Megyn Kelly defends Trump telling Kaitlan Collins to smile more: “Roger Ailes used to tell us that”
Kelly: “Everybody was calling him [Trump] sexist for saying that, and I literally said the same thing about Kaitlan Collins a year ago on my show. She never smiles.”
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Megyn Kelly defends Trump telling Kaitlan Collins to smile more: "Roger Ailes used to tell us that"
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From the February 4, 2026, edition of SiriusXM's The Megyn Kelly Show
JD VANCE (VICE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES) I mean, like, there was a moment in the Oval Office — I wasn't even in there, but, you know, I was in the West Wing — and somebody sent me where he [President Trump] was talking to Kaitlan Collins, who's the CNN anchor. And I have, like, a decent relationship with Kaitlan Collins, which is unusual given that she's from CNN. But the president — she's asking a question — the president says, why don't you ever smile?
MEGYN KELLY (HOST): Yeah.
VANCE: And it's actually, like, so perceptive. Even if you're asking a tough question, even if you take your job very seriously, like, why does it always have to be so antagonistic?
KELLY: Well, I laugh because I saw online everybody was calling him sexist for saying that, and I literally said the same thing about Kaitlan Collins a year ago on my show. She never smiles.
VANCE: Yes.
KELLY: Every once in a while, you have to smile. Roger Ailes used to tell us that.
VANCE: Absolutely.
KELLY: Every once in a while, you got to remember to smile, show the viewers that you have a heart.
[CROSSTALK]
VANCE: Just have some fun. Right?
KELLY: Yeah.
VANCE: Like, you can't always take yourself too seriously, you're going to have a heart attack. And that's too much of the Washington press corps.