Megyn Kelly Makes Shocking Admission to Trump Defender Pete Hegseth, Claims She ‘Doesn’t Recommend Marrying Him’

Appearing on the Charlie Kirk Show, Kelly, 54, who worked with Hegseth, 44, at Fox News, shared her thoughts on the accusations.

According to a recently released Monterey, California police report, the woman, in her 30s, was drinking champagne with colleagues on a business trip when the situation became “challenging” and she unexpectedly found herself in a room with Hegseth.

Timothy Parlatore, Hegseth’s lawyer, dismissed the accusations as “baseless” and tantamount to “successful extortion,” admitting that his client paid the woman to stay mum because he didn’t want to lose his job.

Megyn Kelly says she “does not recommend marrying” Hegseth

When asked about the “smear campaign” against HegsethKelly, who claimed she was the “reason” he became a Fox News contributor, admitted she “does not recommend” marrying him.

“I’ll be honest, looking at his marital history, it’s not an example of fidelity. OK, so I’ll just be honest and admit it right now,” she said of the Iraq and Afghanistan veteran who has earned a number of military awards.

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Megyn Kelly sets the record straight on Hegseth, speaking out against his accuser

Even though it’s a first NBC The news anchor defended Hegseth, who received two Bronze Stars.

“But having difficulties in personal relationships, especially after serving two tours – which is not uncommon for combat veterans to come back and not be able to manage their love life well – is completely different from being a rapist,” she added. – she continued.

Kelly further added that she found the woman’s claims that Hegseth had abused her on October 8, 2017, suspicious, adding that “this woman’s story stinks.”

As Kelly cautioned that press coverage of these claims would not provide “facts,” she shares Parlator’s belief that the alleged assault did not occur.

She then reviewed the police report, alleging that the woman had been hanging out with Hegseth at the pub while her husband and children “were in the hallway of the hotel room.”

She further stated that others claimed the accuser was “flirting with him” after the Republican Party women’s convention.

Megyn Kelly says accuser acted ‘totally fine’

Citing people present at the pub that evening, she stated that the woman had only drunk one glass of champagne, emphasizing that “she was fine, she wasn’t stumbling, she wasn’t slurring her words.”

“Pete was drunk. She was fine,” she said.

Later, Hegseth According to the police report, Kelly noticed that he and his accuser were caught on camera leaving the pool and returning to the hotel after the alleged assault.

“Their arms are intertwined, like a boy and a girl. She’s smiling, she doesn’t look drunk,” she added.

Kelly noted that after returning to the hotel room, she was texting her spouse, explaining that it didn’t sound like she was “intoxicated.”

Hegseth has not been named as a defendant in any civil proceedings or as a defendant in any criminal proceedings. However, when he was accused of rape, he divorced his second wife.