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PEOPLE & ARTS Saturday 11 January 2020
Megyn Kelly says she did 'twirl' before Roger Ailes, too

NEW YORK (AP) — Megyn Kelly, Juliette Huddy, Rudi
Kelly says she did the "twirl" Bakhtiar and Julie Zann all
before Roger Ailes, too. fought back tears at cer-
The former Fox News Chan- tain points watching the
nel personality referred film and discussing their
to an excruciating scene own experiences. Kelly
in the movie "Bombshell," doubled as the interviewer
where John Lithgow, por- and participant as they
traying the late Fox News talked about some scenes
boss, orders an aspiring that were inaccurate and
news anchor played by others that hit close to
Margot Robbie to turn home.
around in front of him so he The other women ex-
could eyeball her body. pressed anger at a scene
Kelly, now a television free they said was fictional,
agent after losing her job where the aspiring anchor
at NBC News, released an Kayla Pospisil, portrayed by
online video where she, Robbie, scolds Kelly's char-
her husband and three acter, played by Charlize
women who had accused Theron. Pospisil asked the
Ailes and former anchor Bill fictional Kelly if she ever
O'Reilly of unwanted sexu- wondered what her pub-
al advances watched the lic silence following her
movie and discussed their own harassment incidents This combination photo shows Roger Ailes at a special screening of "Kingsman: The Secret Ser-
experiences. meant to the women who vice" in New York on Feb. 9, 2015, left, and Megyn Kelly posing for a portrait in New York on May
5, 2016.
"I was asked to do the spin, came after her. Associated Press
and God help me, I did it," Kelly's character replies,
said Kelly, a former lawyer "look around, snowflake.
who became a prime-time How do you think I suc- 'Bullitt' Mustang sells for $3.74
star at Fox before leaving in ceeded?"
2016. "I saw that scene and million at Florida auction
She said she couldn't help said, 'that was written by a
but think of how she had man,'" Kelly said.
gone from law school, ar- In real life, it wasn't until for- KISSIMMEE, Fla. (AP) — The
guing cases before ap- mer Fox anchor Gretchen Highland Green 1968 Ford
peals courts and receiving Carlson sued Ailes in 2016 Mustang GT featured in the
an offer to become part- that allegations about his film "Bullitt" was sold Friday
ner at a firm, to now "per- behavior became public. at a Florida auction house
forming" for Ailes. Kelly, who said she'd been for $3.74 million.
"If you don't get how de- harassed a decade earlier, The sale at Mecum Kissim-
meaning that is, I can't was "outed" in the sense mee marks the most ex-
help you," she said. "I'd give that a leaked news report pensive Mustang ever sold,
anything if I had said no." revealed that she had told surpassing a 1967 Shelby
Kelly accused Ailes of forc- her story to an investigation GT500 Super Snake that
ibly trying to kiss her and team appointed after Carl- sold last year for $2.2 mil-
wanting to see nude pic- son's lawsuit. She told her lion, the Orlando Sentinel
tures of her on other occa- story in a book that came reported.
sions. out three months later. Owner Sean Kiernan, with
Ailes, who died in 2017, and Kelly's husband, Doug- his sister Kelly Cotton rid- A 1968 Ford Mustang GT named "Bullitt," from iconic 1968 film
O'Reilly were both fired for las Brunt, said Ailes would ing shotgun, drove the car and driven by actor Steve McQueen is displayed at the Mecum
sexual misconduct. They have survived if she had across the auction block Kissimmee 2020, Thursday, Jan. 9, 2020, in Kissimmee, Fla.
denied being involved in reported the misconduct at Silver Spurs Arena and Associated Press
non-consensual activities. after it happened. "You then addressed a crowd
would have blown yourself of about 25,000 before the phone won, agreeing to began working on the Mus-
up for nothing," he said. bidding started. pay $3.4 million plus a 10 tang in 2001. After Robert
But Kelly said she'd spent a "This car had sold twice in percent buyer's premium. Kiernan's death in 2014,
lot of time looking back on its life, it's been in my fam- Kiernan's father, Robert, Sean Kiernan finished the
the experience and wishes ily for 45 years. Each time it bought the car after see- car and revealed it to the
now that she had done has sold, it was $3,500," Kier- ing an ad in a 1974 issue of world. Following the car's
more. nan said. "So we're going to "Road & Track." The New sale, Sean Kiernan said he
"Even though I was power- start it off at that price and Jersey family used it as a doesn't think a more ex-
less, even though it would go from there." daily commuter until the pensive Mustang will ever
have been a suicidal move The auction house posted clutch gave out in 1980. In be sold.
for me career-wise, what if an 11-minute video of the the late 1970s, Steve Mc- "As far as Mustangs go, this
I had just said, 'screw it, I'll auction on YouTube. Queen, who played the is it. With dad being down
go back to practicing law.' Bidding surpassed $3 million title character in "Bullitt," in the record books for-
What if I had thrown myself in the first minute. The top tracked down the Kiernans ever, that's what matters
back on the fire? I don't bid went back and forth and asked if he could re- to me," he said. "I've been
have to have a career in between someone present claim the muscle car in re- at peace with the sale for
this industry. Maybe that and a bidder on the phone turn for a similar Mustang. probably eight months
wouldn't have happened for several minutes before His pleas went unanswered. now. We're just having fun
to you," she said to Zann.q the mystery buyer on the Robert and Sean Kiernan with this."q