This is Why Ben Shapiro Turned on Megyn Kelly 🤯
Megyn Kelly claims Ben Shapiro turned on her at a Turning Point event in December, ostensibly over her refusal to condemn Candace Owens, but she argues the real reason was her continued friendship with Tucker Carlson. She further asserts that the demand to condemn Owens was ultimately a proxy battle over Israel criticism, not about a personal dispute involving Erica Kirk.
Summary
In this clip, Megyn Kelly recounts a falling out with Ben Shapiro at a Turning Point event in December. She states that Shapiro labeled her a coward, framing the conflict as being about her unwillingness to publicly call out Candace Owens over something Owens said about Erica Kirk. However, Kelly disputes this framing entirely, arguing the real source of tension was her refusal to end her friendship with Tucker Carlson, something Shapiro had allegedly been pressuring her about for weeks.
Kelly adds another layer to the story, revealing that Erica Kirk herself had asked Kelly to help broker peace between Kirk and another party, to which Kelly agreed. She expresses frustration at being publicly shamed for not condemning Owens, suggesting that Shapiro and his supporters do not know the full context of the situation.
Finally, Kelly argues that from the night of the event onward, the controversy was weaponized — turned into a litmus test where refusing to condemn Owens made someone 'bad.' She concludes that the real motivation behind the pressure to denounce Owens had nothing to do with Erica Kirk, but was instead about Owens' role as a prominent critic of Israel, making the entire episode a proxy conflict in a broader ideological fight over the Israel debate within conservative media.
Key Insights
- Megyn Kelly claims the real reason Ben Shapiro turned on her was not Candace Owens, but her refusal to end her friendship with Tucker Carlson, which Shapiro had been pressuring her about for weeks.
- Kelly reveals that Erica Kirk personally asked her to help broker peace between Kirk and another party, undermining Shapiro's framing of Kelly as complicit in wrongdoing.
- Kelly argues that after the Turning Point event, Shapiro and his supporters turned condemning Candace Owens into a public loyalty test — refusing to do so made someone 'bad.'
- Kelly asserts that the demand to condemn Owens was a proxy fight over Israel, not a genuine concern about what Owens said about Erica Kirk.
- Kelly characterizes Candace Owens as 'the chief Israel critic,' framing the entire controversy as an ideological battle within conservative media over Israel policy.
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[0:00] Ben Shapiro turned on me at the Turning Point event in December as a coward, allegedly because I wouldn't call [music] out Candace Owens and what she was saying about Erica Kirk. But that's not what it was about. It was about not ending my friendship with Tucker, which is the [music] thing that he had been pushing me on for weeks. Erica asked me if I would help her broker a peace between the two of them, and I said yes. So, go [ __ ] yourself. And you're trying to shame me for not coming out and saying Candace Owens is bad. It's just possible you don't know the whole story. From [music] that night forward, he…
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