Smokey Robinson is 86 years old
Smokey Robinson, at 86, is still performing on stage but critics say he is mouthing lyrics to pre-recorded tracks rather than actually singing.
Snapshot · The Megyn Kelly Show
Taylor Swift's "Big Fat Disney Wedding," Prince Harry's UK Plot, and Nancy Guthrie Ransom Note Debate, with Maureen Callahan | Ep. 1352
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Jul 2, 2026
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Names, Marriages, and the Social Register: From Taylor Kelce to Jackie Bouvier
At 50:10 · chapter starts 46:20
Kelly shares that she had to go to the DMV to revert from Megan Kendall to Megyn Kelly after her first divorce, with Brit Hume famously lobbying her to keep the more 'anodyne' Kendall. Callahan says she sometimes wishes she had been named Kate. The pair then explore the social register world through the lens of Belle Burden's memoir 'Strangers,' contrasting her $63 million in trust funds with the book's narrative of financial hardship, and eventually reaching Jackie Bouvier Kennedy as the archetype of the well-bred woman who nonetheless needed to marry money.
Barry Manilow and Smokey Robinson: Put the Mic Down
Barry Manilow at 83 and Smokey Robinson at 86 are still performing — but they are mouthing words to backing tracks, not actually singing. Megyn Kelly and Maureen Callahan say loving family members would not let you go out this way. Rick Springfield at 76, still shirtless and singing live, is the exception that proves the rule.
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