Megyn Kelly Defends Free Speech, Calls Trump's Kimmel Fire Demand Inappropriate
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Megyn Kelly criticized Donald Trump for calling on ABC/Disney to fire Jimmy Kimmel over a Melania joke, calling the move 'very inappropriate' and arguing the president shouldn’t pressure private companies over speech; she said standards should apply to Republicans as well and cited ABC's Roseanne Barr incident as context, while noting Kimmel’s defense from Meryl Streep amid ongoing cancel-culture debates.
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