thunder and Strudwick.
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