Megyn Kelly on Bari Weiss and Tony Dokoupil: “This is a lesbian's idea of what women want”
Kelly: “Bari has zero television experience. Zero. It's called broadcast news for a reason. The broadcast piece of it matters, and she doesn't know what she's doing. It shows.”
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Megyn Kelly on Bari Weiss and Tony Dokoupil: "This is a lesbian's idea of what women want"
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From the January 14, 2026, edition of SiriusXM's The Megyn Kelly Show
MEGYN KELLY (HOST): Alright, Emily. So CBS Evening News is officially launched with its new anchor, Toprah Dokoupil. That's what I call him because he's crying and constantly trying to therapize us through the news.
EMILY JASHINSKY (GUEST): Tony Markle.
KELLY: I've figured it out. So, like, Bari is — she's an out lesbian, and she's in a marriage to another woman.
JASHINSKY: I knew this was where you were going.
KELLY: I'm saying this is a lesbian's idea of what women want. Like, he's sweet. He's soft. Like, this is what -- this is gonna sell. No.No. No. No. No. No. No. We want someone with balls, with a spine, someone who will protect us, somebody who, like, when the burglar comes, will be the first out the door. They won't be hiding behind us. Like, they -- as we call it in my family, first defender.
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KELLY: It's off, Emily. He thinks he's in podcast-landia and it's different. You know, I was very different doing The Kelly File than I am doing this show, and certainly doing an evening news show, the attempt to Oprah-fy us is very off. It does not work, and it, hell no, will not work on CBS, which is where, like, the most serious, somber news consumers go for their news. They do not want Toprah. He's got to man up and stop doing this.
I'm sorry, but Bari has zero television experience. Zero. It's called broadcast news for a reason. The broadcast piece of it matters, and she doesn't know what she's doing. It shows.