Megyn Kelly’s self-inflicted Alex Jones nightmare continues. I debated whether to even share this because I loathe giving either of them a moment of attention for this repulsive, ratings-chasing episode. I am doing so because I hope it will lead to some accountability of NBC executives who have the power to pull this episode and put it in a dark, dank basement, as close to hell as they can find, for permanent storage.
As you may have heard, NBC plans to air an in-depth interview between Megyn Kelly and conspiracy theory-pushing nut job Alex Jones. The same man who has promoted vile conspiracies claiming 9/11 was an inside job, Hillary Clinton ran a pedophilia ring and by far, the most vile of them all, that the mass murder of 20 children and 6 teachers at the Sandy Hook Elementary school might have been staged with actors. NBC executives have gone out of their way to defend their decision to give Alex Jones a huge platform to promote himself and his whack-a-doodle online show, all while the parents of the murder victims have made public appeals to Kelly herself, begging her and NBC to pull the plug on the episode.
And now for one final chapter in this shit show saga, Alex Jones has informed his audience that he recorded all of his interactions with Megyn Kelly, including the 12+ hours they spent together filming the interview. I’m not going to link to his recordings or his commentary, but the Hollywood Reporter has a few of the details, including audio of Kelly promising Jones that it’s a profile of him, not a “gotcha” interview.
In the audio, Kelly is heard saying, "This is not going to be a contentious, sort of 'gotcha' exchange." Then in a preview of the televised footage, Jones is seen talking with Kelly about the 2012 Newtown, Conn., shooting, with Jones calling Kelly "an anti-gunner."
The host also called out the "mainstream media," including The Hollywood Reporter, for its recent coverage of his sit-down with Kelly. Jones claimed that his words were taken out of context and heavily edited in promo clips for the interview. "I got it all on tape, sweetheart," he said during Thursday's Infowars show. "I did it to protect myself so I can show what she really did."
"What are they going to do, when I've got the tapes of what really happened?" Jones added, saying that Kelly acted like she was "obsessed with him." "It was worse than in college in a topless bar when women try to get you to pay for a dance."
Despite Jones’ recordings, using this interview to further promote himself, the outraged pleas of the family members of Sandy Hook victims, the public statements of "repulsion" by a major NBC advertiser and basic common decency, NBC is still planning to air the interview. Do yourself a favor and find something better to do on Sunday.