Former CNN anchor Brooke Baldwin accuses Megyn Kelly of spreading ‘false accusations’ about her romantic conquests: ‘Reckless disregard for the truth’
Former CNN anchor Brooke Baldwin is pushing back against Megyn Kelly after the conservative commentator admitted she had not read Baldwin’s full Substack post about her love life before sharing inaccurate claims about the post’s contents, prompting Baldwin to accuse Kelly of violating basic journalistic standards.
Megyn Kelly comments on Brooke Baldwin’s love life
The dispute began after Kelly discussed Baldwin on an episode of her show with the hosts of the “manosphere” podcast “Ruthless.”
Kelly told the cohosts that Baldwin — whom she described as once a “serious news anchor” — had shifted her focus, saying, “Her work and her mission include [being physically intimate with] four men in a month.”
The remark referred to Baldwin’s recent post about having a casual love life. However, Baldwin’s original post stated that although she had opportunities for casual encounters, she ultimately rejected them.
“Turned them all down,” Baldwin wrote. “Every. Single. One.”
Brooke Baldwin calls out Megyn Kelly
On a recent episode of her own podcast, “Unraveling,” Baldwin said Kelly’s portrayal fundamentally misrepresented her story.
“My last Substack was not about me having casual s**. It was about me choosing not to. It was about heartbreak. Discipline. Discernment. Protecting my energy while I build something bigger than myself,” she said.
Baldwin also criticized the broader media response, saying Kelly’s comments spread across multiple platforms without anyone verifying her original post.
“For nearly nine minutes, Megyn framed an entire discussion around a false account of my s** life and my bodily choices, alongside three men who cackled, laughed and berated me,” Baldwin wrote. “In addition to her millions of YouTube subscribers, [Kelly] also posted it to her many other social media and podcast accounts, and broadcast on SiriusXM. And these lies were clipped, posted and syndicated by other outlets with comparable audiences of their own; other journalists, editors and media teams also never bothered to read my original Substack or check with the original source: me.”
Doubling down
Kelly eventually acknowledged that she had not read Baldwin’s entire Substack post before making the original claim — but then continued to criticize the former CNN anchor.
“Well, as it turns out, we should have paid to read the rest of her stupid Substack, which we didn’t, because, who gives a s*** about Brooke Baldwin, to be honest?” Kelly said. “And in the paid pieces of the article, she confesses she actually did not have casual s** with these men! It was all just a teaser to get you to pay to listen to her lame recitations about her life.”
Responding, Baldwin argued Kelly’s explanation only underscores her complaint.
“She did another nine-minute segment defaming me. This time, she briefly claimed that she had not read my full Substack before making her original false accusations. Even if I were to believe she didn’t read my full piece, this is an admission that failed to satisfy the most basic standards of journalism,” Baldwin said. “Talk about a reckless disregard for the truth.”